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Cool-Tone Balayage Color Correction Breaks Through Banding for Beautiful Blend
Reema Jaber is a color correction artist and this transformation was performed on hair that was fragile and very banded.
by Anne Moratto
Level Up: New Pravana Pure Light Ultra Lightener for 9 Levels of Lift
Pravana introduces a new power lightener to their hair color assortment, this with the proprietary Reunite Mending Technology.
Blonding, Balayage and Babylights: Why We're Obsessed with @Mane_Ivy
If you're longing for effortlessly perfect sunkissed hair inspiration, look no further than Michelle Zeller Porumb, @mane_ivy.
by Mary Kaleta
The Wet Balayage Technique Will Boost and Brighten Dull Ends
Colorist Jessica Vanderwouden uses the wet balayage service to boost everyday color services with minimal time investment. This service allows her to balayage her clients’ hair while wet when the client wants to be slightly brightened, but needs a gentle approach.
The Reality of Transitioning from Dark to Blonde
Pittsburgh colorist Marissa Pusateri @marissapusateri posted color correction showing the realities of going blonde.
by Mary Kaleta
Bronde Ambitions: Babylights and Teasylights with a Shadow Root
Southington, Connecticut stylist Nicole O'Hare, @nicoleoharehair, created this total #hairgoals bronde color using three different techniques.
by Mary Kaleta
AirTouch Technique: What it is, How it’s Done, and Why Your Clients Will be Saying Bye-Bye to Traditional Balayage
Learn all about the Russian highlighting and coloring technique created by Vladimir Sarbashev, it's a technique that's booming down salon doors in Eastern Europe and is moments away from being the biggest trend in American lightening and coloring since ombre and balayage.
Color How-To: Blonding with Foilayage
Learn how Kellie Ferraro performs this highlighting service at the Salon by InStyle inside JCPenny.
by Mary Kaleta
HOW-TO: Dreamy Dimension and Seamless Blend
We asked Hurtado, the co-owner of Prismatic Hair Studio in San Antonio and a balayage and foilyage specialist, to share her steps and formula for this seamless blonde.
by Anne Moratto
Color How-To: Pearl Perfection
Hair color is your oyster; discover how to create your pearl with this inspiration from Camille Plourde @brushedwithlove.
by Mary Kaleta
Platinum Blonde Bob with Baby Blue Tips
Serena Loren's color work is stunning and she charted this journey, phase by phase. Get her how-to here!
by Anne Moratto
Season Swede: Frosty Hair Collection Featuring Keune Color
The inspiration behind this Season Swede collection by Chicago artist John Blue @colorbyblue and his Boss Hair Group team is simplistic and cozy.
11 Hour Platinum Transformation
Colorists are chemists and artists, but not magicians. Here, one colorist shares the truth about the process of taking a dark-haired client to white blonde.
by Anne Moratto
HOW-TO: Blotchy and Broken to Blended Blonde
Instagram can lead plenty of new clients into your chair, many of whom probably should have sat down there a long time ago! Aoife Carr's (@blendedblondes) new client found her on Instagram, and Carr knew what the she needed was going to take a lot of time--there was a lot of hair and a lot to fix.
by Jamie Newman
11 Examples of Foil Placement Perfection by Ian Michael Black
Precision makes perfect: In this gallery, we take a look at some of colorist and educator Ian Michael Black's famed foil artistry perfection.
Carmel Melt Formula and Tips for Sweet Success
Sue Tyrrell is a salon owner in Grand Cayman and her Instagram feed is filled with inspiring images of seamless blends, melting color and also process videos.
by Anne Moratto
Clay All Day: Balayage Looks Guaranteed to Inspire
Balayage experts put L’anza’s Clay Decolorizer to the test and yield beautiful results.
by Jamie Newman