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Color Melt

"I Color Melt Every Client, I Can't Help It!"

By Ali D.·May 23, 2022

The Secrets For Beautiful, Lived-In Color

Wait, color melting every client!? BTC Team Member Ashley Smith (@paintedbyashleymarie) shares the top three tips for her secret weapon on virtually any client!

More Than Just A Melt

"It’s great for enhancing, deepening, or altering the root color—really the finishing touch to the lived in look," says Ashley. Color melting can be more than just an appointment on your service list—check out Ashley's process below for inspo on how to add-on a melt for your clients.

Ashley's Color Melt Process:

Tease—Diffuses and integrates the light and dark…

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