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NEW TREND: Psychedelic Tie-Dye Haircolor Technique
The psychedelic colors you dip-dyed on white t-shirts at summer camp have made their way onto hair.The same technique of taking rubber bands and tightly wrapping them around in sections, can be applied to Pravana Guest Artist Rickey Zito’s ...
Transformation: Everday Brunette to Double-Take Violet Colormelt
Fashion colors continue to trend in the world of haircolor, and many clients are finding variations of the once-intimidating colors to be more approachable and wearable when paired with natural shades. Brandon Johns, Malibu C platform ...
by Lauren Quick
Color Correction: Lovely In Lavender
Diana (@dhairdi), a Wella eucator, master colorist and stylist, created so much dimension in this soft lavender shade."This was a color correction," Diana says. "She had been bleaching her hair for a long time. It was really ...
by Anne Moratto
TRANSFORMATION: Faded Sombre To Scarlet
Kimemily Pham (@excellenthairsalon), owner of Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc. in Fremont California, continues to impress us with incredible makeovers. For this one we asked for more details. "My client Rayanne came to me wanting to go ...
MAKEOVER: Faded Blonde To Pretty Copper
L’Oréal Professionnel colorist and president and CEO of Ted Gibson Beauty, Jason Backe (@jasonbacke) completed an incredible hair transformation that demonstrates how simple adjustments can make dramatic impact. Here he shares the ...
TRANSFORMATION: Home Pink To Pro Purple
Christie Mendoza (@salonlavishcovina), a senior stylist at Salon Lavish Covina, Covina, California, says she "loves experimenting with Pravana Vivids both on myself and my clients! I stay inspired by all my wonderful coworkers and all ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown-Out to Silvery Lavender
Linh Phan (@bescene), owner of the Be Scene Studios in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, continues to wow us with his amazing color designs and transformations. We love this one in particular. Here he shares the how-to on this returning ...
How to Keep It Light, Darken the Root and Minimize Regrowth Line
She's one of our faves to follow for formulas and she is a colorist who keeps upping her game. Lindsey Benitez shares her process on Instagram and whenever she learns something new, she puts it into practice."Tried something new ...
by Anne Moratto
COLOR CORRECTION: Giving Her Hair A "Rest"
Anthony Nunez-Ibarra (@tonywonderhandsss), a freelance artist based Moreno Valley, California, says his client was done with chunk highlights. "She came to me wanting a new look and to give her hair a rest."Here he shares HOW he ...
TRANSFORMATION: Lavender to Bright Red
"My client Megan had been blonde for years," says Christina Rotundo (@christinas.hair) of Natural Solutions, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada. "Over the past month or so we have been putting lavender on her hair until she recently ...
TRANSFORMATION: The Brass-Free Blonde
Gary Yeung (@eclipsesalonsf), a color specialist and owner of Eclipse Salon in San Francisco, CA, prefers to create hair color that looks very natural and dimensional, but realizes that "sometimes a total transformation is necessary." ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dark Virgin To Bright GORGEOUS Blonde
Stephanie Yniguez (@ste_fun_y) of Refuge Salon, Los Angeles, Cal., points out that her Asian client has virgin, below waist-length hair. Here she shares the details on this full-day service to lift her to this breathtaking blonde:STEP 1: ...
How-To: Red Ombriage
Jillian LeDonne (@jillianledonne), colorist at Eva Scrivo in New York, created high contrast look by taking a level 2 client and balayaging in vivid red highlights that are most vibrant at the ends. It's a bold style, to be sure, but the ...
Haircolor has Gone Holographic with the Newest Trend - Hand-Pressed Color!
Redken colorist Chiala Marvici has transformed the idea of haircolor into a new art form. Inspired by a painting in her apartment, Marvici has created a new haircolor technique, Hand-Pressed Coloring, that brings the idea of screen printing to ...
FORMULA: Smokey Purple, Starting Level 5.5
Nicole DeStefano (@nicole_does_beauty) has only been doing hair for a year. She used products from TIGI, Wella, JOICO Intensities and Olaplex, then finished with Moroccanoil, to achieve this very on-trend "vintage" shade of ...
by Anne Moratto
TRANSFORMATION: Pink Shadows
Alexis Thurston (@alexisbutterflyloft), owner/stylist at Butterfly Loft Salon and Spa and the Ubungalows, Encino, Calfornia, (@butterflyloftsalon) impresses us with SO MANY transformations, but this one, we believe, is particularly beautiful. ...
TRANSFORMATION: Fashion Color To Light Granite And Silver Balayage
Melanie Bell (@smelaniebell) of Bell Studio, Atlanta, says "I have been cutting my client Hannah's hair since she was four, now she's fifteen and she is becoming quite a trendsetter! We had done a previous ombré with Pravana custom ...