Warren Tricomi Salon: Daniel Martinez is The Hair Stylist Love of My Life.

Well girls, I have been sitting on this post for a while. In May I was in LA and the hair stylist love of my life, Daniel Martinez, cut my hair. I posted the pictures from the Warren Tricomi Salon on Melrose and promised to write more later. I am so so sorry it took me until now to post this but please read on. (There is an amazing ending.) Here is what I wrote during the first week of the new cut:

If I ever meet a man who does for me what Daniel Martinez does for my hair I will ask him to marry me instantly. I have never seen my hair look like this. Have you ever peered into a beautiful rose and wonder where all the leaves start? Daniel erases all the parts, natural and otherwise, that I have ever given my hair. Then he patterns my hair drawing new lines using the weight and curl of each section as a guide. In the process creating what looks like a genus of rose the world has never known before. In the care of Daniel and his assistant Nicole I feel as if I have two hair care geniuses, like brother and sister octopus working on me with a million arms and a brilliant vision. God must have put them here for this purpose.

Daniel curls my hair with thick curling iron. The curling iron gives a million little butterfly kisses to each strand of hair as Daniel tightens and releases to create big, but more modern, Farah Fawcett curls.

My hair has never felt this light this well tailored to my otherwise oddly shaped face. I love Warren Tricomi. I love the wispy blow drying he does. Somewhere along the way we notice some grey strands and comment that next time we will have to do some color.

Now 6 weeks later I love my hair even more. A great hair stylist awes you the day and week of the cut. A brilliant hair stylist gives you an imaginary wink 6 weeks later when the cut grows into itself and reveals their even more brilliant vision. I have never had a hair cut that has grown in this well. It seemingly styles itself into gorgeous ringlets that frame my face and play with my hair's natural fullness while the cut itself eliminates weightiness and frizz. Looks like I’m either going to have to move to LA or fly to see Daniel every time I need a cut. No one else is every touching my hair as long as Daniel Martinez is still around. Also, check out the beautiful new Warren Tricomi site.

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Warren Tricomi Pictures!

Here is a quick update from LA. I'm too busy to post full articles but I can post these Warren Tricomi pictures. Daniel Martinez is officially a hair genius. He took time out of his busy schedule (house calls to the stars) to give me the most beautiful haircut I have ever had. My hair is normally a disaster - curly in the back, straight in the front, and frizzy all over. But Daniel has transformed my unruly mane into a beautiful work of art, perfectly suited to my face. I'll do a full write up later but just wanted to keep you, well, posted.

If I ever meet a man who does for me what Daniel does for my hair I will ask him to marry me on the spot.

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Warren Tricomi on Melrose: Hair Heaven on Earth

On the most incredible (and incredibly busy) day of my trip to LA Fashion week I miraculously fit in a blow out at Warren Tricomi. It has taken me a week to recover from this surreal experience. I was previously unaware my hair could look so picturesque. I will be unable to fully describe how fetching my hair looked when they were through with it. Essentially, you must go to Warren Tricomi to really understand the transformations they invoke from otherwise average hair. It is beyond my powers of comprehension that I got my hair done at one of the world's superior salons. I still find myself looking at their website in awe. At some point after my hair was finished, they left the little salon on Melrose Avenue and headed to Culver City to do the hair for Maggie Barry’s show at Fashion Week. Here is a video of Erika Valente from Makeup bag and Marta Walsh from Beauty Interviews interviewing the Warren Tricomi team backstage before the show.

So just to make this clear (and attempt to make myself believe that this actually happened) I’ll repeat: before they did the hair for all the models at the Maggie Barry show, they did my hair. (Sometimes life just is too good to be true.) Daniel Martinez, my stylist, has been doing hair for 10 years and he didn't bat an eyelash at the curly, untreated mane I presented to him. He used Warren Tricomi Blow Dry Lotion and Warren Tricomi Workforce #9 to transform my unruly mop into a beautiful, full, straight-haired work of art.

A friend of mine says there are two kinds of people in the world, pasture ponies and thoroughbreds. Pasture ponies are easily managed. You throw them in a field with a bail of hay and voila: healthy and happy ponies. Thoroughbreds on the other hand, need constant attention from a variety of trained professionals: veterinarians, stable hands, horseshoe fitters, groomers, and trainers. What I am trying to say is, I am more the thoroughbred type - it takes a lot to keep me on the beam. Warren Tricomi is the ideal salon for a thoroughbred like me. (See Erika Valente's posting on their eyebrow expertise.) They are talented enough to transform any head of hair that walks through the door. Daniel was wholly undaunted by my unruly mane. So much so that I briefly considered returning to big city life just so I could encounter stylists like him more often. They welcome hair like mine, confidently knowing they are qualified enough to handle it. In fact he turned my hair into a stunning series of deep brown waves rather quickly, putting every other stylist I have visited to shame. Daniel's assistant, Nicole Pascal (pictured below) shampoo-ed and washed my hair with precision and acute attention to detail. Not one hair follicle escaped repeated massaging, lathering and rinsing. (The deep scalp massage after the shampoo was also heavenly.) Then she and Daniel worked on my hair simultaneously, attentively completeing what seemed to be the most efficient blow out I have ever seen.

A lot has been said about Warren Tricomi because it is well, the best. My experience does nothing but confirm every good thing that has been said. A word to the wise, if you are lucky enough to visit this haven on Melrose, be prepared to see some famous faces. It certainly took me by surprise. So much so, that I spent the next hour in a mild state of shock, driving around LA, lost and flustered (but looking incredibly chic), due to an encounter with one of my favorite celebrities.

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