Color
HOW-TO: Pink, Orange, Yellow Color Melting Technique by James Gartner
It may have started as a dream, but it ended with the reality of a first-place win for James Gartner in the inaugural Pravana 2014 Show Us Your Vivids contest for educators.Gartner, 30, is co-owner and chief creative ...
6 Fashionable Ways to Wear Icy White Hair Color
White Hair and red lips make up the looks of Pureza, a collection created by Carlos Valiente. "With this collection I wanted to show female sensitivity and purity. For that purpose I have used white as a main color, being for me the ...
HOW TO: Autumn Copper
Jennifer Haynes (@metta1980) based at Casablanca Conscious Beauty, Burlington, Ontario , Canada, went for it. "My client came in for her regular 6 week touch up," she says. "I had been doing the same thing on her hair for a number ...
HOW TO: White To Gray Ombre, Beautiful
Joelle Landoff (@mermyjo), an assistant at Champions Salon, Lake Forest, California, has created a beautiful white to gray ombre design for model, Zoe. MODERN received so much love on instagram that we decided to track her down. Here, she offers ...
HOW-TO: Create a Blended Ombre out of a Brassy & Patchy Mess
How do you fix a brassy and patchy ombre? Colorist Danica Szczerba at Volume Beauty Bar tried this technique.“My guest came into the salon requesting to ‘fix’ her ombre that had been done by her previous stylist. When she ...
HOW-TO: Scary DIY Turns Sleek and Chic
After a failed at-home attempt to make her hair blue, this client came to colorist Kristina Fahnholz from Aurelio Salon in Howell, NJ, seeking help. The client's desired look was a bright platinum blonde lying over a deep rich brown. ...
Iron and Ink
As we transition to cooler months, the punk rebellion trend seen this spring and summer is refined with a new sophistication. Showcasing high-voltage color, fashion-forward cuts and a whole lot of attitude, stylist Deanne Parker Attwood and ...
Balayage to DYE For
Meghan Gallagher ( @hairbymeghan ) met first time client with level 8 dirty blonde with partial highlights and about an inch of regrowth. "She asked to be an ombre," says Gallagher, a stylist at Salon Facci, West Windsor, New Jersey ...
HOW TO: MODERN Ombre
Lily Duong (@hairbylily408) from Hair by LIly at Salon 88 in San Jose, California, created this gorgeous MODERN ombre that we couldn't ignore. Here she shares the HOW TO:Step 1: Ombré balayage with Redken Flash lift with 50 volume volume ...
HOW TO: Big Bucks Blonde
Kimemily Pham (@excellenthairsalon) of the Excellent Hair Salon & Spa, Fremont, California met with "Veronica who was in desperate need of a color correction," she says. "She had a 2 inch band of natural level 3 out ...
HOW TO: Keeping It Fun But A Bit More Professional
Glam Iris (@glamiris) owner of LUX Salon, Stockton, California (@lux_salon) wanted to help bring her client back to a darker base without losing the fun colors. "She works in a medical environment and wanted something fun but still ...
How-to: Gamora Ombre from Guardians of the Galaxy
While everyone else in the theater was wrapped up in the special effects (hi, tiny racoon that's actually Bradley Cooper and tree-guy who is The Rock) of Guardians of the Galaxy, we were ogling Gamora's flawless green complexion ...
by Lauren Quick
5 Ways to Fairly Determine Pricing for Lowlighting and Highlighting Services
A constant struggle for salon professionals is how to effectively and fairly price services for clients so they feel they are getting a premium service at a reasonable price. Included here are parameters to help set a price on lowlighting, ...
How to Add Lowlights to 3 Different Color Situations
Lowlighting hair can be unpredictable! Hair can become too dark, drab or the color may appear hollow. Determining the placement of lowlights for desired effect takes finesse and education. Pravana's Artistic Council recreated three ...
HOW-TO: Dull Ombre to Colors of the Galaxy!
What a color transformation!Hair colorist Shonda Broadus (@shondabroadus) at Color Me RAD Salon in Beaufort, South Carolina, recently had a client come in with a faded, dull ombre with damaged ends. What's a hair stylist to do?Broadus wanted ...
FORMULA: Pretty Fall Color Melt
Rosa Hawkins, owner of Di Rosa Haircare New York, is inspired by fall. Here she offers one of her favorite "Melting Into Fall" formulas:Background: 30 ml. Goldwell Topchic 5bg and 10 ml. Goldwell Topchic 4g, all blended with 20 ...
Kid Color: The Compromise
Jillian LeDonne (@therealjillybean), a colorist at the Eva Scrivo Salon in NYC, has the most interesting client. 10 year old Eden says “Do whatever you want,” but her NOT 10 year old father says “Just keep it off the ...