Archive for April, 2009

April 6, 2009, Model 1

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Stylist name: Daria Krylova

Initial assessment: levels 1-2, the client has been using permanent color for 4 years.

Desired result: levels 7-6, perhaps with gloss and highlights.

Formula: 1st stage: 10N+ 20 vol + 4 scoops of energizing powder + 1 scoop of hybrid booster, this mixture was applied on clean damp hair, the processsig time – 1 hour under heat. But the resulting color came out rather uneven, as the previous coloring came off unevenly and hybrid was used to open up the cuticle.

The 2nd stage: 10N + 30 vol + 3 scoops of energizing powder – for highlights, starting not straight from the natural roots; processing time – 1 hour under heat. The result after this procedure was very unexpected, as the strands came out perfectly even, without any spots, the lightening was on levels 9-10

3 rd stage: for the roots – 6N+7N +20 vol, for highlights – 9N+3 scoops of powder + 20 vol, all over the hair – 7N+5 drops of RV + 20 vol; processing time – 30 minutes

Result: I was really satisfied with the result, as an even tone of lightening gave me a possibility to get a cleaner color, and of a better quality. In my practice not every professional will take up such difficult cases, but we were interested how new color pHopmulate will cope with this problem. As this color a translucent one, we didn’t manage to get levels 6-7, we got only 8G with 10N highlights and working in 3 stages.

But in whole I’m really satisfied and I’m ready to practice this technique.

April 4, 2009, Model 1

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Stylist name: Nadezhda Savicheva

Initial assessment: natural base – 7N, there were some red highlights from the previous coloring, but the ends are yellow.

Desired result: a natural color without any yellow, maybe – highlights

Formula: for the basic tone we took 7N (1 1/3 oz) from a line of natural colors, 20 Vol – 1 1/3 oz, for highlights – 10N (2/3 oz) + 5 scoops of energizing powder + 30 Vol

Result: both the client and the model are satisfied, the stands have lightened perfectly, the basic tone is colored level to level

March 30, 2009. Model 1

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Stylist name: Katya

Initial assessment: natural hair (level 5) –  about 8 inches

Desired result: level 8 with a golden-copper shade and some shining strands

Formula: the 1st stage – 8N+CG+C (copper) equal parts + 30 vol. The 2nd stage (highlights) – 00 + 3 scoops of energizing powder + 30 vol.  The 3rd stage (toning) – 8N+C

Result: the processing time took much time – 5 hours, I understand that the whole process could be done in 2 stages, but it’s due to the toning that the basic tone came out very beautiful and rich, richer then it had been after the 1st stage)) so, everything is perfect, but I couldn’t understand one thing – why after the 1st stage when I was coloring the hair in one tone using 30 vol the color didn’t come out bright and light, the same as it came out on the roots? The processing time of all the hair was done simultaneously and took about 40 minutes, and the hair was not color-treated for sure. Did I need to apply some hybrid booster on the ends?? I’m waiting for your answer.

March 31, 2009. Question 2.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We wish to cover “glassy” grey hair on the line around face. What should be done if we have already tried to low the level of the tone, to use hybrid booster, to use heat and we still couldn’t achieve the desired result?

March 31, 2009. Question 1.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

A straight question: how can we get a rich brassy color, and also red (real red) and violet that we see in the swatch book?