10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
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COLOR CORRECTION: Pretty and Perfect Sombre
Miguel Gato (@migueldoeshair), based in Miami, Florida, had a fun challenge with this correction. "About four months ago, this client decided to lighten her ends and color them green! What you see in the photo is her natural base color with ...
TRANSFORMATION: Level 8 Gold To Level 10 Platinum
Geysha Tomassone (@hair.by.geysha) of the Mora Salon, Cherry Hill, NJ (@morasalon) gladly met the challenge of taking her 50% gray, level 8 gold client to her desired level 10 platinum."My client of about 5 years came in for her appointment ...
CORRECTION: Dealing With Damage
Bekah Fritze (@deucedeuce) from DeMaj Salon (@demajsalon), Lafayette, Colorado, was presented with a project. "This client had come in after a long time family friend had been doing her hair for years," says Fritze. "She said that ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Asked and Received
"My client came to me with all over box dye she had been doing on herself for years," says Kovia Free (@Hairbykovia) an artist at Habit Salon, Gilbert, Arizona. "She asked for dimension and a brighter blonde with cool ...
Red By Choice
These 5 redheads are all members of the same family (nieces, cousins, that kind of thing). All but one has been blessed with this natural shade. Can you guess which one?The NOT natural red head (what we call "Red By Choice") went ...
Layers of Red Box to Regal Dimension
Sadie Gray (@sadiejcre8s), based at Deja Vu Salon, Santa Rosa, California, posted this gorgeous transformation on Instagram and we had to know more."This is Marisol," Gray says. "She is a natural level 4 with ...
Brightening up to Pearl Blonde
Carly Gillam (@hairbycarlygillam), an artist at Strawberry Blonde Salon in Charleston, SC, specializes in color - specifically balayage. "I love balayage because I feel like an artist," she says, "and every client is a new ...
TRANSFORMATION: High Contrast Blonde
Marie Negron (@glamhairbymarie), owner of Flawless Beauty Salon, Cleveland, Ohio, loves "being a colorist and making my clients beautiful and happy."She had that opportunity with client Ashley who "came back after 6 months ...
TRANSFORMATION: Lighter, Brighter, Beautiful
Rosvelt Ranses (@rosvelt) of La Bella Salon, Miami, Florida, has a beautiful Instagram feed filled with amazing transformations and inspirational finishes. This client deserved a place on his page! She had virgin 4/5 level hair (no grays) ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Fixing A Messed Up Ombre
Lisa Hart-Walker (@superstylist5711), an artist at Creations Salon, Rochester Hills, Michigan, specializes in color and color correction on all hair textures. Hart-Walker credits @cynthialumzy with helping to drive her talent and career.It ...
Back To Brown
"Claire came to me 6 months prior to fix a design done at another salon," says Lily Duong (@hairbylily408), a L'Oreal Certified balayage artist, based at Hair By Lily at Salons by JC in San Jose, California. "She came in with ...
FORMULA: Modern Ombre and Ecaille
Meri Kate O'Connor, Senior Colorist and Educator at Eva Scrivo Salons and Academy (@EvaScrivoSalons), NYC, shared this finish from the recent program held at the Eva Scrivo Academy. "Anna Lisa was one of two models for our Modern Ombre ...
HOW TO: Soft Pearly Blonde
Josie Vilayvanh (@josievilay) of Wink Studio, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada, is no stranger to acknowledgement. She was named the Contessa Manitoba hairstylist of the year 2012 and the Mirror Canadian Hairstylist of the Year for Manitoba in 2013. ...
THE FIX: Her First Professional Experience
Gabrielle Frosinos (@sirengabrielle) of Siren Salon, Vancouver, Washington, posted this transformation and we had to know more. "This was her first time getting her hair done professionally," says Frosinos. "She was the vicitm of ...
FORMULA: Honey Blonde
Amy Zikic (@hairandharlow), co-owner of Hair&Harlow located in Wollongong NSW, says she's been living the hairdream since opening the salon 12 months ago. "I've been in the industry for 13 years and love hair more then ever ...
TRANSFORMATION: Super Blonde
Alii Wray, (@missxalii) owner of Salon blk, Pittsgrove, NJ, specializes in vibrant color, color correction and fusion extensions. "I think dramatic makeovers are my absolute favorite," she says. "This was definitely one of ...
Going For A Bright Beautiful Blonde
Kristen Gaglione says she is "obsessed" with the results she is getting from BONDPLEX, infused with A.B.S. (Anti Breakage System). This is "such an industry changing product," she says and proves it with the following ...