10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
Sponsored by Moroccanoil
Read More →
Diary of a Beauty Editor: My Cut and ‘Reverse’ Balayage…At a Tradeshow?
Tradeshow weekends are exciting, educational and, to be honest, a bit overwhelming. Amplify all those adjectives if it is your first one, with an added dose of the unexpected. For me, America’s Beauty Show at McCormick Place in Chicago ...
by Jamie Newman
How-To: Breaking the Base (+video!)
For blondes, base-breaking is typically a necessary part of color maintenance. Highlights can look unnatural next to regrowth, and Pravana has launched its new ChromaSilk Ultra Hi-Lifts to aid in the base-breaking process.Pravana stylist Jamie ...
by Lauren Quick
BALAYAGE: Great How-To, Tips And Best Practices
Balayage is perhaps one of the most important coloring techniques these days. Although many people (pros and clients) refer to it as a design, it IS a technique. A balayage application results in beautiful and seamless color placement and is ...
TRANSFORMATION: High-Maintenance to Dimensional, Rooty Ash-Blonde
"This long time client of mine is always ready for a change," says Heather Yacenda (@heatheryacendahair), Studio H Salon, Wichita, KS. "We had been lightening her level-3, color-treated hair for almost a year. After we achieved a ...
Don't Miss This: Look & Learn Workshops at Premiere Orlando 2016
Premiere Orlando has long been known for its top-notch selection of classes, workshops and education stylists can find at the show. For Premiere Orlando 2016, which is June 4-6, attendees will not be disappointed. Look-and-learn ...
by Lauren Quick
Color Correction Resulting in Rich, Warm Tones
Such a gorgeous, rich result achieved by Kathleen Austion (@hairgoddesskat), a stylist in Stockton, CA. And she shared her formula on Instagram, so we are sharing it here:FORMULABASE: 5.0 +5.1 with10 volume of FanolaBALAYAGE: Fanola USA ...
by Anne Moratto
Building To Platinum
Brandon Pate (@brandonandhair), Cortello Salon, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, says this "guest started as a color correction one year ago and has been balayaged three times with lowlights and some highlights, mostly just around the ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Messy To Gorgeous Melt
Katie Jones (@katiecolorshair) owner of The Speakeasy Salon, Pendleton, OR (@THESPEAKEASYSALON) says, "When I first met Sam for a color consultation, she had quite the hair coloring journey! Her hair was damaged and far from the color she ...
Friend "Discount" Highlights To Pro Soft Blonde Melt
Amanda Joseph (@thehearsalon) of Mia Bella Salon, Seattle, Washington, says "This client has been coming time for 7 years. This time she tried a friend of hers because she got a discounted price. She wanted some soft blonde melted ...
THE FIX: Blotchy Blonde To Golden Wheat
Haley Ferreira (@mermaidhairs), a National Educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems at Cutting Loose Salon, Sarasota, FL, says her client was "upset with her hair because the previous stylist was 'experimenting' with balayage ...
Rich But Low Maintenance For A Mom-To-Be
"This mommy-to-be came in with a grown out balayage and wanted something less maintenance and richer with color," says Claudia Cruz (@_claudiacruz_) of Marlene Weber Day Spa, Poughkeepsie, NY. "She had a natural level 5 on about ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Botched Merlot To Chocolate Dimension
Amanda LoCastro (@HairByAmanduhh), a Master Colorist/ Stylist at DiRosa Haircare, Franklin Square, NY, is passionate about corrective color, balayage, "and just hair in general!"Here she shares the details for this beautiful color ...
TRANSFORMATION: Pretty Brown To Bright Apricot
"She's always had a lot of warmth in her hair," says Amanda Delvalle (@hairbyamandamarie) of Anthony Palermo at Anthony Leonard Salon, "but she wanted a brighter look with very little dimension something that would blend ...
Vivid Blue to Bright Blonde Balayage Beauty
"When my client first came to me, she had virgin, level-4 hair," says Meli Clark (@melerinaa) of Hard as Nails Salon and Boutique in Lockeford, California. "I balayaged it with 30 volume + Guy Tang lightener and about a week later ...
Candy Shaw's 3 Pillars of a Perfect Balayage
At America's Beauty Show in Chicago March 12-14, Candy Shaw led demonstrations on how to flawlessly create her Sunlights Balayage. Dressed in her signature yellow and black, she taught how lightener should be applied to create seamless, ...
TRANSFORMATION: Honey Blonde to "In Your Face" Ginger
Crystal Casey (@CryistalChaos) of High Voltage Hair, Virginia Beach,VA, says "This client originally came to me wanting to be that perfect natural, light red head - otherwise known as the ginger color. We easily achieved that, but ...
Natural Level 2/3 To A Rooty Blonde (With A Hint Of Lavender)
Kathy Nunez (@HairByKathyNunez) of Studio One Salon, Kennewick Wa, specializes in hair painting. She got the opportunity to put her specialty to use on this virgin haired client. "This little beauty contacted me wanting a huge change," ...