Color

Get Proactive in the Salon this Holiday Season

Start now to plan for a stress-free few months ahead by following these strategies from a successful stylist and salon owner.

Pravana Announcement Party for "Show Us Your Artistry"

The annual competition expanded this year to include more categories, encompassing even more artistry and opportunity to be recognized.

Factory Tour: See How Hair Color is Manufactured and Produced

Tour the In Italy hair color production facility to witness the level of quality and efficiencies, and to understand the heritage and evolution of Italian-made hair color.

WEBINAR - How to Run a Profitable & Sustainable Hair Color Business

On November 4th at 11:00 AM PT/2:00 PM ET, Salon Today Editor in Chief Stacey Soble will lead a discussion between two industry experts exploring how salon professionals can run a more efficient salon by cutting back on waste, pricing services appropriately, keeping it simple, and making it easy for teams to charge fairly so that businesses turn a consistent and reliable profit.

Sponsored by Vish

Beautifully-Blended Balayage Using New Pravana Balayage Palette

The makeover was accomplished using the new palette, which warms to help accelerate lightening, and a roller-inspired technique. Watch Presley Poe transform her client in this video!

Adding Depth and Dimension For A Fresh Finish

This client was looking for a fresh finish. Her new colorist used creative formulation and application to turn this faded and worn look into something dramatic and tasteful.

Top 3 Tips for a Fiercely Beautiful Foilayage

A balayage effect can be achieved using creatively placed foils. This artist shares his three "must-do" moves for a foilayage finish.

How-To: Ice Crystal Platinum Blonde Pixie

When it comes to creating and maintaining cool, clean platinum blonde hair color, it’s all about eliminating warmth, producing an even result and keeping hair as damage-free as possible.

Sponsored by Rusk

Balayage for a Color-Correction Client

Before her Balayage and Beyond presentation at Joico's Global Destination Education 2018, balayage guru Amber O'Hara's model came to her with one of a colorist's worst nightmares--box-colored black hair! Here, she gives us color-correction tips when doing balayage.

Bowlayage: What Is It and When to Use It

Why these colorists head to the shampoo bowl to get the results they want in less time.

How to Mimic Balayage with the Slice and Smudge Technique by Nicki Bianco

Don't retire those foils just yet! This Slice and Smudge slicing technique can mimic balayage or the lived-in look.

How to Up Your Ticket with Inventory You Already Have

According to the product's founders, using Balay Powder with color you already have at the salon can allow you to raise your ticket price at little to no cost to you.

Meet the Root Smudge Queen: Nicki Bianco

Nicki Bianco, a colorist out of Huntington, New York, is creating quite the buzz on her @nickiwildflower Instagram page for her seamlessly blended sliced highlights and root smudging. Her video transformations shot at her Wildflower Hair Den showcase the evolution of what appears to be stripey highlights into an on-trend, stretched-root effect.

How-To: A Once-A-Year Cool Blonde Balayage

This balayage client gets her highlights done once a year and they stay cool and clear for 12 months - Find out how!

Sponsored by L'Oréal Professionnel

MAKEOVER: She Waited One Year For A Retouch!

Blonding expert Anthony Marmiani gets a chance to demonstrate his skills on his client who took a full year to return for a touch up.

Scary Good Halloween Haircolor by Guy Tang

A deep, dark purple and a flame-orange spice from Guy Tang using #mydentity.

8 Ways to Prevent Hair Color Fade

When it comes to vibrant hair color that goes the distance, oxidative dyes won’t fade off tone like direct dyes can, adding a final gloss can help seal in color, and brands with double-dye loads are ideal for vibrant reds with longevity.