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FIRST SKILLS COLOR: How to Help a Client Transition to Naturally Gray or White Hair
Gray, silver and platinum-white haircolor has been on-trend for younger clients, but occasionally a mature client will decide she is ready to stop coloring her hairand work back to a more natural look. Wella Design Team Member Justine Hornick ...
by Anne Moratto
On The Fringe: Which Fringe is Right for Your Client's Face?
Each face shape demands a specific type of fringe that flatters it most. The fringe either hides features or accentuates them, depending on your client’s facial features. Dana Lyseng, Wella education creative director, says she always ...
by Jamie Newman
Sea Glass Mermaid
"Alli wanted to do something fun with her hair for some time, but waited until after she got married," says Alexis Thurston (@alexisbutterflyloft) from Butterfly Loft salon (@butterflyloftsalon), Encino, California. Here she shares the ...
Gently Lifted For A Big Change
Asil Simsek (@asilsmsk) of Dejavous, NYC, wowed us with this transformation, from flat and uninteresting to gently melted.We contacted Simsek for more information and the HOW TO:STEP 1: Using Schwarzkopf Blondme with 20 volume (blended with ...
Bobbi Foster-Kelly: Trickle-Down Health Training
When you’re the educator who trains the trainers, you know that your words are reaching many more hairdressers than you directly teach. That’s a lot of responsibility! “It’s in the ‘trainings for the ...
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 ...
Your “Great” is First-Rate!
You’ve been responding to our October Healthy Hairdresser Challenge with inspiring tips in sharing your personal “Great!” that helps you to replenish and recharge. There are still two weeks to enter the Challenge, sponsored by ...
Hair Entrepreneurs Fight Domestic Violence
During the Domestic Violence Awareness Month of October, the manufacturers of a new hair accessory are targeting a campaign to help end this “close to home” type of abuse. “Stop Abuse—No Excuse” is the mantra of ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going Back To Her Roots
Natalie Hunter (@Hairismycraft) of Regis Salon, Leesburg, FL, says her client, a natural level 8CG, has been mainaing "a nice platinum blonde. But at a previous salon she didn't quite receive the color she was looking for. We've ...
TRANSFORMATION: Rooty Rose To Ice
Kristen Kologie (@bobandpage) owner of Bob and Page, Winnipeg Manitoba, shares the details for this amazing transformation. Kologie is the person in the photo sporting a color design by lead stylist Kristen Coy who formulated this shade on a ...
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 ...
The Mermaid Melt
Kasey O'Hara Skrobe (@hairbykaseyoh) of The Hair After, Westminster, Maryland says that it wasn't easy getting everyone to be brave enough to do the bold colors in her small town. "Now over 80% of my clientele has mermaid hair or ...
TEAM SPIRIT: The Sport Clips Artistic Team
Sport Clips Haircuts was founded by Gordon Logan, a business man and salon owner who wanted to create a space for men and boys to get their grooming taken care of while watching the game. He envisioned an environment that was guy-centric, not ...
by Anne Moratto
CHOOSE BEAUTY: An Interview with Nadirah Volpe
Sexy Hair Master Artist Nadirah Volpe was inspired by family to sketch out a life in beauty and encouraged along the way by her industry mentor. Hidden talent: “I paint. It’s something I really enjoy and I’m giving it ...
by Anne Moratto
THE FIX: Home Bleach "Job" To Pro Sombre
Brittnie Garcia (@makeupbyfrances) of Ca Looks (@ca_looks), Visalla, California, says "My new client came in with previously home bleached hair and needed me to "fix it". Here she shares the HOW TO:STEP 1: Cut an inch off the ...