Out of The Paint Box
Icicles formed on my hair as I boarded the Metro North, Brooklyn bound, for an intense day of hair painting wizardry at The Paint Box with my two coworkers on the first Monday of the New Year.
After six months of following Jenny Regec with her Modern Salon approved Instagram posts, I was ready for my full day hair adventure.
Her salon dog and bright personality warmly greeted my coworkers and I the moment we finally arrived, two wrong subways later, ready to share her expertise.
I watched in awe as she instructed us on sectioning and application, with discipline and confidence, on the first blonde, Victoria Secret like, or actual VS, model relaxing in the narrow four chair salon while light swarmed around our intimate group through the front window.
Sections were neatly divided, lightener was tapped. Soft, fluid strokes for every brush, tap and smooth.
Jenny shared the history of this modern hair lightening technique, which started fifteen years earlier in France and evolved from traditional balayage application. Her background includes a hairstylist mom and Bumble and Bumble training along side Whittemore House founders, before opening her own Brooklyn based salon.
After a pause for lunch I went hands on under Jenny’s watchful eye. Anxious with one on one attention, I learned the art of mixing a clay based bleach, where to place the product, and how to use my hands to help smooth consistency.
