How-To
PrisMetallic Airbrushing Haircolor Technique by Guy Tang
Airbrushing haircolor is gaining popularity - and Kenra Color Ambassador Guy Tang hits the ground running by offering us this exclusive how-to on his clouding technique which utilizes airbrushing.The clouding technique, which he demonstrates in ...
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4 Statement Hairstyles to Have In Your Repertoire This Holiday Season
As the party-going season quickly approaches, clients will be looking for trendy, wearable styles. KMS California Style Council Member Sam Burnett has shared his tips on creating four looks that will satisfy clients hoping to turn heads at their ...
How-To: Mix Foils and Balayage for a Smooth Transition from Brunette to Blonde
Anthony Ronquillo (@anthonyvincenttt), a stylist at Salon Aguayo in Pasadena, California, took four sessions to take this client from a natural level 4 dark brown to this soft blonde sombre. He chose to gradual lighten the hair over multiple ...
HOW-TO: Iridescent "Organized Chaos" Opal Haircolor
While researching iridescent haircolor, Leslie Cook, stylist at Tangles Salon in Wichita Falls, TX, came across a picture of an opal and immediately began testing color placements, which evolved into her organized chaos color.“I discovered ...
Balayage with the Best: New PRAVANA Balayage Certification Program with Guy Tang
PRAVANA invites stylists to take their blonding skills to the next level and master the art of Balayage with its new Balayage Certification program, featuring Balayage expert and hair guru Guy Tang using the new Pure Light Balayage ...
by Anne Moratto
How-To: Technicolor Takeover
Like a black and white movie suddenly infiltrated with color, the contrast of this look makes for a dazzling effect! Jaymz Marsters (@jaymz.marsters), specialist in vibrant fashion shades at Just Cuts in Norfolk, England, crafted this ...
VIDEO: Convertible Milkmaid and Double Fishtail Braids
Hotheads Hair Extensions shows you how to create two whimsical fishtail braids and then how to convert them into two different styles – one a braided headband updo and the other an all-in-one large, deconstructed braid.In this how-to, you ...
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HOW-TO: Opalescence - Opal Haircolor Trending Now
When on a day trip to the Natural History Museum in LA with his wife and daughter, haircolorist Alec Dieppa (@hair_by_alec) was awestruck by the beauty of all the different types of opal they house in their rare gems vault. Dieppa carefully ...
HOW-TO: Getting the Red Out
Amanda Holland (@amandahollandhair) came to the rescue of her obviously distressed client to get the red out and to create a blonde that would make anyone smile."I met her because she learned the hard way that temporary color isn't ...
by Anne Moratto
What's Your Color IQ?
Thousands of you have discovered what your Color IQ is, compared scores with friends and learned something about color that you may not have known already.The Color Process IQ Quiz tests your color knowledge with questions sourced directly from ...
Q&A With KL Christoffersen, the Stylist Behind Fluid Hair Painting
Think of it as balayage's fantastically quirky cousin; Fluid Hair Painting uses a similar painting technique to balayage, but while the client is reclined (like their position at the shampoo bowl) at the edge of a table. MODERN SALON asked ...
by Jamie Newman
How-To: Chrissy Teigen's Fall Balayage
Chrissy Teigen likely serves an inspiration for many of the clients who come to you with pictures of their dream hair. The model is consistently on-trend with her enviable tresses—from bronde to a short-lived lob and everywhere in ...
by Lauren Quick
HOW-TO: Hot Mess to Highlighted Brunette
Michelle Galvan's (@hairbymimigal) client came in with four or five inches of natural level 2 re-growth with about 15 percent gray mixed in. Mid-shafts to ends were a level 5 red/ orange box color done at home with uneven zones, and what she ...
by Jamie Newman
TRANSFORMATION: Summer to Winter Blonde
Allie Villa (@allievilla) of Mimi's Salon (@mimissalon), Belmar NJ, says "My client Marta always likes to go very blonde during the summer so we keep her very close to platinum usually, but for the fall she wanted a rooted, warm blonde ...
Toning Down The Drama
Danielle Astle (@daniellehotseatsalon) of the Hot Seat salon, San Diego, California, says her new client came to her because she was tired of her ombre, finding it too yellow and too dramatic! "She wanted something more subtle that would ...
TRANSFORMATION: Warm To Ashy Dimensional LOB
Saretta Bowerman (@hairbysaretta), owner of Blue Water Salon in Naples, FL, says "Blondes have become my favorite thing and I’m currently obsessed with rooty cool shades. Each blonde has its own story, hair history, and specific ...
Going For a Manageable Change
Sierra De Jong (@sierra_haircolorist), a certified colorist and a L'anza Healing Artist based in Bozeman, Montana, says "My client had never had short hair before and was looking for a manageable change. She had a vision of the haircut ...