So does Julie feel like her "hair bummer" has been banished? "Absolutely," she beams. "They did such a great job. I mean, I like darker hair on me and never wanted to lighten the whole thing, but I didn't realize how much of a difference just having a little bit of a lighter shade just around the face softens it up so much," she smiles.
"Same goes for the tips [of her hair], with just that hit of light, the texture shows up much more. Which is nice because I still have a darker base without the zebra-striped highlights running throughout," she says.
"And, I LOVE the eyebrows," she says. "Even though I have colored my hair every shade imaginable, I never bothered to match my eyebrows which really makes a huge difference."
The best part is that she feels like the attempt to carry summer's beachy feel through to fall and beyond really worked. "It just looks so natural. It's also nice on the days I don't feel like blowing it out. The sun-kissed color works really well when I just wear my hair messy/wavy. It could definitely pass for beachy -- even in November!"
Most women have the prerogative of being able to change their hairstyles and hair color whenever they feel like it. For actresses (especially ones that are newer to the game), however, it's not that easy. Not only do they have agents (who signed them looking a certain way) to answer to, but there's also the matter of those costly headshots to consider, not to mention that it could be very risky to gamble it all away on a whim.
That was TotalBeauty.com reader Julie's problem. She's a 27-year-old actress and is beginning to get a foothold in the business but wanted to do something to put some oomph into her long, dark hairstyle -- without making too drastic of a change. Was it possible?
"My biggest hair bummer is the weight of this mop," she said on a recent Saturday morning at the Argyle Salon & Spa in West Hollywood, Calif. "Having so much of it just looks soooo drab."
Not for long. Julie was about to meet hair colorist extraordinaire, Alfredo Lewis. He's worked wonders on celebrities like Sandra Bullock and Holly Hunter. And on this day, a series of transformations for his newest client would soon be underway. See what Lewis and the rest of the Total Beauty makeover squad did to revamp Julie's hairstyle and makeup look (because no makeover is complete with out new makeup) without making her unrecognizable. You might just be able to steal her transformation secrets and make them your own.
