Lets start with a case study of Highlights and low lights [ie lift and deposit] This in it self can create many issues both from a technical stance and from a client stylist relationship point of view. Many years of experience have shown me that when a client is unhappy with her blonde hair the maintenance required and yes the cost things can start to go down hill on the communication front.
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Blonde issues and thoughts
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, Blonde, Blonde highlights, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Multi tonal low lights, Natural Blonde. want it!, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, The colour wheelNo Comments » -
A hair colour disaster and fix.
Monday, March 12th, 2012Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, Hair colour techniques, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair salon consultation, Hair stylist consultation, Hair Stylist standards, Lifting Dark hair with High lift colour, Lifting natural dark and warm hair shades, Multi tonal low lights, Salon success, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »n all my years as an educator I have been fortunate and have had the pleasure to be invited into many salons. These are some cases that arose whilst spending time in any given salon or in my own career as a stylist none are made up. In most cases of salon colour mistakes the error are caused buy the stylist making poor choice for applications.
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Low lights and multi tonal shades
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Beauty hair salon, Blonde highlights, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, Hair colour techniques, hair colour trends, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair salon consultation, Hair stylist consultation, home hair colour, Level 6 to 9 natural blonde hair, Lifting Dark hair with High lift colour, Lifting natural dark and warm hair shades, Multi tonal low lights, Ombre hair colour, The colour wheelNo Comments »How can one create these looks? Well firstly I have to state it is dependent on the history of the hair that is being considered for this look. It’s back to that need for in depth consultation both parties if using a professional stylist or being honest with yourself if doing it as a home project.
Their are many formulations that one can explore and experiment with but one has to consider both target colour and effect required. The target colour and then tones and shades being used. Again this is so dependant on starting point previous history.
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Grey hair Embrace it work with it!
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, grey hair issues, hair chemistry, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, Hair stylist consultation, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, Solid hair colour going lighter2 Comments »The one topic that is talked about by both men and women as this silver threads start to appear. Yes it can happen at any age to any one.Yet society tries to dictate via Media and social barriers that it’s unsightly ageing and must go. women of all ages dread the day the first one shows up!
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Choosing a colour line for your salon.
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, chemical reactions, communication, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, hairdressing business, Metallic salts, Salon collaboration innovative thinking, Salon success, The colour wheelNo Comments »What is the right product for you? How do you get all the answer to make an informed choice or decision! With so many products on the market so many manufacturers how on earth do you decide what company what product to chose? This is a big decision and a huge out lay for any salon so you have to get it right.
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Hair colouring: Lift, shade, deposit and tone:
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective colour chart, grey hair issues, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair salon consultation, Hair stylist consultation, Hair Stylist standards, hairdressing education, Karendavid Salon success, Salon collaboration innovative thinking, Salon success, The colour wheel, The Hair SalonNo Comments »Lack of Grey coverage is normally a formulation and timing issue. poor assessment in the consultation process of amount of Grey so amount of N series required in formulation.Wrong choice of developer, correct development time. wash of to soon dye molecules that have not had time to develope and bond are washed away.Hair that is resistant to colour closed cuticle very resistant Grey hair. Pre-soften with a formulation using either Demi lotion or 10 vol with natural level N series. leave for 20 minutes wash off with cold water, before apply target formulation.
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Natural darker hair to sun kissed natural tones .
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair stylist consultation, Karendavid Salon success, Multi tonal low lights, Ombre hair colour, Salon success, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »Whilst with the Coffee barrister recently about her hair she informed me that she does like to lighten her hair but like so many has an issues with lifting beyond that orange brown hue. She is of Asian decent, so naturally very dark shade and tone hence the pigment issues.
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Going Lighter. Blonde and beyond!
Monday, February 13th, 2012Beauty hair salon, Blonde, Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, corrective colour chart, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Level 6 to 9 natural blonde hair, Lifting Dark hair with High lift colour, Multi tonal low lights, Natural Blonde. want it!, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »It is not always about going Blonde is it? It can involve lifting or lightening ones only natural colour or lifting our a darker shade application.What eve the case it can and will have and may cause some issues.This is such a huge topic it can and will open up many. Different application, formulation, situations. I will try to cover or uncover as many as possible.
I think before we start to look at the various colour options available to us. We have to take a look at and understand the process of lift deposit and hair pigmentation. The law’s of colour. The colour wheel. How to control the unwanted tones exposed in the lifting process.
Whether doing all over lift with a Bleach De-colouriser or using High Lift Blonde permanent colour for all all over colour techniques. One will encounter unwanted pigment in the form of warmth. The key to controlling this is to understanding the colour wheel, tones needed to control the exposed pigment. The same rules will apply if doing a High lighted effect when requiring lift and deposit.
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Darker side of life! trying a darker hair colour or shade!
Saturday, February 4th, 2012Blonde highlights, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colour trends, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair salon consultation, Hairdressing colour style trends, Lifting natural dark and warm hair shades, Multi tonal low lights, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »Can you go from blonde hair to Darker shade. Can it look good? Will it work ? yes yes yes! In many cases it can make your own natural colouring come alive. Your eyes look brighter . Your skin tone takes on a whole new look. When you want to go lighter with a little patients it can be done without to much effort.
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Misinformation Hair colour product knowledge
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, grey hair issues, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, Hair lift and deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, home hair colour, Metallic salts, Multi tonal low lights, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »A place to share thoughts review hair colour and products.
How confusing is it for both stylist and the consumer when you can go on line for advise and sound information and you get material such as below. quite shocking!What is written in the heavy print is my view ! I found this information in this article miss leading and quite scary to think it’s posted as informative educational material. Always research don’t trust all that you read as being correct.
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