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COLOR CORRECTION: Blurring To The Perfect Blonde
Contance Robbins (@constancerobbins), an independent salon owner at Constance Robbins Studio Salon, Upland, CA, has been an artistic educator at Matrix for 11 years and is a certified Matrix CRAFT Color Master. Her passion is hair painting and ...
FORMULA: Fiery Sombre
Scarlet Strange (@venomus_maximus) from Tease, Knoxville, Tennessee, posted this wow fiery sombre and we asked for the formula. Here she shares the details on her client who she says "has a CRAZY amount of hair! She loooooves red ...
TRANSFORMATION: Correcting A Home Ombre
Yesenia Leks (@LXHairStudio), owner of LX Hair Studio, Houston Heights, Texas, shares the behind the scenes story of this dramatic makeover by artist Rossy V:"When our new client walked in, we were all greeted with a mess. When we inquired ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Ashy-Blonde Balayage
This client came to the D-Rock Salon (DRockSalon) looking for an ashy, melted blonde balayage. Salon owner and master stylist, Don Dao took her and transformed her hair into just that with a tasteful balayage application.Here he shares the HOW ...
TRANSFORMATION: Faded Blonde to Pink Champagne
Hortencia Rodriguez (@stylisthr) of Jasko Schroeder Salon, Menlo Park, California, says she "does hair for the smile my client gives me. To have the ability to make people feel better about themselves is truly a joy!!"Here she ...
TRANSFORMATION: Golden To Platinum
Nasha Sanchez (@HairbyNasha), an artist at Vivian's Unisex in Miami, Fl, says working as a stylist has helped her come out of her shell. "I feel accomplished when I get through a difficult color project and see how the clients just ...
HOW-TO: Yellow Blonde to Lived-In Sombre
Not all blondes were created equally.Brittany Gonzalez (@hairbybrittanyy) of Habit Salon in Gilbert, Arizona had a client come in to her with very brassy yellow blonde hair with a natural base of level 8. Gonzalez took her client from "drab ...
by Jamie Newman
TRANSFORMATION: TransitioningTo Fall
Jillain Salomone (@jillainhair_mua & @jluxesalon), owner of j.luxe Salon, Syracuse, NY, says "My client came in with a washed out summer blonde shade. It was now time to transition into fall, and richen up her color. We decided that we ...
Colortrak Introduces No-Cling Professional Balayage Haircoloring Film
Colortrak is launching new Professional Balayage Haircoloring Film with no-cling technology. The product will be available January 2016. Many hairstylists today use traditional kitchen plastic wrap for balayage, but its sticky nature makes ...
by Lauren Quick
How-To: Bond Girl
Previously, salon professionals discussed bonds in relation to breaking them and reforming them—but never multiplying them or cross-linking them. Thanks to chemistry, hair anatomy expertise and the power of social media, addressing the ...
How-To: Babylights and Balayage
Previously, salon professionals discussed bonds in relation to breaking them and reforming them—but never multiplying them or cross-linking them. Thanks to chemistry, hair anatomy expertise and the power of social media, addressing the ...
Plex Appeal
Previously, salon professionals discussed bonds in relation to breaking them and reforming them—but never multiplying them or cross-linking them. Thanks to chemistry, hair anatomy expertise and the power of social media, addressing the bond has become one of the most important parts of the salon service—whether working with color, lightener, relaxers, perms and keratin smoothing.
TRANSFORMATION: Faded Sombre To Scarlet
Kimemily Pham (@excellenthairsalon), owner of Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc. in Fremont California, continues to impress us with incredible makeovers. For this one we asked for more details. "My client Rayanne came to me wanting to go ...
How to Keep It Light, Darken the Root and Minimize Regrowth Line
She's one of our faves to follow for formulas and she is a colorist who keeps upping her game. Lindsey Benitez shares her process on Instagram and whenever she learns something new, she puts it into practice."Tried something new ...
by Anne Moratto
TRANSFORMATION: The Brass-Free Blonde
Gary Yeung (@eclipsesalonsf), a color specialist and owner of Eclipse Salon in San Francisco, CA, prefers to create hair color that looks very natural and dimensional, but realizes that "sometimes a total transformation is necessary." ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dark Virgin To Bright GORGEOUS Blonde
Stephanie Yniguez (@ste_fun_y) of Refuge Salon, Los Angeles, Cal., points out that her Asian client has virgin, below waist-length hair. Here she shares the details on this full-day service to lift her to this breathtaking blonde:STEP 1: ...
How-To: Red Ombriage
Jillian LeDonne (@jillianledonne), colorist at Eva Scrivo in New York, created high contrast look by taking a level 2 client and balayaging in vivid red highlights that are most vibrant at the ends. It's a bold style, to be sure, but the ...