Makeover: Cut and Color For the Low Maintenance Client

"Katie hadn't touched her hair in over a year, since I highlighted it last," says Min Kim (@minkimcolorist), Master Color Specialist, Butterfly Studio Salon, NYC.  According to Kim, Katie is a low maintenance girl. Here she shares the details for this makeover.

Step Up Your Balayage Game with this Brush

Product Club's Balayage Paint Brushes capture the look and feel of a traditional paint brushes without the problem of brush bristles disintegrating from bleach.

Lift Without Lightener: The Secret for Natural Blondes Who Want to Be Baby Blondes

An Aveda product and formula that is very customizable and easy-to-use.

Getting Even: 8 Hour Color Correction to Eliminate Banding

“The key to this was evening out the canvas by pre-lightening all the warm areas.” See what else this blonding specialist did to create the final, beautiful result.

5 Tips for Seamless Blending

From an application artist, we offer up these simple-yet-effective suggestions for lightening and blending.

AirTouch Technique: What it is, How it’s Done, and Why Your Clients Will be Saying Bye-Bye to Traditional Balayage

Learn all about the Russian highlighting and coloring technique created by Vladimir Sarbashev, it's a technique that's booming down salon doors in Eastern Europe and is moments away from being the biggest trend in American lightening and coloring since ombre and balayage.

Same-Day Color Correction on Compromised Hair

This client arrived in tears after a nearby salon had tried, twice, to help her and failed.

11 Examples of Foil Placement Perfection by Ian Michael Black

Precision makes perfect: In this gallery, we take a look at some of colorist and educator Ian Michael Black's famed foil artistry perfection.

How-To: Bright, Dimensional Blonde Using Three Techniques

Painted Pretty: See the steps used to create this bold, dimensional blonde.