Color

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aloxxi: Shades with Personality

Who We AreWith a haircolor collection that trades typical designations such as 9N and 6K for shades like “Party in Lombardy” and “Roman Goddess,” it comes as no surprise that founder George Schaeffer was also behind ...

Sponsored by Aloxxi International

How-To Video: Smokestack Color with Pravana Vivids Black

Pravana's new Vivids Black additive is the star of this multi-dimensional color by Pravana Artistic Color Director Vadre Grigsby.The dark addition to the Vivids family allows stylists to deepen, darken or dim Vivids shades. Vibrant shades ...

Keratin Complex: Healthy, Color-Treated Hair

Who We AreIn 2006, a small group of industry innovators identified an opening in the market: the lack of viable alternatives to the traditional straighteners being used in salons at the time. Working with leading chemists and haircare experts, ...

Sponsored by Keratin Complex

Process: Partners in Color

Process Fall 2015Read the Digital Edition Color professionals demand a lot from haircolor suppliers, including a great deal of information and engagement before considering a new one.In this exclusive section, we invite PROCESS sponsors to give ...

Olaplex: Revolutionizing the Color World

Who We AreOffering a breakthrough product with growth fueled largely by social media, Olaplex President Dean Christal worked with chemists Dr. Eric Pressly and Dr. Craig Hawker to bring his vision to life. Olaplex, a liquid color additive that ...

Sponsored by Olaplex

Matrix: Committed to Color

Who We AreFounded in 1980 by American husband-and-wife hairdressing team Arnie and Sydell Miller, Matrix, a leading professional haircare and color company in the United States, is part of L’Oréal USA’s Professional Products ...

Sponsored by Matrix

Malibu C: Solutions for Colorists

Who We AreMalibu C is a solution-driven professional hair and skincare brand based in science. Since 1985, the company’s mission has been to solve problems using nature-inspired, patented technologies.At the core of Malibu C’s ...

Sponsored by Malibu Wellness

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 ...