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HOW-TO: Mediterranean Espresso Updo
IT&LY Hairfashion International Creative Director Pasquale Caselle transformed this brunette with dark eyes into a beautiful Mediterranean beauty, changing her hair color to a rich espresso and styling her hair to compliment her face shape with a bold updo.
HOW-TO: Rainbow Ombré
This multi-colored dip-dyed look called Rainbow Ombré gradually blends up the hair. Learn how to try it on your clients.
Sun-Kissed Brunettes: Summer Color Formulas Your Clients Crave
Rich with dimension, delicately balanced, these bombshell browns are strategically enhanced to deliver deep shine with natural appeal. Here, four artists use four different formulas and application techniques to achieve lust-worthy locks your clients will be begging for this summer.
Seamless Color
To offer a simple and quick service, Dubre utilized the model’s existing highlights but added more depth at the base, using a shade deeper than her natural shade, and blending out to stronger lift at the tips using a high-lift powder lightener. “It’s a new fresh look,” he says. “It’s taking the extreme ombre and giving it a gentle 2012 spin.”
Seamless Diffusion
For years, Kenra has been known for its wide range of hair care and styling products—but now, with the launch of Kenra Color, salons will have access to 70 shades of low-ammonia permanent color and 40 shades of ammonia-free demipermanent color.
HOW-TO: Jessica Alba's Bombshell Brunette
Rich brunette color is hot this fall, and Krista Beahm, a colorist at Patrick McIvor Color Studio in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, reports that she’s been fielding tons of requests recently for sexy shades like Jessica Alba’s. Here, Krista reveals her favorite formula to achieve the star’s shiny strands with subtle, face-framing highlights.
Understated hue by Adrienne Rogers
Adrienne Rogers, owner of Hush Salon in Philadelphia and Product Club National Technical Training Director says by hiding artfully placed highlights on a brunette, a hair colorist can give the client subtle highlights without taking away from her natural beauty.