Victoria Thomas Gentry’s dahlia hair, 1999: “It was a color obsession that built up.”
Last month we challenged VAIN Blog readers to consider going cherry tree pink for Spring, and mentioned VAIN owner + styledriver Victoria Thomas Gentry’s onetime dahlia-inspired hair color. After locating a photo in the VAIN archives (they are so vast!), we asked VTG herself to share the dahlia hair story:
“I had the inspiration when one of my favorite clients brought me a dahlia from her garden. You don’t see a lot of dahlias on the east coast where I’m from and I had no idea there were such big varieties.”
“I loved how the intense colors had such subtle combinations and variety of tones. It seemed interesting to try to reflect that with hair color that was orientated around a single point and fanned out from there. I also wanted to blow the roof off of how we “as stylists” thought about how intensly saturated color could be used.”
“We started with an all-over pale pink and then foiled my hair with yellow, gold, orange-pink and red, concentrating some colors more near the root and some more at the ends. Our goal was to get that elusive sunburst effect that you see when you look into the center of a flower. I know Shaun (Surething) did at least one round of foils and I think Jenny Slay did one. I believe we foiled it three times to get all the colors in there. It was as much an experiment and a chance to play with a concept as it was a quest for a specific look. It was all about the process.”
“The biggest question I got was “so what do you call that color?” Pink just didn’t cut it as a description. Depending on the light and what I was wearing it could be cherry or coral or blush pink. I loved it!”
Grab your favorite flower and call VAIN for a free consultation with one of our hair color experts: 206.441.3441 (downtown) or 206.706.2707 (Ballard).
i think thats very pretty.