How-To
2 How-tos: Perfect Me Smooth Style & Precision Form With Body
Wella’s EIMI styling line lets the hairstylist express their styling skills and each’s client’s individuality by pairing the correct product to each hairstyle.EIMI comes in five lines: smooth, volume, texture, shine and fixing ...
TRANSFORMATION: Faded Sombre To Scarlet
Kimemily Pham (@excellenthairsalon), owner of Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc. in Fremont California, continues to impress us with incredible makeovers. For this one we asked for more details. "My client Rayanne came to me wanting to go ...
MAKEOVER: Faded Blonde To Pretty Copper
L’Oréal Professionnel colorist and president and CEO of Ted Gibson Beauty, Jason Backe (@jasonbacke) completed an incredible hair transformation that demonstrates how simple adjustments can make dramatic impact. Here he shares the ...
TRANSFORMATION: Home Pink To Pro Purple
Christie Mendoza (@salonlavishcovina), a senior stylist at Salon Lavish Covina, Covina, California, says she "loves experimenting with Pravana Vivids both on myself and my clients! I stay inspired by all my wonderful coworkers and all ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown-Out to Silvery Lavender
Linh Phan (@bescene), owner of the Be Scene Studios in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, continues to wow us with his amazing color designs and transformations. We love this one in particular. Here he shares the how-to on this returning ...
How to Keep It Light, Darken the Root and Minimize Regrowth Line
She's one of our faves to follow for formulas and she is a colorist who keeps upping her game. Lindsey Benitez shares her process on Instagram and whenever she learns something new, she puts it into practice."Tried something new ...
by Anne Moratto
COLOR CORRECTION: Giving Her Hair A "Rest"
Anthony Nunez-Ibarra (@tonywonderhandsss), a freelance artist based Moreno Valley, California, says his client was done with chunk highlights. "She came to me wanting a new look and to give her hair a rest."Here he shares HOW he ...
TRANSFORMATION: Lavender to Bright Red
"My client Megan had been blonde for years," says Christina Rotundo (@christinas.hair) of Natural Solutions, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada. "Over the past month or so we have been putting lavender on her hair until she recently ...
TRANSFORMATION: The Brass-Free Blonde
Gary Yeung (@eclipsesalonsf), a color specialist and owner of Eclipse Salon in San Francisco, CA, prefers to create hair color that looks very natural and dimensional, but realizes that "sometimes a total transformation is necessary." ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dark Virgin To Bright GORGEOUS Blonde
Stephanie Yniguez (@ste_fun_y) of Refuge Salon, Los Angeles, Cal., points out that her Asian client has virgin, below waist-length hair. Here she shares the details on this full-day service to lift her to this breathtaking blonde:STEP 1: ...
How-To: Red Ombriage
Jillian LeDonne (@jillianledonne), colorist at Eva Scrivo in New York, created high contrast look by taking a level 2 client and balayaging in vivid red highlights that are most vibrant at the ends. It's a bold style, to be sure, but the ...
Haircolor has Gone Holographic with the Newest Trend - Hand-Pressed Color!
Redken colorist Chiala Marvici has transformed the idea of haircolor into a new art form. Inspired by a painting in her apartment, Marvici has created a new haircolor technique, Hand-Pressed Coloring, that brings the idea of screen printing to ...
FORMULA: Smokey Purple, Starting Level 5.5
Nicole DeStefano (@nicole_does_beauty) has only been doing hair for a year. She used products from TIGI, Wella, JOICO Intensities and Olaplex, then finished with Moroccanoil, to achieve this very on-trend "vintage" shade of ...
by Anne Moratto
Why You Should Quit Shampooing Your Curly Clients
Why would you ever want to quit shampoo? Because it’s the best thing you could ever do for your curls, says DevaCurl.Let’s back up a minute. All your life, the sudsy shampoo you thought was cleaning your hair was actually making your ...
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TRANSFORMATION: Pink Shadows
Alexis Thurston (@alexisbutterflyloft), owner/stylist at Butterfly Loft Salon and Spa and the Ubungalows, Encino, Calfornia, (@butterflyloftsalon) impresses us with SO MANY transformations, but this one, we believe, is particularly beautiful. ...
TRANSFORMATION: Old Ombre To Charcoal LOB
We just had to know more about this transformation from Linh Phan (@bescene), Be Scene Studios in DC, MD and VA. that we found after scrolling through his juicy and impressive Instagram feed."This client came in and wanted a complete ...
HOW-TO: Dramatic Side Bangs by Jimmy Paul at Self-Portrait
Commitment-free bangs? Where do we sign up?! London designer Han Chong's Self-Portrait collection debuted at New York Fashion Week. Chong's designs were colorful, current and ultra feminine. To play up the collection's ...
by Jamie Newman