How-To
COLOR CORRECTION: Broken Blonde To Hot Rose
"My guest came to me a double process platinum blonde with a lot of breakage," says Samantha Daly (@@bottleblonde76), a master stylist and Artistic Director at Cutting Loose Salon, Sarasota, Florida. "She was a former client of ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Going For Tears Of Joy
Cirrus Blaafjell (@CirrusBlaafjell) of Salon Alta in the heart of San Francisco specializes in low maintenance, lived in hair color. "I like for my clients to not have to come but every 3-6 months," she says. "I find hair painting ...
HOW-TO: Come One, Come All to the Electric Circus
"I get very excited when my client Jenna sits in my chair," says Toni Rose Larson (@Colordollzbytoni), hair painter of Carlsbad, California. "We began our journey two years ago; she has been my muse and was my first creation using ...
by Jamie Newman
How-To: Low-Maintenance Hair-Painting
It's no secret that endlessly customizable hair-painting has become one of the most-requested color techniques at salons in 2015. The natural-looking touches of color is a style that many clients gravitate toward."Hair painting is ...
by Lauren Quick
HOW-TO: From Grown-Out and Messy to Dimensional Copper Lob
Inspired by fall and the colors the leaves turn, Margarita Ford (@Misahara5) of Euodia Salon and Day Spa in Moorpark, California, created this pumpkin-spice looking color. Ford's client was formerly a highlight and lowlight combo who ...
by Jamie Newman
TRANSFORMATION: Mushy Box To Tasteful and Healthy Sombre
Maggie Ly from David's Hair and Nail, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, specializes in haircolor and color corrections. "My guest had her hair lightened before somewhere else then gave up maintaining her color," says Ly about this ...
Box Ombre Fail To Fresh, Modern Red
Destini Oddo (@Desert_rayne) a cosmetology student at Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics in Omaha, Nebraska, caught our eye with this gorgeous makeover. "My client Amber came to see me because she was extremely unhappy with her ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown Out Fashion To Smokin' Blonde
Maggie Ly (@HairstyLust)) of Davids Hair and Nails, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada loves to work with long hair. "I work with long hair, mostly Asian hair," she says. "Many of my clients come to me looking for hairstyles that are ...
TRANSFORMATION: Softening An Ombre Mishap
Samantha Ploskonka (@samploskonka), a John Paul Mitchell Systems National Educator and Freelance Hairstylist based at Salon Mix in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California says, "I tend to have a lot of what I refer to as 'reverse ...
Deva Cut and Color with Balayage
This curl-enhancing cut and curl-defining color is by Rosalee Rios Landry (@lovehairbyrose), a Deva Curl Inspired Stylist and Redken Master Specialist. She hairpainted the formulas below for this beautiful result.FORMULABase: Redken 6 NGC + 8NGC ...
by Anne Moratto
How-To: Fall Ombre
Unsurprising this time of year, one of Tyler Summers' (@makeupfreaktyler) clients came in wanting a fall red with highlights. During the consultation she told him that a month ago she did her hair herself, applying bleach with 20 vol ...
Bling Thing: How Well-Placed Hair Accessories Can Take Brides to the Next Level
A well-placed hair accessory can elevate a finished look from incomplete and tousled, to finished and memorable. Whether it’s adding the final touch on a bride or taking a client from day to night, hair jewelry adds an unexpected ...
Amy Winehouse-Inspired Beehive: The How To
Learn how to create the Amy Winehouse-inspired beehive updo.
How-To: 3 Rock 'N' Roll Updos
Nashville Artist and Kérastase Hairstyling Educator Sarah Crews (@HairBySarahCrews) of Studio Gaven Salon in Franklin, Tennessee got together with singer/songwriter Karen Shea (@KarenShea_) to create three unique hairstyles with rock ...
Color Correction: From Green and Fried to Pixie Perfect
Redken Certified Colorist and PureArtist Toni Fountain, who works at Indulgence, The Salon, of Lakewood, California, had a tough challenge at hand when her client walked in the door and requested a major change. One look at her ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For Manageable Texture
Shahad Alsaid (@makeup_n_henna) of Paradise City Salon (@paradisecitysalon), Dearborn, MI, says that this client is from Libya, "so her hair texture falls in between middle eastern hair and African hair texture which is a pretty tough ...
TRANSFORMATION: Strong Sombre To Gray/Slate
Geysha Tomassone (@geyshaloveshair) of Mora Salon, Cherry Hill, NJ, says "My client wanted a change and opted for a gray/slate color! Of course, in her case, I had explained to her that it may take up to 3 visits to achieve this color. She ...