10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
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Balayage with the Best: New PRAVANA Balayage Certification Program with Guy Tang
PRAVANA invites stylists to take their blonding skills to the next level and master the art of Balayage with its new Balayage Certification program, featuring Balayage expert and hair guru Guy Tang using the new Pure Light Balayage ...
by Anne Moratto
Q&A With KL Christoffersen, the Stylist Behind Fluid Hair Painting
Think of it as balayage's fantastically quirky cousin; Fluid Hair Painting uses a similar painting technique to balayage, but while the client is reclined (like their position at the shampoo bowl) at the edge of a table. MODERN SALON asked ...
by Jamie Newman
How-To: Chrissy Teigen's Fall Balayage
Chrissy Teigen likely serves an inspiration for many of the clients who come to you with pictures of their dream hair. The model is consistently on-trend with her enviable tresses—from bronde to a short-lived lob and everywhere in ...
by Lauren Quick
TRANSFORMATION: Summer to Winter Blonde
Allie Villa (@allievilla) of Mimi's Salon (@mimissalon), Belmar NJ, says "My client Marta always likes to go very blonde during the summer so we keep her very close to platinum usually, but for the fall she wanted a rooted, warm blonde ...
Toning Down The Drama
Danielle Astle (@daniellehotseatsalon) of the Hot Seat salon, San Diego, California, says her new client came to her because she was tired of her ombre, finding it too yellow and too dramatic! "She wanted something more subtle that would ...
TRANSFORMATION: Warm To Ashy Dimensional LOB
Saretta Bowerman (@hairbysaretta), owner of Blue Water Salon in Naples, FL, says "Blondes have become my favorite thing and I’m currently obsessed with rooty cool shades. Each blonde has its own story, hair history, and specific ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Going For Tears Of Joy
Cirrus Blaafjell (@CirrusBlaafjell) of Salon Alta in the heart of San Francisco specializes in low maintenance, lived in hair color. "I like for my clients to not have to come but every 3-6 months," she says. "I find hair painting ...
How-To: Low-Maintenance Hair-Painting
It's no secret that endlessly customizable hair-painting has become one of the most-requested color techniques at salons in 2015. The natural-looking touches of color is a style that many clients gravitate toward."Hair painting is ...
by Lauren Quick
Deva Cut and Color with Balayage
This curl-enhancing cut and curl-defining color is by Rosalee Rios Landry (@lovehairbyrose), a Deva Curl Inspired Stylist and Redken Master Specialist. She hairpainted the formulas below for this beautiful result.FORMULABase: Redken 6 NGC + 8NGC ...
by Anne Moratto
Formula How-To: Goldilocks by Clairol Professional
Inspired by the vivid and dimensional results achievable with Flare permanent cream color. An overall lighter blonde with depth in order for the blonde shades to really stand out. FORMULAS & APPLICATION: Natural level ...
Formula How-To: Gilded Glam by Goldwell
A ’50s take on the modern woman involves a crisp, clean blonde with a variation of tones, plus depth and high shine. FORMULAS & APPLICATION: Natural level 8 with previous highlights and fadage Formula 1: 40 ml ...
Formula How-To: Wheat Shag by Aveda
Blonde means different things to different people. Creating the perfect blonde is about envisioning the guest’s desired tone and using the haircolor to achieve beautiful results. FORMULAS & APPLICATION: Natural level ...
Formula How-To: Blonde Contrast by Lakme
The gradation of wolves’ color is clearly visible on each strand, but at a distance it creates multiple, but beautifully blended, tonalities in their fur. The objective was to create more dimension in the hair and focus on certain panels ...
TRANSFORMATION: Faded and Damaged To Breathtaking Blonde
Kristy Ferry (@Infinity_Hair_d) of Infinity Hair Design, Berowra Heights on Sydney's Upper North Shore says that "Olaplex has revolutionized our ability to create beautiful clean blondes whilst still maintaining the health and integrity ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For A Power Blonde
Victoria Langley (@hairbymissvictoria) of Sydney Broderick Salon and Spa in Jefferson City, MO, met with her client, a natural level 5/6 with 2.5 inches of regrowth and minimal highlights, and learned she wanted to be a much lighter blonde. ...
Formula How-To: Sundrenched by Matrix
The inspiration for this color comes from, beachy, earthy tones. Naturally sun-kissed blonde is achieved by weaving in multiple shades of color. Contrast is necessary for the lighter pieces to appear lustrous. Lowlights are a crucial part of the ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Over Bleached To Rooty Ashy Blonde
"This was a first time client with hair that had been colored and bleached for many years, about 2 cm of natural root color that was between an 8 and 7," says Malin Holm (@moy.hairsalon) of Moy.Hair Salon, Vaasa, Finland. "We were ...