NEW - H67D
Professional Clipper Cutting Techniques I
For quick precision, you
can’t beat clipper cutting. Veteran hair stylist and instructor, Gary
Rallison, provides practical step-by-step instruction for clipper
cutting… all free-hand without guards. Techniques include tapering,
blending, razoring, razor cutting, working razor over comb, and cutting
shear over comb on three models. Gary shows how to work with different
hair textures, solve common problems, and customize a cut to accommodate
a client’s features. He also discusses how to build clientele and save
time behind the chair.
(DVD - 1 Hr. 25 Mins.)
NEW - H68D
Professional Clipper Cutting Techniques II
With clippers, you can provide quick
wash-and-wear versatile cuts, including traditional, conservative cuts,
as well as more avant-garde looks for the younger crowd. Gary Rallison
provides practical step-by-step instruction for clipper cutting without
guards. Techniques include tapering, blending, razoring, razor cutting,
working razor over comb, and cutting shear over comb on four more
models, including one woman who sports the popular A-line cut. Gary
shows how to work with different hair textures, solve common problems,
and customize a cut to accommodate a client’s features. (DVD - 1 Hr. 26
Mins.)
NEW - H89D
Platform Artistry™: Advanced Hair Color Collection
Color complements any haircut, and a
spectrum of color techniques is available to achieve the desired looks.
This compilation of color techniques pulls nine excerpts of color
demonstrations from our Platform Artistry: Hair Cuts, Colors & Styles
series to provide a sampling of unique coloring approaches. Platform
artist Randy Topham demonstrates innovative coloring techniques for
women’s and men’s hair, breaking down advanced coloring techniques into
easy-to-understand concepts. Techniques include foiling, brushing,
weaving, blocking, scrunching, and patting, and incorporate a variety of
tools. The results range from subtle highlighting to dramatic contrasts.
(1 Hr. 47 Mins.)
NEW - H86D Platform
Artistry: Business Hair Cuts, Colors & Styles
Randy Topham demonstrates
four short hair cuts for your more conservative, business-minded male
clients: A clean look that is point cut at an angle for a jagged edge
without lines suggesting that two-week later look...The conservative
look with texturizing shears for more styling options...A classic cut
incorporating natural wave...And a versatile basic conservative cut with
high sides cut with clippers and the top shear cut, maintaining some
length. Randy also shows four innovative coloring techniques (color
patting, selectively wand painting, backcombing and painting on color,
and sponge painting) and styling options to illustrate the versatility
of the cuts. Includes tips on men’s coloring, pricing, and marketing to
attract male clientele. (1 Hr. 43 Mins.)
$
49.95
NEW -
H84D Platform Artistry: Long Hair
Cuts, Colors & Styles
For your long-haired clients, platform
artist Randy Topham demonstrates innovative techniques for cutting,
coloring, and styling for results that will bring clients back again.
This instructional DVD features two models, each with a cut, color, and
two styles to illustrate their versatility. With the first model, learn
how to create volume without loosing length with shorter, choppy layers
along the top and layers around the face for a soft shape; touch up
highlights, create a dark base for depth, and alternate colors, all with
a freehand balayage technique against a foil board; quick style with a
blow dry for a sleek, casual look; and, curl with a flat iron and back
comb to create a sexy look that’s all glamour. With the second model,
learn how to remove weight throughout in pie-shaped sections by pulling
hair up and sliding shears out to the ends; weave in a high lift tint on
virgin hair with a freehand technique; scrunch naturally wavy hair and
blow dry for a loose, spontaneous look; and, create a stylish “dread
lock” look sporting separated curls with jutty ends. (1 Hr. 52 Mins.)
NEW - H88D
Platform Artistry: Metro Hair Cuts, Colors & Styles
Randy Topham demonstrates
four short hair cuts for your edgier, fashion-forward male clients: A
shagged out top with tight sides for a more classic yet casual cut,
thinned and texturized by razor cutting twisted lengths of hair...A
faux-hawk with a twist and tight cropped sides without lines...An
asymmetrical, glam rock inspiration dry cut with shears...And a razor
cut for a taper-edged, spiked feel, with long bangs and length all over.
Randy also shows four innovative coloring techniques (foil coloring
ponytailed segments, paneling, creating a shine line, and a 3-color
merge) and styling options to illustrate the versatility of the cuts.
Includes tips on men’s coloring, pricing, and marketing to attract male
clientele. (1 Hr. 45 Mins.)
Randy Topham demonstrates
two mid-length hair cuts using clippers and shears, two foil color
techniques, and four styles. Learn to clipper cut in pie-shaped sections
for soft-edged layers; provide all-over color with diagonally weaved
sections of highlights to accent the cut; and, style for everyday chic
or curl with a flat iron to achieve loose curls and body for an elegant
evening look. Learn to shear cut, thin, and splice along the edge for a
jag; highlight with demi-permanent glaze; and, whip up the edges for a
polished, smooth daily look or create an explosive evening style with
zig-zag and corkscrew curls using an andoul iron and rouge them for
body. (1 Hr. 52 Mins.)
NEW - H82D Platform Artistry:
Short Hair Cuts, Colors & Styles
Randy
Topham demonstrates two short hair cuts using clippers and shears, two
hair color techniques, and two styles on each model to illustrate the
versatility of the cuts. Learn to create a variation on a sharp short
bob by framing the sides with a sloping fringe and long bangs with
shears; how to deposit color, leaving natural hair color as highlighter
with a protective clear color for a soft blend from root to tip; then
how to style for a sleek forward flair or for an elegant evening with
loose, creatively shaped curls. And learn how to feather-edge with a
razor for a disconnected, funky yet chic style; pop the blonde with
panels of shadow with color blocking; and, style for a spontaneous look
with scrunching or for a luxurious sleek with sculpted touches created
with fibrous gum. (1 Hr. 44 Mins.)
NEW - H87D Platform
Artistry: Sport Hair Cuts, Colors & Styles
Randy Topham demonstrates
two short and two mid-length hair cuts for your more casual,
sport-oriented male clients: Opened up shaping for long natural curls,
created with a bricking shear technique to remove excess
weight...Updated mop top with a long top and tight sides texturized with
a feathered razor...Texturized curly hair with a basic shear cut... And
a shoulder-length cut, texturized by twisting strands and randomly
hitting with a trimmer and notching with shears to remove weight. Randy
also shows four different coloring techniques (scrunching on highlights,
weaving, coloring to leave natural highlights, and lightening and
darkening with a handpainted “balayage” technique) and styling options
to illustrate the versatility of the cuts. Includes tips on men’s
coloring, pricing, and marketing to attract male clientele. (1 Hr. 55
Mins.)
NEW -
M52D Nurturing Pregnancy Massage Techniques I
Expectant moms experience unique physical and
emotional changes that occur as a result of increased weight, shifting posture,
and adjusting hormone levels. Massage can allow pregnant moms to unwind during
this time. It can also alleviate the resulting discomfort and other
pregnancy-related symptoms. Expert massage therapist and instructor, Meade
Steadman, demonstrates step-by-step how to provide therapeutic massage
techniques that focus on the special needs of the mother-to-be as she goes
through the different trimesters. He demonstrates a full body massage in
different positions: prone, supine, semi-reclined, and side lying. Meade also
discusses benefits and contraindications, postural analysis, bolsters,
positioning and draping, and fetal development. (DVD - 2 Hrs. 17 Mins.)
NEW - W18D Advanced Brazilian Bikini Waxing
Let ‘er rip with some new techniques and colorful,
creative twists on Brazilian bikini waxing. Ashlie Long demonstrates how to
provide four different types of bikini wax services, ranging from the
traditional to some fresh, up-to-date options: Classic Brazilian, Sphinx,
Customized Designs (with template and freehand), and Color. The demonstrations
show how to remove some or all of the hair in the bikini area – front and back –
with hard and soft wax simultaneously. For color, Ashlie shows how to use two
types of products: one with a two-step approach, and another that is a one-step
approach. Step-by-step instructions show you how to prepare and position clients
and minimize client discomfort. You will also learn about table set-up, required
supplies, hygiene, available product types, post-treatment tips, benefits and
contraindications, and tips to keep your clients coming back. Contains full
nudity. (2 Hrs. 14 Mins.)
NEW -
M46D Deep Tissue Massage Therapy: Extremities
Go to extremes with deep tissue massage techniques
on the arms and legs. Expert massage therapist and instructor, Meade Steadman,
demonstrates how to provide therapeutic deep tissue massage on the arms and legs
with hour-plus demonstrations on the anterior and posterior. With in-depth
discussions of physiology and anatomy, Steadman walks you through routines for
warming up, establishing client communication and trust, performing advanced
massage and stretch techniques for specific areas and complaints, determining
primary pain versus opposing distortion, balancing, and flushing toxins. From
myofascial release to deep compression techniques, you will learn it all with
this indispensable guide on deep tissue massage for the extremities. (2 Hrs. 9
Mins.)