My Work: Beautiful Soft Red Sombre

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I had the pleasure of doing, Molly’s hair today. This is by far one of my favorite reds that I have ever done!

She came in with an ashy level 5.5 roots and faded out Redken Shades 5RV. It looked like a 6NB with red undertones.

With a twitch of my wand wa-la. Just kidding.
1) I applied Wella Kolestone 6/0 and a touch of 7/43 with 20 Vol developer on her roots.
2) While that was still on her roots I foiled a few vertical highlights around her face. Alternating between Blondor with 20 Vol and Wella Kolestone 7/43 with 30 vol.
3) Next, while all of this was still on her hair I brought her to the shampoo bowl to do some ombré on the rest of the hair that was out of the foils. I used Blondor with 100vol Developer and gradually worked my way up.
4) Once I was satisfied with the ombré I rinsed that bleach out and waited until the blonde in the foil was about a level 9.
5) I shampooed all of this color out and really towel dried the hair so that I could do a glaze using Redken Shades 8c all over for 10 min.
6) I cut some long layers and there you have it!

My Work: Short Wavy Ombre Hair

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My client brought in this picture and I was excited for some fun effortless hair!

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  1. She started off with a shoulder length cut and level 5 all over.
  2. I began by cutting her hair into this short stacked bob.
  3. I brought her to the bowl while she was still wet and used a 100vol developer mixed with blondor.
  4. I first picked up little pinky sized sections and did balayage piece by piece.
  5. Once that got to processing I worked my way from her ends up to the mid shaft to get the overall lightness.
  6. To style her hair I took her directly from the bowl to the chair. I didn’t brush out her hair.
  7. I had her turn her head upside down while I towel blotted her hair to start establishing her curl pattern.
  8. Next I applied Aquage Curl Cream, Aquage Sea Salt Spray, and Moroccan Oil Mousse and did a little bit more towel blotting.
  9. I placed her under the dryer (or upside down using your diffuser at home) and let her dry
  10. Then I used a 1″ Hot Tools curling iron and only curled her roots, leaving out her ends, to get the more effortless look.

Short Effortless Hair