What Alicia needed was to maximise her volume while at the same time creating a satiny texture to take her from bed-head to magazine-glossy.
Her stylist's less coarse extensions in rich chocolate tones were the secret to defining Alicia's flawless couture image. The refined retro-curls give her a sophisticated look, leaving a sensual and smooth overall effect.
Her top-heavy and bookish bulk was a couple of Alison's woes coming into the salon. "I just felt like it was so thick and short, that it was hard to style," she said.
By adding length to the sides and thinning out her former mop-top, Alison's hair took on dimension, adding angles and edginess. They didn't stop there either. Using striking blondes and auburn reds that emphasised her cut closely framed her face for a truly high-fashion image.
Ashlee's hair was naturally thin, limp and vulnerable. "It was so fine and frail that any look I tried would look just as lifeless," she said.
Her stylist instantly knew that what she needed was blistering length and volume to make her feel anything but minute. By adding a combination of gingers and reds, Rosita boasted a confident, femininely layered hair that made a statement.
Reviving Dana from a sombre, long-neglected cut to a breezy and stylish shag was no easy task. Stylist Gerry Santoro says "Even though we weren't changing the length we needed to give Dana more volume and really amplify her colour".
By using gradients of platinum and honey blondes, Dana's hair took on light and shadow. The layered fringe that sweeps into whimsical longer strands, flirtatiously exposing just a bit of her neck adding to the playfulness of her new look.
A well-groomed guy is an eye-catching guy. Who said men can't have extensions? By adding length and substance to his windblown look, Daniel achieved a more sophisticated, healthy-looking head of hair.
The softened longer layers in deep chocolates and chestnuts provided Daniel a refined, elegantly modern look that is simultaneously masculine and fashion conscious.
Turn up the heat! Elizabeth had the right idea with colour, but former poor execution created dry, dead looking layers with no luminosity and uneven colour.
By adding length and body, and softening her layers, she succeeded in getting some show-stopping locks. Her envious gorgeous fiery red tendrils are virtually smouldering, eliminating any chance of lifeless hair.
Grace's new grapevine coils are nothing but dull! Although her former colour was bold and vibrant, when combined with her faint skin colour, she was overwhelmed by the pale stagnant exterior.
With some darker supple contours, Grace's locks flowed down her cheeks like a waterfall of bronzed colour. The darker shades brought out her eyes and skin without making her look pale. The finish look is elegantly hypnotising.
Say goodbye to flimsy subtle hair with a look that commands attention. Irene's once ordinary and lifeless layers needed some 'wow' factor to add some fresh breathe to her hair.
With just a few strands of hair to add volume and length, her stylist blended her hair together perfectly in a bursting layered cut and revitalised it into a cascading fountain of curls.
Jocelyn had a common problem that flaxen haired people do: limp and lifeless hair that can't be nudged into even faking volume by any means.
Magnifying the metallic blonde hues and bulking up her volume pay off in 'bombshell' looks. Longer layers now work with her face and the thickness breaths life back into her hair.
Nothing says fineness like a woman whose hair appears to be an effortless success. This Giselle-inspired mane was exactly what Julia had in mind - and could we blame her?
Extending length and keeping the body were the main goals for Julia. Her colour remained unchanged and very natural looking. The new length and wave, however, truly captured the spirit of this confident brunette.
Conspicuous and flamboyant, Katelyn's new unleashed tresses spotlight her natural beauty. Her once insignificant cut went immediately from unremarkable to uncontainable with some added length, style and texture.
Building up body and extending the length gives Katelyn a romantic, yet irresistibly provocative image that will stop any man in his tracks.
Let's face it, limp locks, for as weak as they are, can make an impressionable, if not damaging, difference on your entire look. Case in point: Lara.
Lara's face was curtained in droopy wisps which we felt really could use an 'unveiling'. Her new voluminous tendrils dramatically sweeps back revealing her high cheekbones and full pout resulting in an elegant yet dominating mane.
From Maela's straight and simple hair, it was obvious that she had always been on the conservative side. She was fed up with the same old look and wanted an unforgettable look that was bold and eye-catching.
Her new goddess-like locks features voluminous curls and glowing blonde shades. With her striking grapevines, Maela can guarantee that she will be the life of the party, so much so that it's hard for one to not be envious of her hair.
Mika's natural wayward part and raggedy trim suggested she was not hugely into styling or maintenance. "I've always avoided long hair because I thought I would never take care of it, though I dreamed of having it like every other girl," she said.
Edgy and mysterious, Mika's new do plays up her cat-like eyes, beneath an ultra-modern style that allows for virtually work-free, long hair.
Olivia wears her medium golden blonde tresses in a long softly waved style warmed up by golden highlights. This refined transformation and return to classic beauty is reminiscent of the style of Angelina Jolie.
Replenishing the thick, healthy length to her former wispy, fine head of hair, Olivia's smooth, satiny waves are impossible to ignore.
Paula's long, luminous chestnut hair is reflective of her character- sophisticated, but with a contemporary feel. Although Paula's natural hair was thick, it lacked body which resulted in a rather severe-looking, flat, shoulder-length cut.
By adding warm tones, the stylist added movement and shape to her hair. Paula's new look, a head of loosely sweeping curls, is dynamic and sexy for one desiring length to be added to their already thick hair.
Renae's flaxen hair is naturally thin, but more so at the ends which appeared unkempt and dry.
To build up Renae's volume and body she had her hair matched to Great Lengths blondes series. Using three different colours to make it multi-dimensional and by playing up the warmth of the honey tones, the extensions added volume that exuded textured softness and deep, rich spectacular colour.
Samantha craved some style and elegance in her short, blunt hair. "It's so short, I don't know how to style it to make it look good," she said. To solve her problem, Samantha wanted some extra length to give her flexibility to achieve any look.
Her stylist combined mysterious dark chocolate shades of Great Lengths with her natural moose brown hair. After some expert cutting and styling, Samantha boasted a scorching sharp look that gave her a distinct sophisticated look.
Simone was in desperate need of an overhaul to add some 'oomf' to her drab locks. Not only did her colour need to move away from the blondes, which was too close to her skin tone, but she needed to bring back the youthfulness into her cut.
Her stylist set about adding raven-black, straight Great Lengths extensions to give length and dimension with shorter layers of red at the side. The result is a sculpted shape and high-impact colours that gave Simone an edgy, glam look.
Veronika shared a common problem with many women in having hair that was naturally thin and frayed. Furthermore, her hair seemed lifeless and fragile and craved for some added volume.
To build up her hair's body, her stylist added soft layers of long hair to create length and dimension. Her hair was blended with a range of high and low blondes to achieve a naturally voluptuous finish that brought her hair to life.
