TRANSFORMATION: Old School Ombre To New School Pretty Sombre
Melanie Shields (@melaniekshields), an artist at Colours Salon, Kahului, on Maui in Hawaii, tagged us with this amazing makeover and we just had to know more."My guest had permanent black hair color about 1 1/2 inches away from the ...
Maggie Mulhern・Beauty and Fashion Director, MODERN SALON
Melanie Shields (@melaniekshields), an artist at Colours Salon, Kahului, on Maui in Hawaii, tagged us with this amazing makeover and we just had to know more.
"My guest had permanent black hair color about 1 1/2 inches away from the scalp," says Shields. "Her ends were overly lightened and very fragile. She has lots of breakage underneath so I needed to be very careful not to create any more breakage (thank you Olaplex!). She wanted to slightly lighten her base color and darken the ends."
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Here Shields shares the HOW TO:
FORMULAS USED:
A) Equal parts 55/0+5/1+20v Wella Koleston Perfect
Step 2: Starting at the nape, take 1/4 of an inch horizontal sections and apply formula B on the previous black hair color. Feather up into retouch color and where necessary.
Step 3: Apply formula C on the ends at the same time. Separate each section with plastic wrap.
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Step 4: Process for about 30 minutes (until midshaft reached goal level).
Step 5: After rinsing, towel dry and apply formula D for 15-20 minutes. (Color was not exactly what I wanted) Rinse. Towel dry.
Step 6: Apply formula E for 15-20 minutes. Finish with Olaplex #2.
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