As has happened for the last couple of holiday seasons, my friend has been coming from Syracuse to see me for that special alchemy that takes his beard from black to Santa White! It's quite a challenge. In fact, it's probably the most difficult thing you could ask a stylist to do. It involves removing nearly all of the pigment from the hair without leaving it so fragile that it might disintegrate. Then you have to tone off the remaining yellow to create the illusion of no pig