Gray coverage highlights

Unless my client has over 60% gray I typically encourage them to try these things first: 1. Blend gray with highlights. Adding in fine highlights that follow the gray pattern will help to disguise...

Covering gray hair presents unique challenges, but Redken’s Color Gel ranges are here to help. Here’s what experts want you to know about these professional formulas.

I love seeing how many women are embracing their gray hair and sharing their journeys on social media. As women, we tend to have unrealistic expectations for ourselves, in all areas of our lives, and this carries over into our hair. But, the fact is, pretty much all of us will go gray at some

Adrienne Dara Stephenson/ Hair Education & Tutorials on Instagram: "Gray Blending vs Gray Coverage. How do you successfully communicate the difference to your client? How do you help them to understand and visualize? A client may say they want blending without truly understanding what that means. I like to describe it this way: “When you look in the mirror do you want to not see a single gray hair? Or when you look in the mirror do you not mind seeing some gray but having it less visible to…

Rosie Baylis Hair on Instagram: "Why I only offer 3-6 month journeys (and you should too) We all know that when a client comes to us, it will take more than one appointment to achieve their goal. We wish that they would buy everything we would recommend, and stick to our advice, and actually get the results we know they can achieve, But when you’re working with clients who want to find it cheaper on Amazon or cancel their appointment, it’s really hard. For two years now, I have been…

Choosing gray blending for dark hair is a smart move for those who want to disguise their colorless hairs and those willing to enhance silver in their manes — both ways are appropriate and doable with this technique. Instead of trying to overlap your color loss with a permanent hair dye, try a color scheme …

Emily Chen on Instagram: "I love using this one as a visual when I’m trying to explain this clients. The translucency of a demi allows for such a soft grow out, and the greys suddenly turn into what looks like “highlights”. For her new base, we used Goldwell’s REGULAR Colorance (NOT cover plus) 55ml 6N, 5ml 6A + 60ml 2% lotion (7vol) We did pop in some highlights as well & toned w/ SEQ 8VG, 9VG, 9P, 7P I chose regular colorance over cover plus bc we’re going for zero lift & thus, zero…

Emily Chen on Instagram: "Why yes. Yes it can be done on dark hair too 🤎 Think of permanent color as a full coverage lipstick, and demi color as tinted lipgloss. Or painted cabinets vs stained cabinets. Permanent color will give you the heaviest coverage, but it’ll also give you the most dramatic regrowth line. Demi offers less coverage, but a more subtle & graceful growout. My client here was sick of having to color her regrowth every 4 weeks, but she wasn’t ready to go full-on grey…