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10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
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TRANSFORMATION: Summer to Winter Blonde
Allie Villa (@allievilla) of Mimi's Salon (@mimissalon), Belmar NJ, says "My client Marta always likes to go very blonde during the summer so we keep her very close to platinum usually, but for the fall she wanted a rooted, warm blonde ...
Toning Down The Drama
Danielle Astle (@daniellehotseatsalon) of the Hot Seat salon, San Diego, California, says her new client came to her because she was tired of her ombre, finding it too yellow and too dramatic! "She wanted something more subtle that would ...
TRANSFORMATION: Warm To Ashy Dimensional LOB
Saretta Bowerman (@hairbysaretta), owner of Blue Water Salon in Naples, FL, says "Blondes have become my favorite thing and I’m currently obsessed with rooty cool shades. Each blonde has its own story, hair history, and specific ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Broken Blonde To Hot Rose
"My guest came to me a double process platinum blonde with a lot of breakage," says Samantha Daly (@@bottleblonde76), a master stylist and Artistic Director at Cutting Loose Salon, Sarasota, Florida. "She was a former client of ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Going For Tears Of Joy
Cirrus Blaafjell (@CirrusBlaafjell) of Salon Alta in the heart of San Francisco specializes in low maintenance, lived in hair color. "I like for my clients to not have to come but every 3-6 months," she says. "I find hair painting ...
HOW-TO: Come One, Come All to the Electric Circus
"I get very excited when my client Jenna sits in my chair," says Toni Rose Larson (@Colordollzbytoni), hair painter of Carlsbad, California. "We began our journey two years ago; she has been my muse and was my first creation using ...
by Jamie Newman
How-To: Low-Maintenance Hair-Painting
It's no secret that endlessly customizable hair-painting has become one of the most-requested color techniques at salons in 2015. The natural-looking touches of color is a style that many clients gravitate toward."Hair painting is ...
by Lauren Quick
HOW-TO: From Grown-Out and Messy to Dimensional Copper Lob
Inspired by fall and the colors the leaves turn, Margarita Ford (@Misahara5) of Euodia Salon and Day Spa in Moorpark, California, created this pumpkin-spice looking color. Ford's client was formerly a highlight and lowlight combo who ...
by Jamie Newman
TRANSFORMATION: Mushy Box To Tasteful and Healthy Sombre
Maggie Ly from David's Hair and Nail, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, specializes in haircolor and color corrections. "My guest had her hair lightened before somewhere else then gave up maintaining her color," says Ly about this ...
Box Ombre Fail To Fresh, Modern Red
Destini Oddo (@Desert_rayne) a cosmetology student at Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics in Omaha, Nebraska, caught our eye with this gorgeous makeover. "My client Amber came to see me because she was extremely unhappy with her ...
TRANSFORMATION: Softening An Ombre Mishap
Samantha Ploskonka (@samploskonka), a John Paul Mitchell Systems National Educator and Freelance Hairstylist based at Salon Mix in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California says, "I tend to have a lot of what I refer to as 'reverse ...
Deva Cut and Color with Balayage
This curl-enhancing cut and curl-defining color is by Rosalee Rios Landry (@lovehairbyrose), a Deva Curl Inspired Stylist and Redken Master Specialist. She hairpainted the formulas below for this beautiful result.FORMULABase: Redken 6 NGC + 8NGC ...
by Anne Moratto
How-To: Fall Ombre
Unsurprising this time of year, one of Tyler Summers' (@makeupfreaktyler) clients came in wanting a fall red with highlights. During the consultation she told him that a month ago she did her hair herself, applying bleach with 20 vol ...
Color Correction: From Green and Fried to Pixie Perfect
Redken Certified Colorist and PureArtist Toni Fountain, who works at Indulgence, The Salon, of Lakewood, California, had a tough challenge at hand when her client walked in the door and requested a major change. One look at her ...
TRANSFORMATION: Strong Sombre To Gray/Slate
Geysha Tomassone (@geyshaloveshair) of Mora Salon, Cherry Hill, NJ, says "My client wanted a change and opted for a gray/slate color! Of course, in her case, I had explained to her that it may take up to 3 visits to achieve this color. She ...
Formula How-To: Shiny Penny by JKS International
Copper reigns as the season’s it-girl color with healthy lengths and a glossy finish. FORMULA & APPLICATION: Natural level 7 Formula 1: JKS International 7C (level 7 copper) with 15-volume developer Formula 2: 7CC ...
Formula How-To: Hot Topic by Scruples
A blend of color showcases bold highlights with a precise cut that has exaggerated disconnection. FORMULAS & APPLICATION: Natural level 6 Formula 1: 1 oz Scruples Power Blonde Lightening Powder with 1 oz Scruples Pure ...