For all clients receiving a color service, keeping color fresh and vibrant is a top priority. This is doubly important – and doubly difficult – for textured clients with hair that is typically more prone to color fading due to damage caused by chemicals and heat styling.
by Elizabeth Jakaitis
Cathy Tran (@prostylistcathyt) of Corona, California, shares the details for this color correction going from mis-matched brass to frosty blonde.Step 1: Section hair into 4 star sections, working from the bottom up. Using balayage technique with ...
Constance Robbins (@constancerobbins), an independent salon owner at her own private studio in Upland, Ca., has been an artistic educator at Matrix for 12 years and is a certified Matrix CRAFT Color Master. Her passion is hair painting and color ...
"Cristy wanted to keep her hair on the brunette side of the spectrum, but was tired of what she had been getting and came to us for a more modern style," says Alterna artist Brent Basore (@hair_by_brentandcarlyn) of Sherry Mesa ...
Pastels were popular haircolor shades in both the winter and summer months of 2015 – and they won’t be going away anytime soon. With Rose Quartz and Serenity named Pantone Color of the Year shades for 2016, pastels will remain a top ...
by Elizabeth Jakaitis
Luxury Brand Partners (LBP) just wrapped up Front Row, an amazing show billed as "A Hair Festival Of Epic Proportions." Did it live up to its billing? You bet!The four day event, based in the Wynwood Art District in Miami, offered ...
If eating healthier is a goal for you this year, try a one-for-one swap of something you’re currently eating for something you could eat instead. Make these ahead to bring to the salon, or enjoy them at home. Replace your afternoon ...
The January Healthy Hairdresser Challenge offers a chance to earn a professional brush set and backpack bundle from Pivot Point, a $70 value, in exchange for sharing your health goals for the New Year. Responses so far indicate that some of you ...
Today, hairstylists can truly be artists when it comes to haircolor. With more clients than ever becoming enthusiastic about fashion colors, the range of creativity when it comes to color has expanded exponentially. Pravana Artistic Color ...
by Lauren Quick
Eva Green looked effortlessly cool on the Golden Globes red carpet with tousled bedhead and sunset red lips (Charlotte Tilbury's Matte Revolution Lipstick in 1975 Red). The actress, nominated in the category of "Best Actress in a ...
by Elizabeth Jakaitis
Bringing mental illness out of the shadows has long been a goal of the mental health community. In 2015, this movement caught steam as both famous and non-famous sufferers shared their stories publically. The Mighty, a website devoted to ...
The Fairy Whisper collection is inspired by the delicate, feminine and fantastical attributes of fairies."Blonde is the new black - we wanted to add some magic, fantasy and imagination to this new fashion," says Marta Cid, creative ...
Jenny Patinkin, makeup artist, beauty expert and entrepreneur, recently appeared on You and Me on Chicago's WCIU to recreate her favorite makeup looks from the Golden Globe's red carpet--lazy perfection style. The looks included ...
Most people don't. Work with photographers backstage, that is. Most hairdressers are totally oblivious photographers are there backstage photographing hair that may not end up looking it's best, sometimes in media reaching millions or ...
Riawana Capri of Nine Zero One created a whimsical updo for Dobrev that somehow got more glamorous with each twist and turn of her tresses.Capri prepped dry hair by spraying with Unite Glossing Spray for heat protection. She then ...
Celebrity master-stylist Laini Reeves created romantic, flowing waves for Amy Adams to complement her Versace gown.“Amy’s hair is longer now,” said Reeves, “and we decided that the waves and center part would feel more ...
by Elizabeth Jakaitis
Just before having her makeup done for the awards show, Kate Hudson made a spur-of-the-moment decision—to cut off 7 inches of hair.Celebrity master-stylist David Babaii drew on '70s and '80s film inspiration to give her a ...
by Elizabeth Jakaitis