Every week, clients are showing up with their phones out. They flip the screen toward you and say, “I want this.” And what they’re pointing to almost always has one thing in common: it shines like glass. Glass hair isn’t…
There’s a technique request I heard hundreds of times. A client would sit down, pull out her phone, and show a photo. Different clients, different photos — but the same thing: bright color framing the face, everything else darker behind…
If you’ve ever struggled to get your highlights right up to the scalp without the foil slipping or the section going sideways, Color Shells might be the thing that changes your workflow. It takes a little adjustment at first —…
Walk into almost any busy salon right now and you’ll hear the same request at the color bar: clients want to go brunette, but not flat brunette. They want dimension — that rich, multi-tonal depth that catches the light and…
Why Chrome Hair Is the Technique Test of 2026 Every season has a trend that looks effortless on the client and punishing in the execution. In 2026, that trend is chrome hair — high-shine, silver-infused color that reflects light like…
If there’s one service that separates technically gifted colorists from the rest of the chair, it’s babylights. Done well, they look effortlessly sun-kissed — the kind of color clients swear they were born with. Done poorly, they look like a…