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Art + Science of Hair Color: Home vs. Salon Color
It is supremely tempting to grab a box of color while you’re in the local Walgreens, but is that $7 box worth orange hair? Many times we see the model on the box and want color just like hers but we don’t take into consideration that natural level, contributing pigment, and tone are what create [...]
Art + Science of Hair Color: Caring for Your Color Treated Hair At Home
Color is not your enemy. Let me repeat that, color is not your enemy. The loss of porosity is your enemy. According to Curl Chemist/Tonya McKay Beckeer of NaturallyCurly.com, “. . . porosity is the term used in the science of hair care to describe how easily water and other matter can diffuse back and [...]
Art + Science of Hair Color: Navigating the Salon Color Menu
You’re super excited about getting your hair colored . . . then you look at the salon menu. Anxiety. What services do you need to get from where you are to where you want to be? If you book the wrong service it’s likely that you will leave the salon with only a fraction of [...]
Art + Science of Hair Color: Applying Theory
Lets put the theory of hair color together so it makes sense Ground rules Hair Color can only do three things 1. Darken natural hair color 2. Lighten natural hair color 3. Enhance or neutralize the tone of natural or color treated hair The Hair Color Level System goes from Level 1/Black as the darkest [...]
Art + Science of Hair Color: Tonality
Tone is the warmth or coolness of a color and is another major consideration when formulating color. Warm tones are red, orange, yellow and are usually described as auburn, copper, gold, or honey. Cool tones are blue, green, and violet and are described as pearl, smokey, bronze, and platinum. Cooler Hair Color Source: kimmiexsweetie.tumblr.com via [...]
Art + Science of Hair Color: Artists Color Theory
Think back to elementary school art class when you learned the Law of Color. Red, Yellow, and Blue are Primary colors Green, Orange, and Purple are Secondary colors Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue-Green, Yellow-Green are Tertiary colors (the chart is wrong, primary colors are always named first) Colors that are opposite on the color wheel [...]
Art + Science of Hair Color: The Level System
All professional hair color brands are based on a 10 or 12 level system. Every hair color level has a corresponding contributing pigment that lies underneath the natural hair color.
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