Color

MAKEOVER: Box Color Transformation and New Haircut

Start following @vanessayvonnehair for some gorgeous makeovers including this one. Here's the formula and how-to for this cool-girl finish.

Getting Even: 8 Hour Color Correction to Eliminate Banding

“The key to this was evening out the canvas by pre-lightening all the warm areas.” See what else this blonding specialist did to create the final, beautiful result.

Explaining Foilyage, Teasylights, Shadow Root and Other Hair Color Techniques to a Salon Client

Here's a short cheat sheet from a master blonder with descriptions of these different techniques.

5 Tips for Seamless Blending

From an application artist, we offer up these simple-yet-effective suggestions for lightening and blending.

Joico Uses Virtual Reality to Enter the World of Healthy Hair

Joico is among the first in the pro-hair space to do this because they believe VR is the new way to bring a “gotta-see-it-to-believe-it” product experience to life.

MAKEOVER: Balayage, Babylights and Teasy-Lights for the Win

Katelynd Curtis combined balayage, babylights, teasy-lights, a base shade and proper toning to turn this brassy golden blonde to a bright and exciting ashy platinum.

COLOR HOW-TO: From Blonde to Beyond by @chadkenyon

Redken (with Olaplex incorporated, always) formulas plus some bang action changed-up this look in a bright and beautiful way.

Having A Bronde Moment

Redken Ambassadors Jamie Sea, @prettylittleombre and Daniel Mora, @danielmbeauty, brilliantly combine brown and blonde shades to create a bronde combination for nearly everyone. Here are three of their top bronde looks, plus tips for achieving the best brondes in the business! 

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.