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10 Hair Color Challenges Every Stylist Faces and How Experts Solve Them
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Color Transformation: Blonde to Ginger Spice
The above guest came in to see Alicia Kiwacz, stylist at Aurelio Salon, and picked a swatch from Goldwell’s demi-permanent line, Colorance.The client picked 8OR and wanted it on her ends only. Because of her training, Kiwacz chose to ...
Educating Your Guests on Tonal Differences
How many times has a guest requested a color that just doesn’t make sense? Happens all the time because they really don’t understand all there is to know about coloring hair. They don’t understand that hair color can have ...
Candy Pop Hair Collection by William De Ridder
The Candy Pop hair collection by Master Stylist William De Ridder features a series of short and playful haircuts featuring pastel colors. "After the dark economic period in 2008, fashion designers brought back 'le joie de vivre' ...
FORMULA: Blue and Purple Color Melt
Paige Brubeck of Roots Salon, Atlanta, Georgia, caught our eye with this beautiful color melt. MODERN tracked her down to get the formula.Here she shares the HOW TO:Step 1: Bleach the roots using Redken Up To 7 with 30 volume developer. Process ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Box Ombre Fail to Totally FAB!
Katlin Starks (@hairbykatlin), a Master Designer Stylist at Regis Salon in Albuquerque, NM., had quite the challenge. "This client had not colored her hair in a year," says Startks. "She had new growth, plus red box color covered ...
TRANSFORMATION: Proper Copper
Alix Maya Clymer (@thereal_omgiloveyourhair), an artist at Shear Image Salon, Woodbridge, VA, has been a stylist "since I could sneak scissors and paint to play salon with my dolls," she says.When we saw this transformation, we ...
TWEAKED: Going For The Gold (With That Touch Of Rose)
Crystal Jimenez (@crystalj_beauty) of Carlton Hair, Santa Ana, California, tweaked Natalie's BOX red to blonde design to be a bit more hotter than hot (and very professional) ROSE GOLD."Natalie used to have red box dye in her hair so ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dated Ombre to Modern Sombre
"I'm such a obsessive hair stylist," says Emre Bardan (@glamhairartist) of Melbourne, Australia. "I non stop dream of hair colors and things in my head every night and create it on my clients." When we found this ...
TRANSFORMATION: Blonde With Heavy Dimension
Emily Siegel (IG: emilysiegelpro), a hair and make up artist based in Columbus, Ohio, posted this breathtaking transformation that caught our eye on instagram."My client has been highlighting her hair for years," say Siegel. "It ...
TRANSFORMATION: Silver Lilac
James Dearmiju, @dearmiju. located at Salon Republic in West Hollywood, CA., created this lovely silver lilac finish that caught our eye on instagram. "Aline first came to me 4 months ago with dark brown hair," he says. "She ...
Essie Hearts Nail Art
Get in the mood for the most romantic holiday of the year with this sweet twist on the classic French mani by Los Angeles-based celebrity manicurist Michelle Saunders, featuring Essie polish in Ballet Slippers, Fiesta and ...
FORMULA: Silver To Lavender Sombre
Liz Robson, a hair stylist at Salon Blonde, Davis, California, shared this beautiful color melt with MODERN. "This was the second time we did a lavender color on this sweet client, Ana," she says. "The first time she went a little ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Ombre To Sombre
Walker (@walkerbespokesalon), an artist at Bespoke Salon in Scottsdale, Arizona, was challenged with a client who wanted to soften her ombre. Being a first time client, a thorough consultation was performed to uncover haircolor ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dimensional Hot Pink
Veronica Delgado (@veronicaampmstylist) of AMPM Salon, a Paul Mitchell Focus Salon, Albuquerque, New Mexico, had an opportunity to make her guest pink and she went for it. "We're seeing fashion colors more than ever now in the ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Regal Purple
Cynthia Lumzy (@cynthialumzy), owner of “My Alter Ego Salon” in Dixon, Illinois, had an opportunity to correct a banded pink shade into something quite beautiful. Although it was a challenge, Lumzy, a color expert, managed to create ...
TRANSFORMATION: Making A Dream Come True
Kaylie Babajan (@kaylierb) based at Boheme Salon and Spa in Redding, California, was thrilled with the opportunity to transform this first time client. "She was a referral," she says. "Her 'dream' hair is something more ...
TRANSFORMATION: Pretty Red Curls
Amanda "Eve" Galmiche (@TheHairColorExpert), a level 2 colorist at Arrojo Studio NYC, knew "we wanted to do something fun with a drastic change. We discussed the possibility of doing a double process or using foil highlights to ...