10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
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COLOR CORRECTION: Box Blah To Silver Ash Blonde
Alexis Cruz (@hairbylexy92) of Salon Blue, Hacienda Heights, CA says this client tried 3 times to get an ashy silver blonde with her previous stylist, "but she always left the salon unhappy. After getting frustrated she decided to dye her ...
Balayage Transformation By Eva Scrivo
Eva Scrivo, better known as the "Master of Balayage," used a heavy balayage application of highlights to transform her guest from soft apricot to hot, dimensional blonde, incorporating some of her natural base.Here she shares the ...
An Icy Platinum Undercut For The Fun And Adventurous Guest
Sara Thompson (@rosecityhair), a junior stylist at MAGDolls Hair Parlour in Portland, OR, says her "Disconnected Platinum Mini-Bob" was perfet for her first time guest. "This fun, adventurous client came in asking for an all-over ...
THE FIX: Warm, Cool, Banded to Apricot
We love it when we stumble upon a great transformation by a student. Sarah Johnson, a future professional at Paul Mitchell The School in Rhode Island, says "Not one day goes by where I don't enjoy doing what I do. This is THE best ...
Helping The Serial Scalp Bleacher
Jessica Zappia (@jessicazappiahair) of Studio250, Wetherill Park, Sydney, Australia, wanted to help her client who has "been a serial scalp bleacher for many years. Her hairline couldn't cope anymore." Zappia knew she could help. ...
THE FIX: Correcting A Box Blonde Botch Job
Marcus Byerly (@MarcusByerly), a free-lance artist from Knoxville, Tennessee, has done it again. "This client came to me to fix a mistake she made by coloring it herself with box color," says Byerly. "She said her natural ...
Natural, Glowing Blonde
Sheyanne (@the_vellocet_hair) woprking out of Claudio Lazo's C the Salon in Studio City, CA, shared a very pretty natural, glowing blonde on her Instagram page. She was happy with the results, too.STEP ONE: "ObSESSED with the new Wella ...
by Anne Moratto
FORMULA: Stormy Blonde
Tracy Vasquez, owner and hairstylist of Scotch Bonnet Hair Studio, West Palm Beach, FL, specializes in color, razor and curly hair, and offers advanced training classes in her studio. It was this transformation that caught our eye. ...
TRANSFORMATION: Bad Box To Smokey Ombre
Mark South (@Marksouthmark) of Regis Salon-Cottonwood, Alburquerque, NM, had an opportunity to transform a new client. "This client hadn't cut her hair in three years and had been doing her own box coloring within that time frame. She ...
TRANSFORMATION: Super Cool Icy Blonde
"This client went to someone else originally and he never understood what she wanted," says Marcus Byerly (@marcusbyerly) of Studio 135, Knoxville, Tennessee. "She wants to be a super cool icy blonde. However, in the past, her ...
Intense Color Correction For An EVEN Blonde Bombshell
Amber Buxton (@amber_buxton_salon) of Amber Buxton Salon, New Orleans, LA was faced with a challenge. "My client came in with a lot of banding, after another colorist attempted to base break with color. After assessing her hair. I decided ...
Three Sessions To A BEAUTIFUL Balayage LOB
Carly Gillam (@hairbycarlygillam) of Strawberry Blonde Salon in Charleston, SC, went on a journey with her guest. "My client came in and was tired of maintaining her level 4 permanent red hair color (with her natural being a level ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For BOMBSHELL Blonde
Marie Negron (@glamhairbymarie), owner of Flawless Beauty Salon in Cleveland OH, says "My number one priority is the health and integrity of my guests' hair and of course the smile on their faces after each transformation." The ...
A Journey to a Beautiful Blonde
Often the most labor-intensive makeovers result in haircolor that looks like it was meant to me---"born this way" is the phrase that comes to mind. This four-hour transformation blonde was created by Stephanie Garcia ...
by Anne Moratto
DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION: Nailing the Inspiration Photo
Katlin Starks (@hairbykatlin), a mentor stylist for Regis Salon in Albuquerque, NM, had an opportunity with a first time guest who had not been happy with her hair for a while."She had been left with a burned scalp in the past, warm toned ...
Wella Academy Tour: Essential Foiling
The Wella Masters Color Expert Program (MCE) is gaining momentum and spreading out around the U.S. Seminars and classes are being held not only in the Wella Studios (NY and LA), but in selected venues in various parts of the country. ...
"Dye-ing" for a Big Change
Samantha Daly (@bottleblonde76), a master stylist at Cutting Loose Salon in Sarasota, Florida, specializes in blonde and short hair."I live and breathe hair," Daly says. Her bio on Instagram says, "I find beauty in making people ...