Learned & Still Learning
While working in research a large part of my job was to assess how the beauty industry was changing, the insights generated helped to inform my actions and recommendations. I am sharing with you in this blog my second installment of what I have witnessed in Retail/Box colour and like in my previous Professional colourist […]
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As a beauty Professional I have been a keen observer of how technology and developments in both product and education have pushed the industry in recent years. When I worked in research a large part of my job was to assess how the beauty industry was changing, the insights generated helped to inform my actions […]
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This blog shares my approach when working colour correction specifically on Box/Retail Colour. This is not something I shy away from and neither should any Professional, once you apply a methodology to your approach. Admittedly the colour work I do today is primarily colour correction. It is something I love to do and allows me […]
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I have wanted to write this blog for a while, and having worked on both professional and retail brands of colour I would like to approach this topic from an and/and rather than an either/or perspective. As a chemist my formulation approach is similar in the lab whether it is Professional or Retail colour. However […]
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As we all hunker down and do our bit to protect others, the health systems and ourselves many Professionals myself included are faced with and sometimes literally through technology clients, friends and family starting to show their true colours. Many will carry on as normal and leave their roots to grow out not bothered by […]
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There are so many brands of colour available not only from different manufactures but also from the same manufacturers. It’s a daunting task trying to select a shade just right for your own hair and it is an even more daunting task if as a Professional you need or want move from one colour range […]
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It’s a very good question, why do I need to know about pH? and one that has been asked by several of my hairdressing pals, so this blog is for you and anybody else who’s interested. Don’t worry; fortunately, through the combination of knowledge, product development and even regulations you can blissfully practice your Professional […]
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There are so many ways bleach can be used to lighten hair and in the hands of a well-trained and experienced professional the results are true head turners. Working with Bleach is an art form that also requires an understanding of biology (the hair itself), physics (how colour is perceived and manipulated) and chemistry (how […]
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Bleaching, is one of the older, unchanging and simplest method of altering the hair’s natural colour and involves decolouring either part of, or all of the hair’s natural melanin. It is also still to date the most effective way to lighten artificial hair colours. The bleaching process progressively lightens until finally white or blonde shades […]
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Oxidising hair dyes are still today the most popular form of hair colouring either Professionally or in Retail, you only have to walk into the hair colouring section of any outlet to witness the volume of choice. Their popularity is down to the reliability, effectiveness and resistance to shampooing and other external factors, such as […]
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