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Tiffany Blair shares the color formulas used to create this peek-a-boo look and what she used to touch it up five weeks later.
October 26, 2017
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Tiffany Blair (@Tblair.hair), Goldwell Regional Artistic Team member, shares details for this unicorn inspired color design:
Step 1: Section off at the occipital, in a triangle shape. Pre-lighten this section using back to back foils with 35ml Topchic 9% (30vol) + 1 scoop Oxycur Platin, feathering up to the scalp. Process hair to level 9 or 10, depending on the desired color. Shampoo hair and apply Elumen Prepare to pre-lighten areas. Blow dry hair thoroughly.
Step 2: Subsection pre-lighten area into small diamond shaped sections, using pin curl clips to keep the sections separated. Starting at the nape alternate Elumen formulas in desired pattern, isolated as you work with thermal papers.
Elumen Formulas:
Blue: 25ml Tq@all+10ml Pk@all
Pink: 25ml Pk@all+15ml NB@10
Yellow: 20ml GB@9+10ml Clear+10ml YY@all
Purple: 15ml Pk@all+5ml Tq@all+10ml VV@all
Caribbean Teal: 20ml NB@10+15ml Tq@all+5ml YY@all+2ml Bl@all
Step 3: Allow hair to process for 30 minutes before shampooing hair with Elumen Wash. Towel dry hair and apply Elumen Lock for five minutes. Rinse the hair and apply Elumen Treat.
Step 4: After five weeks, the client came back to transform color to a brighter version of the unicorn inspired color originally accomplished. To achieve that, the formula was updated to provide hair with a more vibrant, jewel tone. Using the same sectioning technique and application method, the below Elumen formulas were used.
Elumen Formulas (used 5 weeks later):
40ml Pk@all
25ml Tq@all+10ml NB@10
40ml VV@all
15ml Bl@all+10ml Tq@all+5ml VV@all
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