Keiko Igarashi, 40 years old, is an office worker.  Her hairstylist is Mr. Ozaki, the owner of hair salon Insolite Beaute. UNIQUE PIECE has already introduced Insolite Beaute as a recommended hair salon for adult women of UNIQUE PIECE generation.

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Mr. Ozaki has been taking care of Keiko’s hairstyle for over 15 years.

“I have a problem with controlling thick and frizzy hair. I believe only Mr. Ozaki can deal with my hair and make it look nice. When he cuts my hair, even after a while, it does not get fluffy. Mr. Ozaki listens to my precise requests and make my hairstyle the way I want. I truly trust his work.”

Keiko said.

Keiko’s hairstyle is popular among her friends, and she has often recommended Mr. Ozaki and his hair salon. Although Keiko has been having the same hair stylist for such a long time, her hair style always looks unique and brilliant.

Bob style is Keiko’s trade mark. This time, Keiko wanted to change and have a longer hairstyle.

“My image for Keiko is a cool and matured woman. I wanted to create a style which matches her character.” Mr. Ozaki said. Mr. Ozaki’s used his techniques for cutting and coloring to smooth down Keiko’s hair volume down and looks smart.

Mr. Ozaki used razor cut to give a graduated style to the inside section, and did a  two block cut to make hair volume down.  For the outside section, he used thinning scissors to make layers and give a natural movement and a tight form.

For color, Mr. Ozaki created a so called “grayish gold.” He applied highlight color around her face and the top of her hair.  To highlight, he used 12 colors level product mixed with 30% of bleach to make it 16 colors level. Then after shampoo, applied hair color and hair toner to the root of hair. As a result, Keiko’s hair became a mix of ash brown and ash gold which looks elegant.

For styling, Mr. Ozaki used hot wind hair dryer to make the hair straight, then cool down the hair with cold wind to make the frizzy style to smooth down. Then applied hair dryer from the bottom to the end of  hair to make it look shinny.

“Since Mr. Ozaki has been taking care of my hair style for a long time, and he knows about my hair and shape of my face very well, I can trust him for the style he creates. I can relax and have a good time at his hair salon. All the staff at the salon are also very friendly.” Keiko said.

It is sure that Mr. Ozaki and his hair salon will be Keiko’s favorite one for a long time.

Hair salon: Insolite Beaute

Hair stylist: Takashi Ozaki

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Photo by Akio Nakamura

Text by Hanako Maruyama