“People come to me for this cool, effortless haircut. It’s the cool girl hair where you don’t have to style it—you could if you wanted to, but you can also embrace the natural texture. It’s that messier, layered, tousled haircut. It’s a little shaggy; maybe there’s some longer curtain bangs.
“Growing up as a stylist, I assisted Sally Hershberger. I imply, she did the Meg Ryan shag minimize! And so everybody got here to her for this not-so-done, texturized haircut, and what’s actually nice about them for maturing girls is that they immediately make you look youthful. I used to be so impressed by that, and it nonetheless influences the way in which I minimize hair 20 years later.
“I feel like when I want to give people a haircut that when they leave, they can take it home and make them look really good. You’re always going to get compliments on your hair when you leave the salon—but what about a month, two months? I love it when someone comes back and says, ‘Oh I’m still getting compliments on my haircut.’
“Here’s the deal: COVID actually modified issues. It introduced folks again to that place of embracing their pure texture. People are at all times going to need a phenomenal blow-dry—that can by no means exit of favor. And folks could have occasions the place they need to look and feel glam. But let’s be actual, not everybody goes to need to do that all the time. So you need a minimize that can look good on the times the place you do not need to do something.”