MAKEOVER: 2 Steps To Ashy Ombre
Jack Martin (@JackMartinColorist) of Jack Martin Studio, Tustin, California, posted this impressive makeover and we just had to share. Here Martin shares the details for this makeover.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHJack Martin (@JackMartinColorist) of Jack Martin Studio, Tustin, California, posted this impressive makeover and we just had to share. Here Martin shares the details for this makeover.
This client wanted to go from her current color to platinum. She arrived with 2-3 inches of level 6 regrowth with red panels and 1/2 head grown out highlights.
Crista Lydia Chavez a colorist at Platinum Hair Salon, Caldwell, Idaho, says her over-processed client "had been doing her hair at home, overlapping lightener each process. There was a lot of Breakage was at the ends and near the face frame." Here Chavez shares the details for this correction.
Catherine Long (@catherinelovescolor) owner of Catherine's Hair Design inside of Suite Salon Spa, Cadillac, Michigan, says "This first time guest found me on Instagram. She had been trying to get a true balayage look for a while but it always turned out brassy and not blended. She decided to drive the distance and give me a try. I was able to get her blonde and blended first visit." Details here.
Get the details for this color UH-OH to a breathtaking shiny, healthy plum.
The harsh lines of this ombre have been softened and melted.
Marianne Lohr (@mannie_mak), a freelance artist based in Bethlehem,PA., says "My new client came in to see me because she was never happy with her blonde and how gold/yellow it was. She wanted to be an all over platinum blonde at first, but then had mentioned how she's always wanted to have purple hair. Her dream came true that day." Details here.
Vanessa Castro (@extraglossy_) from NYC says she is "obsessed with doing hair - especially color corrections. I love that they challenge me to think and always try new things." Here she had an opportunity to meet a challenge head on in a correction that took 6 1/2 hours.
Kim Bruce (@themisfitblonde), co-owner of Monroe on Mane (@monroeonmane), Sturbridge, MA., specializes in blondes and hairdressing. "This guest has been a client of mine for almost a year now. It has taken four sessions to achieve our desired shade of silver blonde." Here Bruce shares the details for the transformation.
Coryn Eyring (@corynneylon_hair.) of Charles Scott Salon (right outside Cleveland, Ohio) says her client "came in with level 2 hair, in her words 'not black', and brassy orange ends. She begged me for an ashy/natural level 6/7 root. She did not want to see any red, which is always a task."
This client wanted brighter, cooler-toned highlights...but she didn't want to sit in the salon for hours. Here's how her colorist, Sharon So, made her wish come true.
This client came in with faded red tones in her hair. After two in-salon visits, colorist Nicole Healy of Vision Blonde helped her achieve her goal color, which was a bright, creamy, vanilla blonde.
Patience is key when you're taking your client's levels higher than their natural color. In this case, it took two days to get this client from a level 6 to "unicorn" color.
Amy McManus (@Camouflageandbalayage), owner of Trinity Salon in Fitchburg Mass. says "My guest contacted me after seeing my work on Instagram. She drove an hour to see me because she loved my blondes on my page." This client was previously highlighted, but she never felt light enough. "She wanted a lot of bright icy pieces and loved a lot of contrast. After out consultation, we decided to keep her natural base color and build off of that for the blend." Here's the how to.
Marianne Lohr, a freelance artist based in Bethlehem, PA, reveals how she got rid of her client's banded gold hue and turned it into a cool, rooted blonde.
Sarai Speer (@saraihairwizard) of ReHab Hair, Kansas City, MO, says this makeover took 3 hours and she charged $250. In this feature she shares the details.
This client chose her colorist, Amy McManus, after seeing her beautiful work on Instagram. Before coming into the salon, her hair had been previously balayaged, but it still wasn't as light as she wanted it to be. Here's how they made that happen!