By Devon Abelman, Allure
Remember when everyone and their mother was trying out the nail art method called water marbling? Tutorials for creating the psychedelic, tie-dye-inspired look took over YouTube and Instagram. Virginia Beach–based hairstylist Ash Fortis took inspiration from that and turned it into her signature technique. Over the past couple years, she's perfected hair marbling, and it is proving to be mesmerizing to Instagram users and Allure editors alike.
[post_ads]"Nail art is a huge influence of mine, so I thought, How can I bring it to hair?" Fortis tells Allure. When the same swirly technique is applied to hair with colorful dyes, you get a multicolored marble-like finish that looks completely different from the other rainbow-hair looks all over our feeds. The patterns hair marbling creates are completely random and unique to each person. Like water marbling, the bold colors aren't directly applied to the nail — or hair, in this case. Instead, they are suspended in something else.
For the technique, Fortis applies a layer of shaving cream onto foam mesh strips called Embee Meche. Then she drops different complementary colors of vibrant hair dye from Pulp Riot on top. Next, she wields the back of her color brush to trace figure-8 shapes into the the shaving cream with the dyes. This creates the swirled design. After that, she presses the design onto a small section of platinum-blonde hair and places a clear Embee Meche on top. Once the whole head of hair is sandwiched with the shaving cream swirls, it looks like this:
You can see the whole process in action below.
Here's a rainbow version.
Once the dye processes for a bit and is washed out, the hair marbling looks like this:
We can't help but wonder what hair marbling would look like with black hues. Would it look like the marble everyone uses in their flat lays? You can visit Fortis's salon and try it out for yourself. Typically, she charges $250 to $400 for the service. If you don't live in the Virginia Beach area, "you should ask your stylist to look up Xo's Hair Marbling technique [on Instagram]," Fortis suggests. Noted.
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[post_ads]"Nail art is a huge influence of mine, so I thought, How can I bring it to hair?" Fortis tells Allure. When the same swirly technique is applied to hair with colorful dyes, you get a multicolored marble-like finish that looks completely different from the other rainbow-hair looks all over our feeds. The patterns hair marbling creates are completely random and unique to each person. Like water marbling, the bold colors aren't directly applied to the nail — or hair, in this case. Instead, they are suspended in something else.
For the technique, Fortis applies a layer of shaving cream onto foam mesh strips called Embee Meche. Then she drops different complementary colors of vibrant hair dye from Pulp Riot on top. Next, she wields the back of her color brush to trace figure-8 shapes into the the shaving cream with the dyes. This creates the swirled design. After that, she presses the design onto a small section of platinum-blonde hair and places a clear Embee Meche on top. Once the whole head of hair is sandwiched with the shaving cream swirls, it looks like this:
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