This Color Correction Trick Helped Eliminate Years of Banding

When a client sits down with years of DIY color, banding and gray coverage, it's easy to assume the correction is going to require multiple toners, lowlights and extra steps to blend everything together. But for Patricia Nikole (@paintedhair), the solution started before the blonding service even began.

During a recent BTC Live, the Redken Global Artistic Ambassador shared how pre-toning helped her create a more even canvas, avoid adding more bands and simplify a major blonde correction. Here's how she approached the transformation—and why correcting the canvas first changed the way the hair lifted.

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