Color

How to Mimic Balayage with the Slice and Smudge Technique by Nicki Bianco

Don't retire those foils just yet! This Slice and Smudge slicing technique can mimic balayage or the lived-in look.

How to Up Your Ticket with Inventory You Already Have

According to the product's founders, using Balay Powder with color you already have at the salon can allow you to raise your ticket price at little to no cost to you.

MAKEOVER: She Waited One Year For A Retouch!

Blonding expert Anthony Marmiani gets a chance to demonstrate his skills on his client who took a full year to return for a touch up.

How-To: Warm Champagne Blonde

This elegant, “uptown” blonde is brought to you by three key players. Kenra Professional National Artistic Manager Oliver Shortall used Kenra Color Simply Blonde Beyond Bond Lightener—with its inner and outer cuticle bonding complex--to create the highlights. Simply Blonde Ultra Lift did the job on the base color. (It lifts up to four levels in a single application.) And the luminous, candlelight finish is courtesy of a combination of gold and rose Simply Blonde Sheer Tone.

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New Pravana Balayage Palette Heats-Up to Accelerate Lightening

This new balayage tool is engineered to mimic natural body warmth in targeted areas to improve the lightening process.

Not All Balayage Is Created Equal

While clients can still confuse balayage and ombre, fall is the perfect time to educate them on these warmer tones.

Create a Blonde Shimmer with Schwarzkopf Professional True Beautiful Honest Color

Create a cool highlight with pastel toning using the new Schwarzkopf Professional tbh—true beautiful honest color line

Creamy Blonde with Hints of Violet and Blue Using Keune Haircosmetics Color

Courtney von Berg gives blonde waves subtle dimension with micro weaves of violet and blue using Keune Haircosmetics color.

12 Tips for the Best Highlights

Number one is teasylights. Saturation, tension, and working with a board are some other highlights on this list of highlighting tips.

How-to Remove Oil-Based Color and Direct Dyes

Tough-to-budge hair color take note: these two Malibu C products are not playing.

HOW-TO: Get the Formula for This Grown-Up “Lizzie McGuire” Blonde

A reboot of the Disney Channel show “Lizzie McGuire” will feature Hilary Duff as grown-up Lizzie with really great hair. Get the formula and process here for this sunny blonde.

HOW-TO: Off-Scalp, Freehand Color Placement

Natural-looking, subtle blonde effects are achieved with new Affinage Spirt Lights.

CORRECTIVE COLOR: Removing Layers of Fashion Tones

The struggle is real but it can be done with a thorough consultation, some good products and patience.

Icy Blonde: Correcting and Maintaining Brassy Highlights

See how one stylist corrects and maintains brassy highlights.

Price Transparency on Color Corrections

See a major color correction makeover, plus learn how the colorist, Sean Michael, priced the service.

Hair Color How-To: Warm Honey Blonde

Make sure your natural-looking highlighting and lowlighting skills and formulations are on point! Learn how to use the new Paul Mitchell the Color XG Permanent Hair Color New Naturals to create a warm honey blonde.

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The Cold Truth About Creating a "Nordic Blonde"

When your client wants to be platinum but they have used dark brown box dye and then bleached their hair--five times--to remove it, the struggle is real. But here's what you can do to overcome and level up.