TRANSFORMATION: Going Ariel
Crystal Casey (@cryistalchaos), owner of High Voltage Hair, Virginia Beach,Virginia, is a Paul Mitchell trained artist specializing in updos and fashion color. "This guest came in wanting a huge change," says Casey. "She had ...
Broken And Damaged To Bold Strawberry Blonde
Nicole Knoblach (@nicoleknoblach), a corrective color and multi-color specialist based at Salon Ventures, Kettering, OH, says, "My guest came to me with over processed and banded hair from her previous lightening services. Before ...
FORMULA: Pale Cotton Candy Pink
Shelley Gregory (@ShelleyGregoryHair) of Atelier By Square Salon, Las Vegas, Nevada, caused quite a stir with this gorgeous cotton candy pink finish. Here she shares the formula:-Start with high lifted hair (L'Oreal Professionnel Lightener ...
Shades Of Blonde...The Journey To Silver
Salem (@salemscissorhands), a freelance hair artist from Sacramento, CA (but relocating to Los Angeles, CA next month), posted this 3 panel photo of the same client with three different shades leading up to their mutual goal of silver ...
FORMULA: Bubble Gum Pink
When we posted this on Instagram to show the power of lighting more than 3,800 followers "liked" this pix (so far) and many asked for the formula. We asked colorist Kelsey Jeanne (@kelsey_scissorhands) of Nicole's Salon and Day Spa ...
Balayage For Strawberry Blonde
Stephanie Shellenberger (@Stephanie_stylist), a balayage expert at Randy Currie of Currie Hair Skin Nails in Glen Mills, PA, says this first-time balayage guest came to her to transition from an all-over foil design. "I blended away her ...
TRANSFORMATION: She Wanted To SHOUT!
Lynn Huynh (@lynn_at_excellenthairsalon) a stylist at Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc, Fremont, California, was thrilled with the opportunity this first time client presented."She wanted to go purple at first, but at the end of the ...
TRANSFORMING FUN SHADES: Hot Pink To Mermaid
Megan Chiles (@hairstylist_MC) of Nico Bella Salon, Camas, Washington, was thrilled her her most recent challenge. "My client come in with about 2 and a half inches of level 6 grow out. Mid shaft to ends was faded Manic Panic red so it was ...
DIY Damaged Blonde To Hot Pink
Shonda Broadus (@shondabroadus) of Color Me RAD Salon, Beaufort, South Carolina had quite a challenge on her hands. "The client came in with diy bleached hair," she says. "It wasn't very healthy but with a little help ...
TRANSFORMATION: Messed Up To Vibrant Copper
Zach Kilian (@zachkilian) a senior stylist at Hairroin Salon, Los Angeles, was up for a challenge. "My client came in with an inch of new growth and faded previously level 4 violet midstrands with bleached ends that had been purple," ...
Color and Extensions For A Change
Anna Todd (@hairbyannatodd), an artist at Dolce Vita Salon, Orlando, FL, totally transformed her client with color and extensions (her specialty). "She has naturally fine hair that never grows past her shoulders," says Todd. "She ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown-Out Box Color to Dream Red
Paul Mitchell National Educator Rhoda Bolles (@rhoda_ann) of Hot Heads Salon, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, shares the details for this beautiful transformation:"I used to do her hair a few years ago, but we lost touch when the salon I ...
COLOR CHANGE: Platinum To Progressive Pink
"This client is a mutual friend of a photographer that I know," says Jay Olson (@jaywesleyolson) salon owner out of Phoenix, Arizona and member of the butterfly circus. "We briefly talked about different ideas weeks before her ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...