California right here we come! Travis Ogletree — whose star-studded shopper listing consists of Shay Mitchell, Miranda Kerr, and extra Hollywood It-girls — sat down with ET to reveal how to obtain his signature California highlights from anyplace.

Earlier than opening his stylish Anti-Salon in (naturally) Los Angeles, California, the hairstylist perfected the approach that has made him the go-to for creating sun-drenched locks, influenced by none apart from Jennifer Aniston.

“California highlights are easy. They mimic how hair would lighten on the seashore,” he explains. “It is that golden, childlike coloration you get from dwelling within the solar. The tip end result feels dimensional, air-dried, and slightly nostalgic.”

As for the way the Buddies star, a bonafide hair icon because the Nineteen Nineties, formed his imaginative and prescient: “Jen was doing dimensional highlights lengthy earlier than balayage entered the dialog. … There’s one thing to be stated for locating what fits you and proudly owning it for many years. That is actual fashion.”

It is no shock, then, that Aniston herself tapped Ogletree as an envoy for her haircare line, LolaVie.  

“I really like LolaVie as a result of it is uncomplicated, however so efficient,” he says. I exploit the Glossing Detangler on each shopper, and the Restorative Shampoo and conditioner work throughout the board. They clear with out stripping and hydrate with out heaviness.”

This freshness even helps Ogletree’s artistic course of — and your outcomes.

“One large mistake is coming in with actually soiled hair for coloration. Two or three days unwashed is ok, but when it’s longer than that, the buildup can really block coloration from doing its job” he warns.

As soon as your tresses are correctly prepped, the hairdresser works his magic for a tender, lived-in look.

“Placement is intuitive, customized to every individual, and by no means overdone. … I would like to create coloration that feels prefer it belongs to you — not prefer it was painted on. Related to beauty work, shoppers need that ‘did she/did not she’ spotlight.”

This understated methodology applies to brunettes and blondes — each of Ogletree’s specialties.

“My California brunette is dimensional, low-key, and kissed by mild. My California blonde has the identical ease, simply with brighter ribbons by means of the face body and ends.”

“We often begin conservatively and construct in direction of brightness over time. I all the time inform folks, ‘We’re simply modifying the photograph, not reshooting it.’ … Neither ever seems pressured. It is about subtlety,” the hair guru notes.

Past his relaxed strategy to mane shades, Ogletree has cultivated an identical studio expertise rooted in quiet luxurious.

“It is about slowing down and feeling at dwelling. I needed to create one thing intimate and calm, the other of an overstimulating salon ground. … My boyfriend and I are dreaming up the following model with Sarah Weichel of Swike Design. It is going to be an extension of our ethos, however elevated even additional, the place you are surrounded by classic and picked up items that replicate California dwelling.”

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