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Cut, color, and texture notes from the chair—Frank and David's voice on short hair, pixies, and color you'll actually love wearing.
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Balayage
How balayage differs from foil highlighting—softer regrowth, painted placement, ombre options, and when foils still matter for darker hair.
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Dictionary of Hair Terms
How to speak stylist—ash, balayage, demi, graduation, pixie, toner, and more—so you can ask for the result you actually want.
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Frank Hathaway Talks Pixie Cuts For Fall
Style director Frank Hathaway on soft hairlines, shattered fringe, and the confidence that makes a pixie work.
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Haircolor: How Often to Come In
Practical maintenance timelines for all-over color, foils, balayage, ombre, glosses, and double-process blonde—plus simple at-home habits that protect your color.
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Herringbone Highlights for Grey Hair
Growing out grey and it feels drab or washed out? Herringbone highlights weave warmth and dimension through the grey instead of covering it all up.
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How Often to Refresh a Pixie in Scottsdale Heat
Style director Frank Hathaway on neckline grow-out, fringe timing, and why Scottsdale heat means short cuts need a sooner refresh.
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Illumina Color from Wella
Sheer, luminous Wella Illumina for shiny, smooth color with up to 100% grey coverage—especially helpful in Scottsdale hard water.
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Preventing Damage From Your Hot Tools
Heat is not the problem. How you use it is. Use the nozzle, turn the temperature down, and move the flat iron at a steady pace.
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Rx Micro-Circulating Shampoo for Color-Treated Hair
Why a gentler cleanse matters for color in Arizona — and how Rx Clinical Cosmeceuticals Micro-Circulating Shampoo fits the chair-to-home routine at David Frank Salon.
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Short Cropped Hair and Pixie Cuts
Why short cropped hair and asymmetrical pixies keep coming back—and how color keeps a smaller shape looking feminine and interesting.
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Short Hair Specialist Shares Expert Tips
Frank Hathaway on why short hair needs an expert hand—shape, texture, consistency, and finding a silhouette that feels like you.
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Sombre Highlights — A Softer Version of Ombre
Harsh ombre is out. Sombre keeps the soft face-framing light with a gentler gradient toward the ends—personalized, low-contrast, and easier to grow out.
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Tips For Choosing A Hair Color You'll Love
Skin undertones, eye color, and depth—practical guidelines for choosing a shade that flatters you, plus when to trust your colorist.
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Where Should You Part Short Hair?
On a pixie or a short crop, the part is not a line you draw on at the end. It changes the face, and it has to work with the cut.
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Will I Love A Great Short Hairstyle?
Honest guidelines for deciding whether short hair is right for you—from head shape to confidence, without the age myths.
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