Color

Johnny Ramirez's Advice for Helping Clients Achieve Their Dream Blonde

Lived-in color. Bright platinum. Rooty warm shades. It's summer, which probably means you colorists are hearing these requests a lot during peak-blonde season.To help your bright endeavors, we asked Johnny Ramirez, L’Oréal ...

MAKEOVER: Going Platinum

Candice Marie (@candicemarie702) of Square Salon, Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in fashion colors, platinum blondes and extensions. "This is my beautiful hair model Ashley. This is Ashley's second time with me. She came in w ...

MAKEOVER: Balayage and Backcombed Weaves For A Power Blonde

Brandon Pate (@brandonandhair) of Cortello Salon, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, says his guest "started as a color correction one year ago and has been balayaged three times with lowlights and some highlights, mostly just around the face. At ...

MAKEOVER: Balayage For A Perfect Rooty Blonde

Kelly Massias (@kellymassiashair) of Lift Hair, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, says her natural level 7-8 client was ready for an update. "She came in with a 4 month old grown out balayage" looking for more of a punch.Here Massias ...

MAKEOVER: Balayage Perfection

This BALAYAGE BLONDE, created at the most recent Balayage Workshop at the Eva Scrivo Academy, has created quite the buzz. MODERN caught up with Scrivo to get more details on how she took this banded/spotty before into a seamless balayage ...

COLOR CORRECTION: Bad Brass and Bands To The Perfect White Blonde

Terra Shapiro (@Terrashapiro_atJuanSalon), of Juan A Salon, Sherman Oaks, California, a blonde and color correction specialist, had a challenge. "My client @amynicole1 had previously dyed brown hair who tried going lighter at another ...

MAKEOVER: Faded Silver to Strawberry/Copper Blonde

Tatiana Silvestri (@tatianashair) of Le Studio Salon De Beauté, Mesa, Arizona, says new client Rachel found her on Instagram. "She wanted to do something different with her hair. We set up a hair consultation and during the ...

Can you Name These Blonding & Lightening Techniques?

How well do you know your lightening techniques? Think you can name all of these blonding styles? Test your knowledge and see if you can guess which blonde is which!

MAKEOVER: Balayage For A Pixie Pick-Me-Up

Hollie Schacherl (@moonstoned.beauty) of Path Salon, Austin, Texas, loves collaborating with clients that are adventurous with their style."I am most inspired by people who disregard the standard of what's considered beautiful and ...

MAKEOVER: Super Dark To Super Bright Blonde

Tiffany VanEeckhoute (@_hairbytiffany_ ) of The Hair Theatre Salon, Saint Louis, Missouri, decided to "go for it" for this dark and faded client looking to become a bright blonde.Here she shares the HOW TO:STEP 1: Apply Redken ...

Balayage Color Correction

Owner and sole stylist at Gingersnap Hair Redmond, Samantha Gribbe (@theredheadqueen) specializes in "lovely and natural haircolor."For her soon-to-be-married guest Auria, she did "some careful trimming, Olaplex and a soft golden ...

HOW-TO: Camille Rowe-Pourcheresse's Luminous, Long-Lasting Blonde

It's summer and thus more important than ever to be able to give clients tailored, lit-from-within blonde color. However, a beautiful blonde tone is only as good as its staying power. Follow the steps below to learn how to ...

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Beautiful Blonde Balayage and New Shape

David John (@davidjohnla on Instagram) does consistently stellar work at Sally Hershberger LA. This beautiful color and fresh shape caught our eye, once again, and we asked him to share his formula for success.

Bleach And Tone For The Perfect Blonde

"The backstory on this hair transformation began with a referral from another one of my beautiful blonde clients who travels all the way from New Orleans to have her blonde touched up every 6 weeks," says Marilyn Cole ...

TREND ALERT: Nude Haircolor! Powdery, Sandy and Earthy Tones - Trending Blonde Look

The nude haircolor trend is taking the beauty industry by storm right now, and spearheading the movement is Schwarzkopf Professional with their new powdery, sandy and earthy tones that embody both elegance and restraint. Trending in the fashion ...

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Blonde Color Trends for Summer 2016

With Memorial Day weekend quickly approaching, the unoffical start to sweet summer is only a few short weeks away. That means, yet again, clients will be coming in to get lighter and brighter sunkissed color. Laura Williams, colorist at ...

HOW-TO: Cool Platinum Blonde with Blue and Violet Accents

An icy, arctic blonde takes on softness and romanticism while transitioning into whispers of lavender that move into bold blues and violets using Aloxxi color. FORMULA & APPLICATIONNatural level 6 Formula 1: Aloxxi Blue Lightener ...