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to attend in episode 7, and then it was the opportunity for her to let her hair down and show off her gorgeous natural curls! Aisha (Alycia Pascual-Peña) was always going to be in braids, but I wanted to take it a step further and have fun different styles that she always kept up with her stylish clothes. I was fortunate to have Porshawna Mosely on my team. Porshawna was responsible for those beautiful braids (which, by the way, took 10 hours every two weeks to maintain) and the stylish hair styles. To help out with all the boys in the cast, I was fortunate to have Valentino Agundez on my team as well. I needed a teammate that I had worked with before, who knew how I worked and could keep up. She cut and kept principal Toddman's (John Michael Higgins) hair always looking amazing. For Dexter Darden, too, we kept it clean, with a barber-cut fade that suited Dexter's cool, collected and understated demeanor. Since Jamie Spano (Belmont Cameli) was the son of Jessie Spano, we left his curls in their natural state in homage to his mom's iconic high school look—undone and wherever they fell, they fell. Jamie wasn't the only offspring in the mix. Let's talk about Mac Morris, the son of good ol' Zack and Kelly. We needed to have him be a younger version of his dad. So of course, we bleached out Mitchell Hoog's hair and gave him a more modern version of his dad's haircut from back in the day. The Morris boys are cute, handsome and preppy with a little bit of sarcasm, and Mac's hair had to reflect that. Some of my favorite products we used in the show were Oway, a beautiful organic line from Italy that I guess you can say I'm a little obsessed with, along with Virtue products. For textured hair, my go-to is always my Denman brush, my coco- nut-infused wide-tooth comb, and any Panther and Gummy products. It really depends on the texture of hair and the hair style to what I will use. Also, keep in mind, we will come across an actor who has allergies and sometimes has to use very little to no products at all. My go-to tools are first and foremost, my Dyson blow dryer and my GHD curling and flat irons, and for those small tight curls, I must have my Create Wivv irons! In all, the diversity of characters and hair types gave us a delightful challenge, and it was a joy to bring to life this new generation of Bayside High. • HAIR Continued from Page 57 Left: Elizabeth Berkley. Below (L-R): Josie Totah and Haskiri Velazquez; special styling.