Let's Go Blonde!

Even in the Fall/ Winter season, there are ways to pull off a GREAT BLONDE! Making sure you add variations of blondes is the key! We NEVER want to go one sided, meaning.... SAY NO TO ONE TONE BLONDES!

What's the Before?

My client Adrienne came in with previously colored, natural (non relaxed) hair. At one point, she was a TRUE, bright red head, that she eventually cut and covered with a darker color. This meant, in order for her to go blonde, her color service with me, is now considered a CORRECTIVE COLOR! Because this is so much of a process, this is going to take more time, more product, which in turn for the client, means more $$$$. Even though her hair is short, it still took us almost 5 hours to get her where she wanted to be SAFELY!

Let's Talk STEPS!

First thing we needed to do was REMOVE the previous color. I do this with a product called 30 minute bleach. This product can be used on or off the scalp. Because she wanted to keep her sides and root darker, I chose to foil her length to create the "rooted" look she wanted. This could absolutely be done without foiling, BUT, when you foil, you guarantee a more even lift and are able to place the client under heat (if needed) without the fear of the bleach expanding and "bleeding" on to unwanted parts of the hair. Basically, you have mor