Stylist

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Bobbie Freitas

A haircut is one of the most important accessories for a person's appearance.

I have a passion for learning new techniques in cutting and styling hair.

I have been trained by some of the best in the hairdressing industry, Sassoon, Yosh, Trevor Sorbi, Martin Parson, and Georgy Kot, just to name a few.

I have taught hundreds of hairdressers hair cutting and hairstyling techniques.

It will be my pleasure to share my professional experience in the use of the right products and techniques to achieve the look you desire.

If you love what you do, you never work a Day.

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Tex Martin

My name is Tex Martin. I’m an independent hair stylist/hair colorist at Bobbie Freitas Hair Salon since January 1995. I’m a Master Hair Colorist (since 2018) with Chromastics Professional Hair Color.

In addition, I am continually educated in hair cutting & hairstyling. I love glamorous hair. Lisa and I have 3 grown kids. We live in Lafayette, California.

Since this is our first time working together, tell me about your hair.

“Its texture is fine. I have a difficult time making it look full.”

How do You try to make it look full?

“I blow it dry with a round brush. “

What products are you using to try to create fullness?

“Mousse. Tex, what I really want is 5-minute hair that looks full. I work, I have 2 kids, and don’t have time to fuss with my hair. “

How many times do you wash your hair each week?

“3 to 4”.

Do You clarify your hair?

“No. What’s that?”

Clarifying shampoo is NOT a “3 to 4 times a week” shampoo. Shampooing with it lays the foundation that supports the achievement of fullness/volume. We’ll talk about this after we’ve clarified, finished the cut, and styled….

“….Tex, I love the shape of the cut. The layers look great and the length is perfect. And my hair has more volume and appears brighter. It feels soft, not stiff. What did You do?”

Recall me saying that we’ll talk about clarifying your hair after we finished the preliminary cut?

“Yes.”

Well, after I cut layers we went to the shampoo bowl. I lathered in ProRituals’ clarifying shampoo, left it in for 4 minutes, and then rinsed. Why? Because hair becomes greasy, heavy and dull due to metallic and nonmetallic ions in the water supply. Ions like copper, iron, magnesium, chlorine etc., flow within the water supply and leach into the hair. A quality clarifying shampoo has a chelator that removes these ions along with product buildup. It takes 3 to 5 minutes, once every 10 days to 2 weeks, for lighter and brighter hair. IT IS NOT AN EVERYDAY SHAMPOO! Then I lathered in Evolv (a 3 to 4 times a week shampoo) moisturizing shampoo to shampoo out any remaining residual. We towel-dried your hair and returned it to the chair, where I sprayed and combed it through ProRituals leave-in conditioner. I cut the agreed-upon length and began styling.

“You sprayed something else. “

Yes. To begin styling, I set the hair’s roots by spraying them with Kitoko Thermal Setting spray and drying those roots at an angle opposite to their natural falling position. Notice I only used my hands and the dryer’s air force to set the root direction, and also recall that the blow dryer’s air force was pointed UPWARD at a 45-degree angle.

“Got it.”

Then I used the round brush on the rest of the hair. If you needed your hair to last through the evening, I would have modified it with a stronger thermal setting spray (like hair color, hair sprays, and clarifying shampoos; all thermal setting sprays aren’t created equal) and Velcro rollers to set more structure into the roots which would give “weekend-long lasting” fullness. And you’d still be able to brush through the hair like You can now.

“Well I love this. I want to purchase the clarifying shampoo, the thermal setting spray, and the leave-in conditioner.”

Ok

“And for my next haircut appointment, I want to talk with You about hair color.“

Ok

“I’ve enjoyed this haircut. I’ve learned a lot. Thank you.”

You’re welcome!

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