If there is a “good hair gene”, Barney Martin is sure to have it. This English lad comes from a long line of hairdressers, including his mother, father, grandmother and even his aunty…that’s a whole lotta hair spray!
Barney now spends his days tending to the luscious locks of Sophie Dahl and Kate Moss, styling Vogue cover shoots, running one of Sydney’s hottest salons and traveling the globe styling hair at international fashion weeks!
“I’m very lucky to be able to do both in-salon clientele and editorial work. It creates the perfect match of creativity and personal contact – both of which my clients and I benefit from.”
And there is not a better runway to real way cross over look than a perfect blow dry. At the recent collections, there was a huge trend towards glistening perfectly blown out hair.
To find out how to recreate these high fashion/ high gloss looks at home with a little attitude, who better to ask than a man who was practically born with a blow dryer in hand! We armed Barney with the new VS Sassoon Venezia 2400 AC Professional Dryer and let him get to work.
“Love this hair dryer! So powerful which is great when you’re backstage at the shows and you need to work very quickly!”
How To:
Step 1 – Apply a volumising product to wet hair
Step 2 – Using the VS Sassoon Venezia 2400 AC Professional Dryer start at the nape, wrapping small sections around a round natural bristle brush and working up the head in stages. Because this is such a powerful dryer this will be a relatively quick process.
Designed and made in Italy, the Venezia’s salon grade AC motor fires a faultless air speed of 130km/hour, which means it dries faster resulting in less heat exposure/damage while the ionic generator guarantees ultra shiny results. Use the ultra slim 6mm concentrator nozzle for easy sleek and consistent professional results in minutes.
Step 3 – Once hair is dry, blast with a cold shot to set the style.
Step 4 – Spray with a shine hairspray.
Expert Tip
For extra volume place velcro rollers around the crown, then leave in for an extra 10 minutes for height that lasts. You might also try the VS Sassoon Big Hair Hot Rollers. It will do the job just nicely.