Color
Red By Choice
These 5 redheads are all members of the same family (nieces, cousins, that kind of thing). All but one has been blessed with this natural shade. Can you guess which one?The NOT natural red head (what we call "Red By Choice") went ...
CREATIVE COLOR IDEA: How to Use Shampoo Water from a Color Client as a Demi Tint!
Colorist Amanda Stone (Instagram’s @yourfavoritehairstylist) created this “Bleeding Ombre” look. It’s a one shot process for creative colors!“By allowing the blonde ends to soak momentarily in the shampooed red ...
Layers of Red Box to Regal Dimension
Sadie Gray (@sadiejcre8s), based at Deja Vu Salon, Santa Rosa, California, posted this gorgeous transformation on Instagram and we had to know more."This is Marisol," Gray says. "She is a natural level 4 with ...
Going Gray-ish with Aveda
Steph at The Establishment WI, an Aveda Salon in Milwaukee, WI (@establishmentwi), gave her client a 'grayish tone.'"We pre-bleached and then I toned with 60g ASH + 60g liquid + 3g It BGR in DEEP ...
by Anne Moratto
Platinum to Copper
Ashlyn Kirkpatrick ( @amkb_9 ) said "this beauty decided to go from platinum to copper red. As always, pictures never do any justice but it’s stunning, healthy and shiny."HAIRCOLOR: All Nutrient4RC, 5T and a little ...
by Anne Moratto
Brightening up to Pearl Blonde
Carly Gillam (@hairbycarlygillam), an artist at Strawberry Blonde Salon in Charleston, SC, specializes in color - specifically balayage. "I love balayage because I feel like an artist," she says, "and every client is a new ...
The Four-Week Evolution of Pink Hair
When Shannon Keel @shannonkeel, (aka The Hair Doo Chick) created her The Hair Parlor in the small town of Lee, Florida, she knew it could be tough to build a clientele from scratch."I knew I needed to prove myself and began posting pictures ...
TRANSFORMATION: High Contrast Blonde
Marie Negron (@glamhairbymarie), owner of Flawless Beauty Salon, Cleveland, Ohio, loves "being a colorist and making my clients beautiful and happy."She had that opportunity with client Ashley who "came back after 6 months ...
2 Tips for Perfect Color Results
Color Master John Simpson has generated a lot of buzz with MODERN's May 2015 cover, a beautiful, shiny, vibrant and saturated red that has all the luster and coverage every colorist wants to offer to his or her client. In these two very ...
TRANSFORMATION: Box to a Bright, Dimensional Red
Nikki A. Straw of Glam Hair Studio (@GlamHairStudioAk), Anchorage, Alaska, posted "Ready, Set, Glam" that caught our eye."This is one of my most recent pieces of work," Straw says. "My client had about 2 inches of level ...
BLONDING: Slow And Steady Wins The Race
"This process was your classic slow and steady wins the race," says hairstylist, makeup artist and model Ashley Paige (@spanishdreamgirl) of ETCH Salon, Scottsdale, AZ. "This took a long time to get where I wanted, but the ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Patience and Caution For The Perfect Blonde
Cheryl Roberts (@theblondebrunetteaz), owner of The Blonde Brunette, Scottsdale, Arizona, says this color correction took 5 hours. "My client wanted an icy, cool, grayish blonde," says Roberts. "She had a very brassy band and 4 ...
TRANSFORMATION: Lighter, Brighter, Beautiful
Rosvelt Ranses (@rosvelt) of La Bella Salon, Miami, Florida, has a beautiful Instagram feed filled with amazing transformations and inspirational finishes. This client deserved a place on his page! She had virgin 4/5 level hair (no grays) ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Fixing A Messed Up Ombre
Lisa Hart-Walker (@superstylist5711), an artist at Creations Salon, Rochester Hills, Michigan, specializes in color and color correction on all hair textures. Hart-Walker credits @cynthialumzy with helping to drive her talent and career.It ...
Back To Brown
"Claire came to me 6 months prior to fix a design done at another salon," says Lily Duong (@hairbylily408), a L'Oreal Certified balayage artist, based at Hair By Lily at Salons by JC in San Jose, California. "She came in with ...
FORMULA: Modern Ombre and Ecaille
Meri Kate O'Connor, Senior Colorist and Educator at Eva Scrivo Salons and Academy (@EvaScrivoSalons), NYC, shared this finish from the recent program held at the Eva Scrivo Academy. "Anna Lisa was one of two models for our Modern Ombre ...
From Box To Red To Pink To Faded To Silver/Blue Sombre
One of MODERN's favorite artists, Gina Atkinson (@ginaatkinson) of Sola Salon, Las Vegas, has been on quite a journey with client Nicole. "She came in inspired by lots of different gray looks," says Atkinson. "We had recently ...