There is nothing I love more than working on location and getting gorgeous editorial shots. One thing that has been a learning process is Florida elements. Like I always say if you can work in Florida you can work anywhere. Florida is an amazing place. We have amazing weather and not so amazing weather. One thing I have had to learn was how to do makeup and hair in humidity. Makeup is much easier to control than hair. When it comes to getting the shot here in Florida you better learn texture. Products are great but creating the perfect base of structure is the  most important. Beach shoots can be extremely challenging. I can remember the first beach shoot I did, it was awful. I created this gorgeous hair just to watch it all blow straight after a good hour of creating the look the photographer wanted. What a mess. Shooting on a windy beach on the east coast of Florida is tricky. Weather conditions can never be predicted and I learned a thing or two about heat during summer months. Recently I got the amazing opportunity to work outside the US at the Bahamas. It was February so I didn’t know what to expect. Weather here in the states was not too humid and not super cold. I was imaging more humidity and more heat for sure.  Luckily we had pretty good weather. It wasn’t too hot but I did have to fight against the humidity. Here is what I did to ensure my style would come out with texture and looseness without loosing all of my structure.  I was fortunate enough to curl and set the models hair the night before. I primed her hair with Kenra’s heat protector spay and used a 1/2 inch wand. I curled and set her entire head. I used a technique so that she would be able to sleep in the style and wouldn’t mess it up or disrupt her sleep. Early in the morning I took down the curls and each section I used Sally Hershberger’s 24kt texturizing  paste to smooth out my different sections. This would ensure I would have a smoothness and protect the hair from humidity. I then shaped the style using my hands and finished off the style with Redken’s Control Addict finishing spray. The style had a lot of texture but I knew the elements and drive we would be facing so I knew my texture would fall just the way I had anticipated it.  From the hotel we drove down to the beach about 3 miles on a golf cart. As we arrived at our location the hair relaxed and looked exactly how I wanted it to be. It was sexy, with loose textured waves. 

*The Image above is not the image I have blogged about but yet another shoot that I did a while back.