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Hair Color Wednesday!: Gwyneth Paltrow Harpers Bazaar

by Gregory
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Published on: February 1, 2012

 

I love this color! Not much more to say other than how much I love this color!!

I mean it’s Gwyneth Paltrow, when does her color ever look bad? Pretty much never.

But… with that said, this color is a little fresh for her. I love the use of gold and the soft touch of low lights that really don’t extend to the ends.

In this Hair Color Wednesday we are going to break down this color and I am going to share one of my most favorite blonde hair color techniques ever – color fusion!!

My formula:

Natural level = 7 Previously Highlighted/Blonde Hair

Working with a natural shade of blonde, I am really looking to enhance and brighten her overall color but still give it a subtle dimension of color.

Dividing the hair into 4 sections.

  1. Temple to Temple (to behind the crown)
  2. Bellow Temple – Right
  3. Bellow Temple – Left
  4. Back

Using a Powder Lightener begin to highlight the hair:

  1. Bellow the temple take diagonal back sections and use medium sized slices. Continue working your way from the bottom to top of each section.
  2. Working in the Mohawk section, highlight in a standard weaving technique throughout the entire top section.

In between the foils, throughout the top section, use a technique that I refer to as Color Fusion.

Basically what you will do is fuse a color from the roots to the mid shaft and flicking the color towards the ends, making sure not to apply color towards the ends of the hair. This will give an amazing low lighted color throughout the top that will blend into the ends giving an amazing natural brighter look towards the ends of the hair.

Completely natural! And super effective!

My formula of choice in this instance on a natural level 7 would be to use an 8 level warmest gold. The benefit of this will be to maximize the shine and warmth of the natural level 7.

Give it a try and see what you think. Really works best on blondes but depending on the color palate, works great on most dimensional colors!

 

*** A really great note about Gwyneth Paltrow on this cover is the second shot of her showing the back of her hair. Not very common! Not to take away at all from the amazing dress that she has on or her figure… but the hair has to be pretty good to showcase the back of someone’s head.

Experts Corner: I Need A New Style ASAP!

by Gregory
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Published on: January 30, 2012

Welcome to the first edition of THSB Experts Corner. Special Thanks to Mariah for sending in her Question.

Mariah needs helps ASAP! Lets Help her out:

Question: I need a new look ASAP! Currently my hair is long with no layers, in that awkward stage of growing my old bangs out and the color is brown with lighter highlights underneath. I have an olive skin tone with hazel eyes and I am always wanting to bring out the green aspect in my eyes! I have a long and narrow face and very fine hair so I need a style that is going to add volume and also compliment my face shape. I’m thinking about going back to bangs to not make my face seem so long or take them to some length that is going to soften my face. As far as color, I want something that I haven’t done before or maybe the same colors but just approached differently. I’ve done colors from auburns, violets, browns, blacks, and a golden/brown blonde. I want a color and style that is going to enhance my features.

My look is kind of a boho- hippie. Rachel Bilson kind of look. I have done the ombre look as well since it is so popular. Any suggestion would be awesome! Thanks!

 

My Thoughts:

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Hair Color Wednesday: Christina Ricci in Australian publication Oyster Magazine’s latest issue

by Gregory
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Published on: January 26, 2012

Before we get started – we love Christina Ricci. She is probably one of the most beautiful women in such a refreshing way. For those of you who have been catching her in the new show Pan Am, you know, she is full of inspiration and beauty. She is one of those actresses that has a way of being so impact full in such a subtle way. A muse to us all without us even knowing it. What better way to be a muse to hair stylists than in the world of hair color.

This week we are all about Christina! Check out this killer spread in Australia’s publication of Oyster Mag. I love her hair color, and thought it was a must to break down for this weeks Hair Color Wednesday! So keep scrolling down for the Ricci Hair Color Formula.

The Ricci Life – Actress Christina Ricci stars in Australian publication Oyster Magazine’s latest issue. Photographed by Gregory Harris, Christina plays the role of wild child on the back of a motorcycle and wearing the designs of Burberry Prorsum, Jil Sander, Proenza Schouler and others selected by Stevie Dance.

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Make Thin Hair Look Thicker With Hair Color!

by Gregory
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Published on: May 23, 2011

Looking to take your super fine hair and give it a fuller-thicker appearance? It’s Really Easy! Here’s what you do:

One of the best ways to create thickness is in the bang area or throughout the perimeter. You can do this with color and creating depth. It’s what I refer to as shadowing.

Shadowing is very very simple. 

For the bang area – Formulate a color at least 2 shades darker than your base formula. Use no more than about 2-4 foils and starting at the front hair line of the bangs, place your first foil in a weaving manner. Continue working your way up to the crown, in horizontal sections, making sure to never expose the darker color on the part line.

For the perimeter of the hair – Formulate a color at least 2 shades darker than your base formula. Out line the entire hair line, including front and back. Using foil apply a baby fine slice fore each section, in a horizontal manner, then skip a section and apply another foil in the same manner. Continue this throughout the entire hair line.

Thats It!!! Easy as…… Pie?

Thanks for reading :)

Hair Colorist Wednesday: Color Formula!

by Gregory
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Published on: October 14, 2010

Here is a great formula for Blondes I use all the time and oh so perfect for the Fall. We have talked a lot about taking blondes deeper and adding some more depth to your blonde. Well here is a fun way to take a NL 7 virgin guest to a perfect shade of dimensional blonde.

Base Level = 7
Alternate Formula 1, 2 & 3 in your standard formula manner for virgin application. Utilize extremely fine weaves throughout. The goal is to create an array of colors that give a beautiful dimension of color.
I use Redken Color So I will give you my Redken Formulas that I use. However, feel free to use the brand that you are most comfortable with.
1. Your favorite powder lightener with 20 volume (Redken Up to 7)
2. Your favorite high lift/double blonde Blue/Violet tone (Double Fusion = parts of AV & AB)
3. Demi-Permenant Level 7 Gold Tone (Shades EQ 7GB)
The result is beautiful and extremely low maintenance and pretty much the perfect color for a NL 7 looking to spice it up for the fall!

Do You Know Your ABC’s: Sassoon Color Class 4 Free

by Gregory
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Published on: September 19, 2010

Behindthechair.com offers tons of free webinars from some of the most sought after stylists in our industry. These are classes that you just cant miss! Best part about Behindthechair.com is that they have all of their webinars archived. So you can continue to watch what you learned, just like a dvd or you can go back and see the ones you missed.


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