10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
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The Gentle Journey To A Red LOB
Gabrielle Frosinos (@sirengabrielle) of Siren Salon Vancouver, Washington, recently went on a fun journey with a client and shares the HOW TO:Session 1: Our first appointment together she had about 2 inches of level 6 regrowth and a faded ...
A Journey to a Beautiful Blonde
Often the most labor-intensive makeovers result in haircolor that looks like it was meant to me---"born this way" is the phrase that comes to mind. This four-hour transformation blonde was created by Stephanie Garcia ...
by Anne Moratto
DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION: Nailing the Inspiration Photo
Katlin Starks (@hairbykatlin), a mentor stylist for Regis Salon in Albuquerque, NM, had an opportunity with a first time guest who had not been happy with her hair for a while."She had been left with a burned scalp in the past, warm toned ...
TRANSFORMATION: Sombre Perfection
Haley Ferreira (@mermaidhairs) of Cutting Loose Salon in Sarasota, Florida, is also a National Educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems. She has been working with this client for several months, tweaking her color on each visit.FIRST ...
Wella Academy Tour: Essential Foiling
The Wella Masters Color Expert Program (MCE) is gaining momentum and spreading out around the U.S. Seminars and classes are being held not only in the Wella Studios (NY and LA), but in selected venues in various parts of the country. ...
TRANSFORMATION: Pretty In Pale Lavender Pink
Deseray Thiessen (@deseraytee) of Wink Studios, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is "very passionate about hair and color corrections. I especially enjoy creating new tones with blondes." So when Thiessen met this client, she had the ...
How-To: New-Mom Red
Nato VanDine (@re_nato_v) of Bardo Salon and Spa, Boca Raton, FL (also a Brand Educator for Wella Professionals) had a fun opportunity with a friend."She recently had a child and was dealing with some regrowth and brassy ends," VanDine ...
How-To: Brassy to Dimensional Curls
Rachael Urrico (@Rachael_Devacurl) of Devachan Salon, NYC, met with a new client who from out of town."She had her hair previously colored, which she felt was too brassy with no dimension," Urrico says. "Our goal was to lighten ...
TRANSFORMATION: From Perm to Deep Red-Violet
"My client, an old friend from middle school, came to me with a grown out perm and wanted a color change to freshen up her look," says Maayan Birstein (@maayanbescene) of the Be Scene Studios. "She gave me creative ...
"Dye-ing" for a Big Change
Samantha Daly (@bottleblonde76), a master stylist at Cutting Loose Salon in Sarasota, Florida, specializes in blonde and short hair."I live and breathe hair," Daly says. Her bio on Instagram says, "I find beauty in making people ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Over-the-Moon Blonde
This client found Karl Brown (@karlgbrown), a color correction specialist, of Axis Hair (@AXISHAIR) through Instagram."She saw some of his other platinum/silver color corrections and wanted the same outcome," says colleague Renee ...
TRANSFORMATION: Ombre to Dark Cherry Cola
Douglas J. Sherman (@jshermansalon) of the Sola Salons Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, says he absolutely loves "what I do and the challenges each client brings me."Well, he has the opportunity to meet that challenge on a regular basis ...
HOW-TO: Pink Lemonade Formula
Sadie Gray (@sadieJcre8s), based at Deja Vu Salon, Santa Rosa, California, sent in the details for this pink lemonade design that we just had to share:Get the color: Pink lemonadeSTEP 1: Apply balayage highlights using Schwarzkopf Blondme with ...
GOING FOR IT: Spring Rose Gold
Kristy Lage (@KristyLStylist), an independent stylist of Salon Karma, Omaha, Nebraska, shares the details of this transformation that took 12 hours and cost the client $600:"Earlier in the year a very sweet girl with an inch of level 7 ...
TRANSFORMATION: Copper Sombre
Jason Sapp (@hairbyjasonsapp), a national educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems and artist at 67Style, Statesboro, Georgia, had a fun challenge. "This guest initially came to me for a haircut by a referral," says Sapp. "During ...
Three-Day Journey to High-Contrast Silver
Sarah Crews (@hairbysarahcrews) of Studio Gaven Salon, Nashville, Tennessee, shared this amazing transformation that has so many interesting elements that we wanted to share with you.Crews was asked by pop artist SVRCINA to help change up ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For A Subtle Brown Sombre
Susie Pham (@hairbysusiepham), a freelance artist based in San Jose, California, had fun with a first time client. "She found me on Instagram and booked the appointment," says Pham. "She wanted a dimensional subtle brown shade on ...