In an industry with so many options and opportunities, we asked artists what made them niche down and select a specialty. Amelia Fugitt (@ameliahairmakeup) says choosing to focus on transformations has transformed her career.
Ulta Beauty Design Team Member Bianca Donahue is amazing at transforming her clients. Now you can apply to join the Design Team, too!
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Goldwell’s celebrity stylist Harry Josh transforms beauty influencer Chloe Morello’s look using Goldwell Colorance, a demi-permanent color.
Over a dozen dramatic shape shifts and color change-ups.
It’s often the risk-takers who are willing to reimagine the palette of options and pair combinations who create unassumingly beautiful results, and redefine how we see and experience the world around us.
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Melissa (@melissameltss) and Gabby (@glam_by_gabbyy) worked to create this transformation in one day. The salon duo took their client from a deep brown, with some banding and also hair that had never been colored, to this bright blonde. They relied on some of their favorite products and plenty of time.
Ask any hairstylist if they are interested in making more money—while also giving clients the healthy hair of their dreams—and you’d have a resounding “yes.” But ask if they have an existing hair extension clientele and, unfortunately, you’d have more pros saying “no”.
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Tarra Kruper @tarratakesover is a hairstylist in Los Angeles, and an educator for Wella Professional and ghd. She shared this brunette to blonde transformation, a process that took 10 hours of time and expertise.
With the launch of Pravana’s Express Tones After Dark, colorists can achieve long-lasting, rich deposits with high shine in 5-15 minutes at the bowl.
See the full step by step for Jane Fonda's white silver makeover debuted at the Academy Awards by gray master colorist Jack Martin.
Everything you need to know about both hand-tied extensions and machine weft extensions--and what kind of client should have tape-ins or sew-ins.
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"My client came to me with completely virgin hair, every hair stylists dream," Daisy Goord says. "Her dream was to always go platinum white blonde and because her base was so perfect this could be achieved in one appointment!"
The journey from blonde to red can be interesting. Learn how to introduce your client to the new shade, as well as charge for it. This post comes with a warning!
This client, used to a natural look with classic blonde highlights or balayage, decided to try something fun. Get the details for her new pastel pink finish by George Johnson.
Tony Odisho gave MODERN Senior editor a hair makeover just in time for the holidays. Read all the details on this extension transformation and his top tips for color matching and blending tape-in extensions.
This model came to a cosmetology class looking for a new look. Oh, she got one all right! After some fun color and extensions, she is totally transformed.
Removing box dye takes time, patience and expertise. Get the details for this challenging makeover that required two sessions and many many hours.