Haircolor that doesn’t always require bleach, This is a much needed conversation these days. With all the allergies people have today and sensitivities to cosmetics etc. I wanted to bring up how lighteners have a place in hair color for sure! Today we have non ammonia bleach yet lightening is taking away and diffusing color. […]
Red hair to blonde hair without destroying it. I met this beautiful young red head names Alexandria about 3 months ago. She had consulted with other salons and then found me via Instagram. She showed me a picture of Amanda Seyfried and told me she needed to get as close to her color as possible. Alexandria […]
How to find your blonde shade…. I feel the need to blog about this as lately I have been having new clients come to me with the wrong lighter shades for their skin tones. I say this all the time….”being blonde is not just Gwen Stefani or Marilyn Monroe blonde. There are so many levels, […]
Fixing Brassy hair is even a challenge for a professional colorist. So do not try to fix something at home that has become complicated unless you just want to do a dye back to black. Going super dark is the atomic bomb or “just cover it up” lol For those out there who have […]
How to bleach long hair should be done by a color specialist. This is not recommended for at home. This young woman came to our salon to have her natural dirty blonde / colored hair bleached and toned platinum blonde. This was done by two of us at the salon because speed and uniform work […]
Blonde hair for Asian Skin is beautiful when done correct and the right color tones for the client. There are tons of levels and tones of the BLONDE hair color. Some think going blonde just means MARILYN MONROE blonde. That is so limiting and just not true. You can make a dark blonde to lighter […]
How to lighten hair that has been dyed too dark. This young lady was referred to me too get her out of the super dark almost black color a previous stylist had put on her hair. She asked for a “Katie Holmes” type brunette hair color. The person did some odd highlighting on her […]
A guide for bleached blondes going darker blonde takes skill, time, and patience. When my client Vanessa went from being a long wheat, honey, colored California blonde to a Deborah Harry platinum blonde she took the dive. She went for it and we bleached her long hair out and toned it into a beautiful bright […]
How to get red hair back to brown with highlights takes time and patience. My client of 15 years came in and wanted to change from years of being a red head and go back to her color of her youth. Light brown with honey/ caramel tones. I told her this will take a few […]
Curly Hair color ideas. My client came to me wanting to be red on copper red hair color. She as not having luck getting the right red or a color that would hold. Seeing as some curly hair textures are more porous than others, or more fine than others you need to color the hair […]
