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Creating a Balayage Believer: Hair by Marilyn Cole Using Aloxxi
Aloxxi created a new way to talk about haircolor with clients when it introduced the concept of Color Personalities. Their consultation book features swatches and visuals of haircolor finishes that are assigned a name (Blonde Bambino, ...
by Anne Moratto
Pretty Copper To Pink Sombre
MODERN found this beautiful finish on the instagram page of Chris Weber (@chrisweberhair). The artist, based at Barbarella Hairsalon in Vancouver, BC, shares the HOW TO create this color:Step 1: Apply Wella Blondor, blended with 20 ...
HOW TO: Blue/Green Colormelt
BEFOREToni Rose Larson, owner of Hairitage Salon (@Hairitagesaloncarlsbad) loves turning "chemistry into art," she says. "What is this particular head of hair capable of becoming? What formulations can make this come to ...
The BLUR Technique: HOW TO From Justin Isaac
Blurred lines are everywhere—from makeup and fashion, to photography and that song that’s been stuck in your head since last summer. According to the trendsetters at Redken, it’s also a haircolor technique that will ...
Purple Haze Color Melt by Susie Pham
Susie Pham (@susiepham1087) shares her Purple Haze Color Melt process and formula:First, balayaged and lift her to level 7-9. Then blow dried and toned with K-Pak Joico Intense Colors. Formula #1 i used shade Light Purple and formula #2 i ...
by Anne Moratto
Fiery Color Melt by Anastasia Amico
Anastasia Amico (@anastasia_amico) shared this fiery color melt image on Instagram and here she graciously shares the formula, too."These colors have the ability to pierce through naturally and artificially colored hair using the 1:1.5 ...
by Anne Moratto
Box Hair Color Fail to Beautiful Balayaged Babylights
Arsova Salon Founder and Creative Director Anita Arsova gave her model a salon professional makeover, complete with a haircut, style and new hair color. "After using box color repeatedly at home, my model's hair became very dry," ...
Arctic Blonde
Alissa Frum, a colorist at Eva Scrivo and a member of the Eva Scrivo Academy, is getting a lot of buzz for this "arctic blonde" she recently posted on instagram. "For this client I applied L'Oreal Platinium with ...
Base to Cover Gray to Glossy Finish
Check out this before-during-and-after by Jess Dunaway (@colorbyjess) who works out of Ian McCabe Studio in Washington, D.C. Her client was booked as a single and a full head of highlights. She was with her for approximately 3 ½ ...
by Anne Moratto
Balayage Ombre Highlights and Color Melt
Pam Edwards (@hairbypam), a Sacramento-based hairdresser and hair extension artist, colormelted her client's hair a few days before starting on round two. Here's how she described the second phase on Instagram:“Balayage ombre ...
by Anne Moratto
Ombre, Sombre and Colormelt? How Do They Differ?
One of MODERN's favorite artist, Gina Bianca (@The_Hair_Doctor) is regularly asked "What is the difference when comparing Ombre, Sombre and Colormelt?"When Bianca mentioned she was working on a story to better explain the ...
Beautiful "Balayombre"
Monica Giles (@mgileshair) "had so much fun with this balayage, melt, sombre or whatever you want to call it!" We call it pretty. Giles offers two outdoor views here: "I love the color in the sun and in the ...
by Anne Moratto
5 Things You Need to Know About the "Babylights" Hair Color Trend
Get ready—there’s a new hair color technique that’s taking the beauty industry by storm and it’s called “babylights.”The term can be added to the ongoing list of highlighting techniques like splashlights, ...
HOW-TO: Pink, Orange, Yellow Color Melting Technique by James Gartner
It may have started as a dream, but it ended with the reality of a first-place win for James Gartner in the inaugural Pravana 2014 Show Us Your Vivids contest for educators.Gartner, 30, is co-owner and chief creative ...
HOW TO: White To Gray Ombre, Beautiful
Joelle Landoff (@mermyjo), an assistant at Champions Salon, Lake Forest, California, has created a beautiful white to gray ombre design for model, Zoe. MODERN received so much love on instagram that we decided to track her down. Here, she offers ...
Balayage to DYE For
Meghan Gallagher ( @hairbymeghan ) met first time client with level 8 dirty blonde with partial highlights and about an inch of regrowth. "She asked to be an ombre," says Gallagher, a stylist at Salon Facci, West Windsor, New Jersey ...
HOW TO: MODERN Ombre
Lily Duong (@hairbylily408) from Hair by LIly at Salon 88 in San Jose, California, created this gorgeous MODERN ombre that we couldn't ignore. Here she shares the HOW TO:Step 1: Ombré balayage with Redken Flash lift with 50 volume volume ...