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TRANSFORMATION: Purple Melt
Andrea Brandon of ICE (inspire•create•educate) Salon and Spa in Sacramento, California is a "passionate salon owner that LOVES this industry!" Brandon tagged MODERN SALON with this gorgeous color design and we had to know ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For The RIGHT Blonde
Danni Gess (@dannigess) of The Big Bang Studio, Cocoa Village, Florida, impressed many colorists with her ability to cancel the gold in her clients hair. "This was a new, fine haired client with 3 to 4 inches of level 10 pale yellow ends ...
TRANSFORMATION: Fiery Golden Copper
"My client wanted to go from her old strawberry blonde to something fiery," says Sami Skinner (@samsonite) of Rio Hair Studio in Jacksonville, Florida. "I love creating red heads and creating a stable pallet is so ...
NEW HAIR TREND: Ecaille, Tortoise Shell Hair Color Technique
Haircolor trends are ever-changing, and there’s a new dynamic haircolor trend out that’s brand spakin’ new that resembles the look of tortoise shell — it’s called Ecaille.This technique is different from other ...
How-To: Vibrant Red Curls from Box Colored Chaos
Anastasia Amico, artistic color designer for John Amico, says her client Rashonda "wanted a vibrant change," which is more or less what every colorist wants to hear. You've got to flex your creative muscles once in a while!The task ...
by Lauren Quick
FORMULA: My Blue Girl
Toni Rose Larson (@HAIRITAGESALONCARLSBAD), owner of Hairitage Salon (@hairitagesalon), Carlsbad, Cal., was sad she didn't get a good before shot of this client who she refers to as "My Blue Girl". However, it is gorgeous and ...
TRANSFORMATION: Balayage Magic
Eva Scrivo, owner of the Eva Scrivo Salons, along with artist Alissa Frum, worked together to create this beautiful transformation at a recent "Art of Balayage" workshop held at the Eva Scrivo Academy in NYC.Here they offer the HOW ...
TRANSFORMATION: Rihanna Inspired Red
Madison Gauthier (@lavenderblondie) of Volum Studios located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been working with L'Oreal Professional for six years and currently works as a color specialist and Ambassador for L'Oreal Professional within ...
FORMULA: Lavender Love
It's simple, it's fabulous! Lavender love by BARBER!!!! Matty Conrad, founder of Victory Barber, Victoria BC, Canada. Conrad is Canadian Men’s Hairstylist of the Year 2014 and Schwarzkopf Men’s Grooming Ambassador. We found ...
Dry Balayage How-To
“Dry Balayage” is the technique used by Jay Olson (@jaywesleyolson), national colorist for L’Oreal Professionnel and owner of The Bespoke Salon in Scottsdale, AZ, to create this stunning result.“Using no plastic wrap, I ...
5 Ways You Can Stop Your Clients From Using Box Color!
Dominique DeFrancesco, Colorist from De La Mer Salon (Bellmore, NY), has seen her fair share of homemade "ombré" color created at home with box color, so she has a list of tips she now shares with her guests on why doing their own ...
TRANSFORMATION: Silver To Platinum Color Melt
One of MODERN's favorites, Larisa Love (@larisadoll), is at it again, creating amazing finishes on her clients. The LA based freelance artist shares the how to for this metallic to platinum color design:Step 1: Blend Schwarzkopf Blondeme ...
FORMULA: Silver To Sea Foam
Angelique Stanford (@hairbyangelique) of Butterfly Loft salon (@butterflyloftsalon) in Los Angeles, CA, changed her client into a futuristic superhero, with this seafoam green with silvery roots. The hair was pre-lightened the day ...
HOW-TO: Winter Ice Haircolor
New to Nashville, Tennessee, this client wanted to go platinum. "She had a previous on-scalp lightening service but still needed some uneven levels of lift corrected and refined," says Sarah Crews, Nashville hairstylist/Kerastase Tech ...
Stylist Selfie: Blonde To Metallic Dimension
Maggie Ly (@Hairstylust) of David's Hair and Nail Design in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, specializes in haircolor and haircuts working mostly with Asian hair."Asian hair is usually course and strong," she says. "It can be ...
Accentuate the Base for a New Spring Color Service
For a great new spring color concept, accentuate the base, instead of breaking it, says David Barron, owner of Barron’s London Salon in Atlanta, Georgia.“Spring is a transition period between the darker colors of winter and the ...
HOW-TO: Drab to Baby Blonde
Using a combination of balayage and traditional foils, Robert Thomsen of Shapes & Colours Salon in Albany, New York, took this client’s drab level-5 base and grown-out highlights into a shimmering new buttery-gold, honey blonde. His ...