Color

Get the Color: Kylie Jenner's Silver Ombre

Silver keeps popping up on celebs—Kelly Osbourne and Dascha Polanco (of Orange is the New Black) have recently dabbled in grays and silvers, and now Kylie Jenner has transformed her onyx locks by transitioning to a edgy, silver-gray ...

5 Common Hair Color Problems Only Blondes Can Understand

Blonde clients require a particular regimen of maintenance to keep their color looking bright and brilliant. Yet, often colorists hear clients express concerns about brassiness, or dull, muddy tones. Tom Porter, founder and president of Malibu ...

The Euro Bob

Demi Howell (@demihowell3D) has created what she calls the "Euro Bob". Based in Huntville, Alabama, Howell does hair and make up, and based on her instagram page...does it well! MODERN tracked her down to get the details on this ...

How-To: Warm, Autumnal Blonde by Jason Backe

Bright summer blondes often desire a warmer skew when leaves start changing colors, and that was the goal for Jason Backe's "autumn princess," a single-process alternate virgin application.GET THE COLOR: AUTUMN PRINCESSSTEP 1: At ...

Time Consuming but Worth It: Pastel Pink All-Over

Lindsey Benitez (@Lindseybenitez) shared this lovely client makeover on Instagram. “This was my first time taking a client an all-over pastel hair color and we absolutely love the outcome.”How she did it: I started at the ...

5 Things You Need to Know About the "Babylights" Hair Color Trend

Get ready—there’s a new hair color technique that’s taking the beauty industry by storm and it’s called “babylights.”The term can be added to the ongoing list of highlighting techniques like splashlights, ...

Such DRAMA..."Emergency" Color Correction

Camille Plourde, (@hairbycamillegp) a master stylist at Hair in Fairfield, Connecticut, received a call while at home that she was needed IMMEDIATELY at the salon.A colleague, an artist in training, was trying a complicated ombre on a fellow ...

Contoured Ombre How-To

Formula used: 6NtL and 6NtL=8NtL mixed with 10 volume developer 1. Even out porosity and create better anchoring sites for the color on overly-porous hair, perform a Silk Degrees Shine Treatment. a. Begin by shampooing the hair with ...

Purple Hair Don't Care

Paige Transue (@Pntransue) introduces her Instagram post with "Got my hands on some Pravana and had a blast!" Her client's hair was platinum to start and she applied color to Zone 1 and Zone 2 and pulled through to the ends.The ...

FORMULA: Red Ombre

Ashley Madrigal (@Ashleypaigehair)  at Trinity Salon in Woodland Hills, CA  created this pretty color on fellow professional Paola Barros-Stewart (@Paolamkuphair):Schwarzkopf Professional Formula Roots: (3 inches down) Igora 6-88  ...

BEFORE & AFTER: Fiery Sunset Hair Color Transformation by Kenra

Give your clients a fresh new look this winter with Kenra Smooth and Kenra Color. Kenra Professional Technical Educator Mirella Hullum’s client wanted a complete transformation from her grown-out blonde color. Mirella not only wanted to ...

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Feeling Turquoise?

Alyssa Wiener (@lysseon) an artist at Stylin' in norwalk, CT says "Vibrants are definitely my favorite, especially when someone like client Jordan gives me vague guidelines and let's me run with it!" Wiener accepted the vague ...

HOW-TO: Eliminate Unwanted Gold

Mary Thomaston (@marymurder), a color specialist working at Northport Day Spa at The Hair Studio in Panama City Beach, Florida, as been working with client April hair for about 5 years but together artist and client decided to go brighter and ...

Falling for this Color Change

A wonderful finish by @LindseyBenitez who used Schwarzkopf Professional for this dramatic color change.“I loved this change and I love this girl for letting me try it!” says BenitezHere is the formula she shared on Instagram:All over ...

FORMULA: From Pretty Blonde to Blue/Slate

When client Aileen asked Lee Quinn (@lee_quinn_1) to help her get close to Orla Keogh's color (a contestant on the X Factor, the British version), Quinn went for it. Based at the Roelle Salon in Newry, Northern Ireland, Quinn utilized ...

Color Me Beautiful

The results for Pravana’s Show Us Your Vivids Contest are in! Stylists from across the country were asked to enter their most creative color creations for a chance to win an editorial photoshoot in Los Angeles with a customized Pravana ...

HOW TO: The Classic Bob With Classic Highlights

Heidi Porath (@tampahairstylist), owner of Serendipity Salon and Spa, Tampa, Florida, charged $215 for this classic bob with classic highlights which took about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Here she offers the formulation and application ...