Today we bring you hair tips from one of the best, Noelle Messreni from The Holiday Salon in Costa Mesa, CA. Because every super mommy needs super hair! xx 
1. How long have you been doing hair? What do you love about your job?
2. What percentage of your clients are moms?
3. Any hair advice for pregnant mommies?
4. What change do you notice in your clients hair after having children?
5. What are your must have products for moms?
- Supershine Moisturizing Cream by Oribe. It’s a miracle worker. It is a leave in conditioner, a treatment of sorts that repairs lightly as a leave in, a detangler, a shine product, a heat protectant for heat styling, a UV protectant to protect against the sun, and finally a finishing product to add a little shine, weight or separation at the ends to seal them down when it’s dry. A perfect all-in-one for a low maintenance woman who doesn’t want to use a lot of product but needs to tame frizz for an air dry, or have a good conditioning base creme for a blow out. Keeps it healthy. Not too heavy, the weight of it depends on how much you use.
- Prêt-à-Powder by Bumble and Bumble. A dry “shampoo” of sorts. It’s a delicious smelling powder with shine in it to absorb oil at the roots and give some volume back with out making you look dusty. Great after a work out to be able to go on with the day without having to wash and still look presentable, or on day 2 or 3 of not washing to refresh. Also great for a little grit at the root to hold a braid, bun or pony of any sort.
- Prep or Tonic by Bumble and Bumble. Both light vitamin sprays used as light detanglers on wet hair. They have a lower PH than water and are both light antiseptics. They both also can be used on the ends of dry hair to reactivate product and refresh your style without getting the hair “wet”. Prep is great if you have bangs and don’t want to wash your hair but your bangs feel dirty. Spray down your bangs and re-blow dry them and they are good as new. Tonic has tea tree oil in it so it may be a little heavy to use to re blow the bangs, but it’s great for the uses above on a dryer texture hair. They are also both great to detangle kids. **Tonic is a bonus with the tea tree oil for kids because Lice hate Tea Tree oil. Add a few more drops of pure tea tree oil to the bottle and spray your kids hair with it every morning before they leave the house. They will be WAY less likely to get lice.
- Surf Spray by Bumble and Bumble. A salty spray to activate waves or curls. Makes for a dry, messy, beach hair like finish. Great for spraying in wet and air drying, or spraying on dry hair to re activate natural or curling ironed curls. Makes hair airy and big. For those who embrace natural messy hair. Also, I like to use it instead of hairspray for hold in most cases. It isn’t crunchy or stiff like hairspray and finishes dry and matte, not shine like hairspray. If you like that kind of thing. Not the greatest for stick straight texture, only if to hold and updo or back combing at the root.
- Spray à Porter by Kérastase. A great alternative to Surf Spray (for those who like to be a little less dry and messy, with similar results). Cannot be used as a hair spray like Surf Spray can.
- Grandiose Mousse by Oribe. For those who blow dry their hair, or get blow outs, and like effortless lasting volume. For thick or fine hair. One of the only products for volume that I’ve noticed actually works on fine hair rather than weighing it down or feeling filmy. Concentrate on roots then pull through ends. Gives lasting volume and actually plumps up the lengths of hair making it feel bigger and “fatter”. Ah-mazing.
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6. Any product recommendations for summer?
7. As moms, we are always rushing and have little time to style our hair. Please share with us some ways we can look “fabulous and not frumpy” in a short amount of time.
3. The high bun. Start the same way as the pony tail. A little back combing at the root will actually make it stay better and go up easier. Again, loose or tight. Then lightly and loosely back comb with a brush the whole pony tail. It will make it super easy to control and put into place, and it will make the bun look bigger. Then lightly smooth into place by lightly placing it where desired around the head, pinning as you go. Finish with hair spray or Surf. For Gwen’s look, do the half loop pony by not pulling the hair all the way through, then with the remaining tail, wrap it around the loop in the same way as above.
4. The double dutch braids. Actually super easy. If you can french braid your own hair that is the ideal but it works well both ways. Hair needs to be past collar bone at least for this style. Either double french or regular pig tail braid your hair split down the middle. Keep the braids close to your ears rather than close to the middle part. Pull one tail up at a time and secure with bobby pins. Spray with hair spray or Surf. This style actually lasts a couple days if slept on a satin pillowcase. I personally think it looks best messy.
5. The half up bun or loop. Can be done in a bun or a loop like Sienna has it. So easy and so cute. Can be done on any length hair. Pull up desired amount and secure on the top of your head. Spray the remainder with Prep and Surf Spray to make the half-down look wavy and messy.
6. Natural curls. If you have 15 mins to curl your hair, the style will usually last a few days on most hair types if slept on a satin pillow case with your hair in a very loose low pony tail. Looks great with a hat or beanie too on day 3 maybe!
with love,
Noelle
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