Mane Focused Studio

For Alyssa, Nanoplasty has been a game changer for her dense, naturally wavy hair.
But What is Nanoplasty?
Nanoplasty is a formadehyde free permanent straightening treatment. My preferred brand of Nanoplasty is the Dennis Bernard Straightlines treatment, which infuses the hair with nanoparticles of Vegan Keratin, Amino Acids, Peptides, Shea Butter, and Coconut Butter.
How Does Nanoplasty work?
Nanoplasty is a luxury straightening service, allowing for clients who would normally be incompatible with permanent straightening treatments to be able to receive a permanent straightening solution without causing breakage, scalp irritation, or leaving the hair feeling dry, wooly, and untamed. This blend of natural conditioning ingredients and straightening actives are Endothermic, meaning that they require heat to reform the hair’s inner bonds, creating a truly personalized process for each and every person. Alyssa prefers a pin straight, air dry-ready look so for her we utilize dryer heat while processing, allowing her hair to really absorb the solution. Once processed, we rinse off most of her solution, leaving a light layer on her hair to assist with giving slip and glide while performing our iron manipulations to seal the treatment in and fully form her hair into it’s new straight format. Once ironed, the process is complete and we proceed with shampooing and a deep conditioning masque, and with a light blow dry hair hair is now pin-straight and ready to roll for another 6 months 💕
I am so glad I expanded my menu to offer this beautiful service option, and am able to provide this specialty service to the guests who desire ammonia, hydroxide, and Thio free permanent straightening with the next generation of texture management technologies ❤️

For Liz, the journey away from dark brown home hair color took a major jump forward! During our session today, she gave me creative freedoms to decide what shade of color we would finish her hair in and in order to really make the results pop, I went in and really put in a lot of work to lift out as much of the dark red and brown color she had applied. For her application, I started with Davines Beautiful Things Chelating Pre-Treatment, K18 mist, and got to mixing. I started with a partial foil of heavy highlights, using Blacklight Blonde Science Extra Blonde and Goldwell TopChic in 12BS in alternating foils to not only lift her hair as light as possible, but to shift the color in between in order to casually brighten and refine as much of the underlying red pigments as possible. Once we processed, I proceeded with Pre-toning her hair to refine a lot of the underlying pink-red staining using Wella Blondor Toner in shades /03 and /18, creating a mild green-based permanent toner to really refine and remove as much of the underlying pink and to provide a more natural base for glazing. Once dried, I reestablished her depth at the root using Kevin Murphy Color.Me in 5.0, 6.2, and 7.7 for a cool chocolate finish and glazed the ends under the parietal with Kevin Murphy + Code in 8.21, a beautiful ash beige and toned the top using Goldwell TopChic in 10GB for a rich, warm buttery blonde to provide maximum refinement and a warm, caramel cream finish for brightness and dimension. I used Epres Bond Protection during each step and styled using Blacklight 18 in 1 Beautifier, Hot Like Me De-Frizz Smoothing Serum and my GHD Chronos Max iron.