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So, Your Client Wants Fashion Colors? Hand Her This!

By Steph Bong·May 08, 2026

Dear clients, we love you…but it’s time for us to talk about fashion colors. Before giving your clients a unicorn-worthy transformation, it’s important to educate them on what it really takes to achieve and maintain colorful hair. Pulp Riot educator Shurie Saxelby (@shurie) shared the five MAJOR things your client should know about fashion colors on her Insta page, and we’re breaking it down for the BTC community. Next time your client comes in requesting a fashion color, print this out and send them home with these five things to think about!

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