Color
COLOR CORRECTION: Bye Bye Bands, Bye Bye Brass
Melissa Grace Smith (@sweetmelissagrace), a hairstylist at Roots Hair Loft, Jensen Beach, Florida, specializes in color correction and expertly blending dimension for soft, wearable hair color of any shade, natural or vivid.When we saw this ...
FORMULA: Pale Cotton Candy Pink
Shelley Gregory (@ShelleyGregoryHair) of Atelier By Square Salon, Las Vegas, Nevada, caused quite a stir with this gorgeous cotton candy pink finish. Here she shares the formula:-Start with high lifted hair (L'Oreal Professionnel Lightener ...
Shades Of Blonde...The Journey To Silver
Salem (@salemscissorhands), a freelance hair artist from Sacramento, CA (but relocating to Los Angeles, CA next month), posted this 3 panel photo of the same client with three different shades leading up to their mutual goal of silver ...
TIME FOR AN UPDATE: Going Lighter and Brighter
Kim Bruce (@hair_by_kimmmm), a blonde specialist at Finally Lisa's, Southbridge, MA, shares the details for this transformation that took 3.5 hours:"This guest has been my client for a few years. I do her hair about three times a year. ...
FORMULA: Rooty Icy, Lavender
Brittnie Garcia (@makeupbyfrances) of CA Looks, Visalia, CA, invited us to regram this amazing color on our Instagram page and YOU responded! Within 5 days you "loved" it almost 12,000 times and many of the more than 400 comments asked ...
HOW-TO: Pale Amethyst
Keri Unger (@KeriUngerHair) of Cleveland, Ohio posted her beautiful work on our Facebook page and we just had to know how she did this. We were especially in love with her inspiration for this color."I'm typically inspired by ...
by Jamie Newman
How-To (+video!): Kylie Jenner's Minty Green Haircolor
For fashion-color-loving clients looking to get festive this winter or looking to emulate color-chameleon Kylie Jenner (we know, we know—many wigs), Pravana has your back!The minty-fresh green by Pravana Vivids colorist Toni Rose ...
by Lauren Quick
FORMULA: Bubble Gum Pink
When we posted this on Instagram to show the power of lighting more than 3,800 followers "liked" this pix (so far) and many asked for the formula. We asked colorist Kelsey Jeanne (@kelsey_scissorhands) of Nicole's Salon and Day Spa ...
Balayage For Strawberry Blonde
Stephanie Shellenberger (@Stephanie_stylist), a balayage expert at Randy Currie of Currie Hair Skin Nails in Glen Mills, PA, says this first-time balayage guest came to her to transition from an all-over foil design. "I blended away her ...
Violet-Silver Toned Haircolor Inspired by an Abalone Shell
Inspired by the iridescent mother-of-pearl coloring found on the inside of an Abalone Shell, haircolorist Alix Clymer @thereal_omgiloveyourhair created this multi-dimensional look full of violet, silver and sea blue tones.Clymer used her ...
FORMULA: Star Wars Inspired Green!
Kaitlyn Chandler (@kcerenahair) an artist at Klipz Salon, Angels Camp, CA. shares the details for this Star Wars inspired green design on her client, a natural level 2:"Her hair was mostly natural from a grown out ombre."STEP 1: Start ...
TRANSFORMATION: She Wanted To SHOUT!
Lynn Huynh (@lynn_at_excellenthairsalon) a stylist at Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc, Fremont, California, was thrilled with the opportunity this first time client presented."She wanted to go purple at first, but at the end of the ...
TRANSFORMATION: Bleached Out To Dimensional Blue/Gray
Tai Kieu (@taitkieuapril05), a stylist at Bebe Salon, Garden Grove, California, says "My client been getting highlights for the last 2 years on her natural Asian level 2 hair. So when she first came to my chair, her hair had been ...
Faded Pink To HOT Ultra Light Blonde
Rachelle Beck (@hair.by.rachelleb) of Sweetly Shique, Peoria, Arizona, says it took 4 hours to transform her client. "Her regrowth was a natural level 8. She had two month old Pravana Vivids Pink Orchid that was faded and there was a lot of ...
Fashion Fade To Gorgeous Dimensional Sombre
Pravana Artistic Educator Jamie Waier (@jwaierhairartist) WOWED us with this transformation on her Instagram page.Here she shares the HOW TO, using all Pravana color: Step 1 : To base apply 3N with 10 volume. Step 2 : Apply ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going To The Dark Side
Jordan Pomeroy (@jbraidsandbows) of Blue Water Salon, Naples, Florida, says "My client had been blonde for the majority of her life and was tired of the upkeep. She had been toying with the idea of going darker but wasn't sure how she ...
From Brass To Low Maintenance Ash Sombre
Chrissy Rasmussen (@hairby_chrissy) of Habit Salon (@habitsalon) Gilbert, Arizona shares the HOW TO for this color correction on her client from Hawaii who has a natural base level 6, "but the ends are super brassy which the Hawaiian sun ...