Total service time: 11 hours. See the full transformation and formula on @jackmartincolorist.
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"Quick formula to help stylists adding color service to help men with flashy white hair to have more blended natural sliver hair. I used the amazing @kenraprofessional silver metallic 8SM semi with 6 vol and @olaplex to ensure maximum deposit on dry hair for quick 20 min."
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Service time: 11 hours. See the full transformation steps on @jackmartincolorist.
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"This beautiful client came to me seeking gray silver color to blend and match her natural gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair dark boxed color. Total service was 12 hours. I started the long process by removing the artificial dye using @malibucpro cpr for 45 minutes then @pravana color extractor twice for 20 minutes each process." Get the rest of the steps on @jackmartincolorist
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Total time for this transformation: 6-7 hours. "I lightened the whole head with @oligopro extra light with 20 volume and Olaplex, after one hour I applied the same formula on roots for another 45 minuets without heat at all until I reached level 11 pale blonde. Rinsed hair dried 70% then I applied @pravana 6.22 beige blonde with 10 vol on roots to shadow it and applied 8.22 with 10 vol on random chunks in foils to give the color dimension and applied 10.7 platinum blonde with 10 vol on the rest of the hair for 45 min. Rinsed again, applied Olaplex Number 2 for 20 min, shampooed, conditioned."
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"This beautiful client came to me from Atlanta with very damaged hair that had 7000 different brassy colors, she was seeking gray silver color to blend and match her 100% gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair brown boxed color." Total service time: 11 hours. See the full transformation and formula on @jackmartincolorist.
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"This beautiful client came to me from 2 hours drive seeking gray silver color to blend and match her 100% gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair brown boxed color, total service was 7 hours." See the full formula on @jackmartincolorist
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Total service was 9 hours. Get the formula on @jackmartincolorist
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Total service time: 11 hours. See the full transformation and formula on @jackmartincolorist.
Photo courtesy of
@jackmartincolorist
"Quick formula to help stylists adding color service to help men with flashy white hair to have more blended natural sliver hair. I used the amazing @kenraprofessional silver metallic 8SM semi with 6 vol and @olaplex to ensure maximum deposit on dry hair for quick 20 min."
Photo courtesy of
@jackmartincolorist
Service time: 11 hours. See the full transformation steps on @jackmartincolorist.
Photo courtesy of
@jackmartincolorist
"This beautiful client came to me seeking gray silver color to blend and match her natural gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair dark boxed color. Total service was 12 hours. I started the long process by removing the artificial dye using @malibucpro cpr for 45 minutes then @pravana color extractor twice for 20 minutes each process." Get the rest of the steps on @jackmartincolorist
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@jackmartincolorist
Total time for this transformation: 6-7 hours. "I lightened the whole head with @oligopro extra light with 20 volume and Olaplex, after one hour I applied the same formula on roots for another 45 minuets without heat at all until I reached level 11 pale blonde. Rinsed hair dried 70% then I applied @pravana 6.22 beige blonde with 10 vol on roots to shadow it and applied 8.22 with 10 vol on random chunks in foils to give the color dimension and applied 10.7 platinum blonde with 10 vol on the rest of the hair for 45 min. Rinsed again, applied Olaplex Number 2 for 20 min, shampooed, conditioned."
Photo courtesy of
@jackmartincolorist
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@jackmartincolorist
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@jackmartincolorist
"This beautiful client came to me from Atlanta with very damaged hair that had 7000 different brassy colors, she was seeking gray silver color to blend and match her 100% gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair brown boxed color." Total service time: 11 hours. See the full transformation and formula on @jackmartincolorist.
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@jackmartincolorist
"This beautiful client came to me from 2 hours drive seeking gray silver color to blend and match her 100% gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair brown boxed color, total service was 7 hours." See the full formula on @jackmartincolorist
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Total service was 9 hours. Get the formula on @jackmartincolorist
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Each time we pull up our Instagram feed and see a transformation that helps a client embrace her gray, if it has thousands of comments, reactions and likes, it's almost always from Jack Martin.
Martin, whose Instagram handle is @jackmartincolorist, commands a following of more than 100,000, is a colorist and salon owner based out of Tustin, California. One quick look at his body of work and it's clear that he's carved out an incredible spot for himself as the go-to guy for clients ready to embrace and blend their gray.
His captions always tell a story about his clients, their hair history, goals and, most importantly, the formula and process of how he achieves flawless blending to help his clients go gray gracefully.
Martin's clients drive for MILES to have his color work help them on their gray journey--and it's no surprise. His attention to detail and total customization create results with impact and major life change.
Some might be wondering--won't helping my clients embrace their natural hair color make me lose business? Not necessarily, says VP Creative of BabylissPRO Luis Alvarez, when we interviewed him about the topic last year.
"As a hairdresser, you need to help clients and their aesthetic identity—that’s what you do for a living,” Alvarez says. “If a client says, ‘I’m at this point in my life where I want to play off my gray,’ then it’s my job to help you do it in the best way possible."
Alvarez says extreme contrast can look aging, and recommends colorists look to "compress her tonal range" to create a soft effect.
“If she’s primarily white, lighten darker tones, pairing it with slightly gray next to middle gray or pair black with shades of dark charcoal and lighter gray—tone the whiteness to make it softer,” he says.
Martin's work has garnered so much attention in the gray world that he's also building a book of eager, non-gray clientele looking to embrace the icy, silver trend.
As for maintenance, that's the most important aspect in client satisfaction. If you transform her and she looks amazing, but goes home and doesn't have the same confidence, you haven't done the full 360 transformation.
To follow up on his successful Instagram makeovers, Martin did a post to showcase his favorite tips for long-lasting silver color:
FOR COLORISTS IN THE SALON:
1. Lift the hair to beyond yellow.
2. Pre-tone hair to cancel the yellow prior to applying the silver dye.
3. Apply silver dye on shampooed, dry hair for better deposit.
4. Add Olaplex to your silver dye, Olaplex helps to prevent fading.
5. Leave the color on the hair for at least 40 minutes covered with a head cap.
6. Shampoo hair lightly with cold water.
FOR CLIENTS AT HOME:
1. Don’t shampoo hair for 1 week after color service.
2. Don’t use thermal tools for 1 week after salon visit.
3. Shampoo with cold water once a week only, shampoo only roots.
4. Use dry shampoo to skip washing hair.
5. Mask hair once a week to moisturize and rebuild bleached hair.
6. Avoid using thermal tools but if you have to, set temperature to no more than 300F to 350F.
7. Use a heat protectant spray prior to heat styling
8. Use purple color deposit shampoo if you see any yellow tone in your hair, and use silver color deposit shampoo when you feel the silver starts fading.
9. Redo silver toning at the salon every 4 to 5 weeks.
10. Use Olaplex number 3 to rebuild hair.
Check out @jackmartincolorist's Instagram profile and give him a follow if you're ready for major inspiration. And... be prepared: the comments in his posts are clearly from eager and potential customers (from across the country AND globe!) ready to show their colorists these transformations as inspiration photos when they're ready for a change.
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