A new client with Level 1 hair sits in your chair. During your consultation, you discover she has previously bleached and then darkened her hair—multiple times—and now she wants something new. What’s your next move?
If you’re Hai Tran (@hai.stylist), a stylist at Salon Q in Wichita, Kan., you safely lift her (over the course of three sessions, with about four weeks between each session) to a gorgeous silver/blue color melt. Check out his process!
Pricing: each session took approximately 5 hours at $75 per hour
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Natural/Starting Level: 1 black, with previously colored brown ends. “Her hair had previously been bleached then darkened a couple of times,” says Hai.
First Session
1. Balayage with Formula A, and process for 45 to 60 minutes. Note: Hai used higher strength developers as spot treatments in hard-to-lift spots that had previously been colored.
2. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Ultimate Treatment, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 1.
3. Using a color melting technique, apply Formula B at the base, Formula C at the midlengths and Formula D on the ends, and process for 30 minutes.
4. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Emergency Service, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 2.
Second Session
1. Micro-weave babylights, balayaging between foils, using Formula A. Process for 45 to 60 minutes. Note: Hai used higher strength developers as spot treatments in hard-to-lift spots that had previously been colored.
2. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Ultimate Treatment, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 1.
3. Using a color melting technique, apply Formula B at the base, Formula C at the midlengths and Formula D on the ends, and process for 30 minutes.
4. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Emergency Service, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 2.
Third Session
1. Micro-weave babylights using Formula A. Process for 45 to 60 minutes.Note: Hai used higher strength developers as spot treatments in hard-to-lift spots that had previously been colored.
2. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Ultimate Treatment, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 1.
3. Using a color melting technique, apply Formula B at the base, Formula C at the midlengths and Formula D on the ends, and process for 30 minutes.
4. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Emergency Service, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 2.
