Color

TRANSFORMATION: Sombre Perfection

Haley Ferreira (@mermaidhairs) of Cutting Loose Salon in Sarasota, Florida, is also a National Educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems. She has been working with this client for several months, tweaking her color on each visit.FIRST ...

First Post-Chemo Color, Cut and Style

We found this beautiful photo and a moving description from Theresa Zamora (T_ZAMORA) on Instagram:"My heart is so full! This beauty came to me after finishing chemo. After losing all her hair, it was finally long enough to do something ...

SEE THE AFTER! Big Cut/Big Color

Lisa Hart-Walker (@superstylist5711), a stylist at Creations Salon and Spa, Rochester Hills MI, "loves everything about doing hair and I'm well versed in all hair textures but over the last few years my main focus has been color. ...

Wella Academy Tour: Essential Foiling

The Wella Masters Color Expert Program (MCE) is gaining momentum and spreading out around the U.S. Seminars and classes are being held not only in the Wella Studios (NY and LA), but in selected venues in various parts of the country. ...

How-To: Summer Sandy Bronze Haircolor

Everyone has clients they want to take from blah to a beautiful, especially in spring and summer. Nicoletta Whitaker, artistic director at Aurelio Salon in Howell, NJ, offers MODERN a how-to for this sandy bronze haircolor starting with a ...

TRANSFORMATION: Pretty In Pale Lavender Pink

Deseray Thiessen (@deseraytee) of Wink Studios, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is "very passionate about hair and color corrections. I especially enjoy creating new tones with blondes." So when Thiessen met this client, she had the ...

DRAMATIC CORRECTION: Fashion Boo-Boo to Tasteful Red

Kayla Zajes (@shinemakeupartistry), a make up artist and hair student at Est-Elle Academy, will be done with school at the end of July."I love doing hair and am so excited to be in this industry," she says. "I love how supportive ...

DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION: All Hands on Deck

This makeover was a collaborative effort done by three artists from the Butterfly Loft Salon and Spa (@butterflyloftsalon) in Los Angeles.The three stylists: Caroline Guiney (@caroline_anythingbutbasic), Breanna Little ...

HOW-TO: Achieve Creative Freedom with all Color Services and No Damage

Damage results from a combination of many factors; not just from chemical services, daily styling, or environmental stress.When hair is colored or lightened, the bonds that make up the cellular membrane complex are broken so that color can ...

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Bronzed Beauty by Lindsey Benitez

If you aren't following Lindsey Benitez on Instagram (@lindseybenitez), well, get following.  She posts beautiful images and then shares her formulas, her process and also her thinking behind what she is doing on her clients.In this ...

TRANSFORMATION: Going For HOT HOT HOT Red

Shawna J. Lowrie (@shawnastcstylist) is a stylist that is moved by the "reaction on a persons face when I'm finished. It is what drives me to do the best I can at my profession. I really love what I do and put the most thought, ...

How-To: New-Mom Red

Nato VanDine (@re_nato_v) of Bardo Salon and Spa, Boca Raton, FL (also a Brand Educator for Wella Professionals) had a fun opportunity with a friend."She recently had a child and was dealing with some regrowth and brassy ends," VanDine ...

TRANSFORMATION: Faded to Blue and Purple Color Melt

Shonda Broadus (@shondabroadus) of Color Me RAD Salon in South Carolina, caught our eye with this gorgeous blue/purple colormelt."My client came in and she wanted a change from the purple/lavender that she had 11 weeks prior that ...

How-To: Brassy to Dimensional Curls

Rachael Urrico (@Rachael_Devacurl) of Devachan Salon, NYC, met with a new client who from out of town."She had her hair previously colored, which she felt was too brassy with no dimension," Urrico says. "Our goal was to lighten ...

FORMULA: Eva Green's Breathtaking Bronde

 Eva Green's wavy bronde finish by Frédéric Mennetrier has created quite the buzz. How-to: Eva Green's wavy brondeApplicationSection 1: Apply INOA 4.8/4M (Altn: Majirel 4.8/4M) from re-growth area to ends.  Process ...

TRANSFORMATION: From Perm to Deep Red-Violet

"My client,  an old friend from middle school, came to me with a grown out perm and wanted a color change to freshen up her look," says Maayan Birstein (@maayanbescene) of the Be Scene Studios. "She gave me creative ...

How-To (plus video!): Pravana Locked-In Rainbow Hair

Haircolor magician Rebecca Taylor, possibly known more commonly by her very popular Instagram handle, @vividartistichairdesign, is teaming up with Pravana to showcase the staying power of Pravana's new Vivids Locked-In Colors (available ...