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Neon Hair Battle How-To: Sunset Gladiator

Artist—Megan Schipani

May 04, 2018

Megan Schipani (@shmeggsandbaconn) brought her A-game to LA as one of the five finalists in the Kenra Professional 2017 Neon Hair Battle, and it was an epic weekend-long neon throwdown. Megan went for a dramatic look by toning with metallics before applying her creative and neon shades. Find out how she achieved this Sunset Gladiator!

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