3-Step Transformation: From Pixie To Long & Lived-In

When you’re given the opportunity to master your craft and style alongside the industry’s top hairdressers, you just say yes! That was the case for 15 stylists who flew to NYC from all over the country for a week of Moroccanoil®️ education, styling backstage at New York Fashion Week and a photo shoot with Behindthechair.com, art directed by BTC Founder and Creative Director Mary Rector-Gable!

The stylists spent the day working with Moroccanoil®️ artists Kevin Hughes (@hairbyeleven), Robert Ham (@roberthamstylist) and Antonio Corral Calero (@antonioccalero) to create 17 on-trend “Instagram” looks for eight different models. Under Mary’s art direction, BTC was there to make the magic happen—from the creative vision and model casting to styling the wardrobe, makeup and final production!

Products Used

Styling

Volumizing Mousse

Moroccanoil®

Styling

Dry Texture Spray

Moroccanoil®

Pomades/ Pastes

Texture Clay

Moroccanoil®

Hairsprays

Luminous Hairspray Medium

Moroccanoil®

When one of the models showed up to set with this short and chopped pixie, a potential transformation (or two!) inspired these artists to create a series of statement-making looks. Scroll through to see what some extensions and a whole lot of creativity is capable of!

Look 1: Highly-Textured Pixie

Hair by Samantha Majer (@majerdesign) & Laura Garcia (@laugarmera)

Get The Steps
1. Apply a generous amount of Moroccanoil®️ Volumizing Mousse. Then, blow-dry using a small round brush.

2. Apply Moroccanoil®️ Dry Texture Spray all over and use a small-barrel curling iron to style the hair.

3. Then, slick back the sides using Moroccanoil®️ Texture Clay.

Look 2: Grunge Glam

Hair by Samantha Majer (@majerdesign) & Laura Garcia (@laugarmera)

Get The Steps
1. Apply extensions with heat-activated glue for temporary styles and easy removal. 

2. Gently apply heat using a hair dryer to secure the extensions. Then, create volume with Volumizing Mousse and rockstar texture using Texture Clay.

3. Finish the look with Moroccanoil®️ Luminous Hairspray to create brightness that will shine through. 

Look 3: Disconnected & Chic Chop

That feeling when the hair is SO good, you can’t help but do one more look! That’s why Kevin Hughes stepped in to chop these lived-in extensions into a disconnected, chic cut that embodies cool-girl edge.