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Makeover: Silver Ice
Paris based Ludo Geheniaux (@Hairbyluu), an expert colorist for Eugene PERMA Paris, shares the details on this wonderful makeover on client Camille, from grown out and faded blonde to shiny silver.
COLOR CORRECTION: Spotty Blonde To Lovely Violet Ash
Edith Mesa of Rizos Spa, Queens, NY, says her client went to another salon when she wasn't available. The client was looking for something different, was unhappy with the "other results" and came running back to Mesa. This post shares the details for the makeover.
HOW-TO: A Subtle Gray Blending Service for Your Male Clientele
With a new year looming ahead, this is a great time to focus on staying youthful! Suggest subtle color services to change men’s gray from haggard to rugged.
HOW-TO: Lovely Sombre To Pale Silvery Amethyst
Get the details for this lovely transformation: pretty, classic sombre to pretty, silvery amethyst.
Truss Formula: Light and Harmony by Gi Quintino
This Truss technique uses strategic positioning for light and color, an almost artisan work that builds 3-D mosaics with kaleidoscopic combinations.
Silver and Smoke with Wella Formula
Katey Bug Brown (@kateybugsmith) is a Wella and Sebastian educator, coach and trainer who graciously shared her formula and process for this smokey silver.
by Anne Moratto
CHI Formula: Swirl Technique by Patrick Kalle
Farouk Systems Artistic Director Patrick Kalle created this look from the CHI Move collection, showcasing tons of direction and movement by using diagonal layering.
Rusk Formula: Silver Chic
Polished silver gets a modern, youthful laid-back twist with Rusk’s light-reflecting shades of gray swept into a perfectly imperfect bun.
Makeover: Hot Pink To Ocean Storm
Jon Alexander Frawley (@jonnystylez), a color and balayage specialist at Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa, Montclair, New Jersey, says, "This client, a young women who runs her own landscaping company, can have ANY hair color she ...
Formula: Cool, Crisp Blonde
"My client happened to also be my personal trainer, and she is one of my muses and lets me play," says Connor Lange (@connorlangehair), Rapunzel's Hair Design, Stratford, Ontario. "She came in with 1/2" of level 7 ...
Lavender Steel with Schwarzkopf Professional
We took a long pause to consider the things we love about this look—the color (of course!), the cut, the shape and the way this silvery shade complements this client's lovely skin tone.
by Anne Moratto
Makeover: Getting Smokey
Chelsea Branch (@chelseabranch) of "The Parlor House" (@parlorhousesalon), Monroe, Louisiana, says "Cassidy originally came to me for the first time this summer as a referral with brassy faded out color looking for a shadow ...
Color Correction: Going Lighter and Brighter Without Bleach
Amy Makin (@themakoshark) of The Secret Warehouse, Liverpool, England, loves "transforming my clients hair and doing big color changes or color corrections." Makin always begins each service with a full consultation including tests on ...
Redken Root Fusion: Salon-Prescribed Color to Cover Grays
Redken's professional root-blending system is prescribed by the colorist and personalized to the client for at-home touch-ups that protect the integrity of professionally color-treated hair.
by Jamie Newman
Makeover: Young Gray
"Lisa was a new client who was liberated when she chose to go gray, but felt older than she expected to feel once her hair had grown out," says Eva Scrivo (@evascrivosalons), owner of the 2 Eva Scrivo Salons, NYC, and founder of ...
HOW-TO: Pravana ColorLush Silver Pearl and Bronze Swirl
To achieve this metallic, dimensional swirl, use blue Color Boost with ColorLush color. See the technique and formulas below.
by Jamie Newman
Color Correction: Shining Silver with Soft Pink
Using Kenra and Joico colors, @paige_toomey, a colorist/stylist in Colorado Spring, CO, created this beautiful color correction on her co-worker. FORMULASTEP 1: Used Kenra HighLift and 20volume which lifted her roots and ends to this ...
by Anne Moratto