Color

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!

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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.

How To Nail The Natural-Looking Hair Color Trend

In the salon, it’s the natural-looking blondes, brunettes and reds that generally fill the books.

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Sweet Apricot Shade using Evo Fab Pro Direct Dyes

Apricot finish created using Evo Fab Pro direct dyes in orange and red.

QUIZ: Are you Balayage Basic or a Balayage Beast?

Test your knowledge on the technique every client is asking about.

Create a Mosaic Watercolor Effect with Rusk Deepshine Color

Mosaic Watercolor created by Hana Norris using Rusk Deepshine Hair Color in pink, purple and teal.

How-To: Warm Champagne Blonde

This elegant, “uptown” blonde is brought to you by three key players. Kenra Professional National Artistic Manager Oliver Shortall used Kenra Color Simply Blonde Beyond Bond Lightener—with its inner and outer cuticle bonding complex--to create the highlights. Simply Blonde Ultra Lift did the job on the base color. (It lifts up to four levels in a single application.) And the luminous, candlelight finish is courtesy of a combination of gold and rose Simply Blonde Sheer Tone.

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Copper Blonde using Milk_Shake Creative Permanent Color

Z.one Concept artists create a copper gold using Milk_Shake Creative Permanent Color.

How to Remove Color from Compromised Hair

Say bye-bye to direct dyes with Malibu C's Direct Dye Lifter.

New Pravana Balayage Palette Heats-Up to Accelerate Lightening

This new balayage tool is engineered to mimic natural body warmth in targeted areas to improve the lightening process.

Not All Balayage Is Created Equal

While clients can still confuse balayage and ombre, fall is the perfect time to educate them on these warmer tones.

Create a Blonde Shimmer with Schwarzkopf Professional True Beautiful Honest Color

Create a cool highlight with pastel toning using the new Schwarzkopf Professional tbh—true beautiful honest color line

Mocha Rose Effect Using Pravana Vivids

Muted, antique rose hair color formula from Pravana artist Aspen Rae delivers a mocha rose effect.