To all my fellow colorists, Here’s something new I’ve been doing in the salon. It has proven to be an excellent service. I framed and then placed this info sheet at each station. The response has been amazing. ~ Tom Dispenza DOWNLOAD IT NOW Download the PDF
Stephanie had colored her hair at home using what she thought was semi-permanent color. Her hair was naturally light brown but after the “semi” wore away, she was left with a natural light brown regrowth and brassy mid-shaft and ends. How I Corrected Her Color: I highlighted, low lighted and finished with an overall …
This young woman came into the salon after having her hair lightened, highlighted, lowlighted and toned. I thought she’d look better as a dark blonde, lightest brown. Because of the length and volume of her hair, one large formula was mixed. It was applied first to all of the new growth and then immediately pulled …
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Forest Green, Lilac, Light Blueberry Hair Color! I was lucky enough to work with Tracey Hughes at the Premiere Beauty Show in Orlando earlier this month. What a talent! She wanted accent colors for her models and here are three of the formulas we used. Tracey is relocating from Australia to the United States where …
Ever wonder what the results are when you mix 4RO and 4RV together? Here’s a great visual. The far left is 4RV on white hair. The far right is 4RO on white hair. You can see from the mixtures that RV tends to take over the formula even when there is only 1/2 an ounce …
This young lady came to a class I was teaching with 2 inches of new growth that was natural darkest blonde/lightest brown with no gray. From the photo you can see she was previously lightened to a golden blonde. I thought she’d look better as a redhead. So, First I shampooed her with clarifying shampoo …
I’ve been working with Tracey Hughes from Australia for the last 5 days at the Premiere Beauty Show in Orlando, Florida. We colored 18 models at the show, many of them double- process blondes. I’ll post all of them with formulas later in the month. Here is one correction I did using a freehand painting …
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The first swatch you see in the photo is virgin salt and pepper light brown hair. The center swatch has been colored with 4N (Light Neutral Brown) and 20-volume developer. The third swatch has been colored with equal parts of 4N (Light Neutral Brown) and 20-volume developer. Both swatches were timed for 35 minutes. Adding …
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Most colorists don’t realize how strong chromastics 2RO is. Probably because most color lines don’t have an RO darker than 3RO or 4RO. If you haven’t tried Chromastics yet, give us a call. It’s the most versatile color you’ll ever work with. Give me a call if you have questions. If you have a question …
Every once in awhile a client will tell me they like their color but wish I would make it just a little lighter. When I want to make a color formula a little lighter I add XL-Cream. It doesn’t change the tone of the color, it just makes it a lighter. Following are 2 examples, one …
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