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How Tracey Cunningham Breaks Through Banding With Gray Coverage Clients
Formula
Formulas
  • Formula A (hairline gray coverage):

    IGORA® ROYAL 7-00 + 7-0 + 30-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (equal parts)

  • Formula B (base gray coverage):

    Schwarzkopf Professional IGORA® ROYAL 6-0 + 6-00 + 20-volume and 30-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (to create 25-volume) (equal parts)

  • Formula C (highlights):

    Schwarzkopf Professional BLONDME® Premium 9+ Lightener + developer

  • Formula D (lowlights, Zone 1):

    Schwarzkopf Professional IGORA® VIBRANCE 6-0 + 6-00 + 6-1 + 6-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (equal parts)

  • Formula E (lowlights, Zone 2):

    IGORA® VIBRANCE 7-0 + 6-0 + 6-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (equal parts)

  • Formula F (lowlights, Zone 3):

    IGORA® VIBRANCE 8-0 + 7-0 + 6-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (equal parts)

  • Formula G (hairline root shadow):

    IGORA® VIBRANCE 9-1 + 9-0 + 6-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (equal parts)

  • Formula H (base root shadow):

    IGORA® VIBRANCE 6-1 + 7-1 + 6-volume IGORA® ROYAL Activator (equal parts)

How Tracey Cunningham Breaks Through Banding With Gray Coverage Clients

Get Tracey Cunningham's Step-By-Step to Erasing Bands & Harsh Lines (Using 8 Formulas!) If you're dealing with a chair-hopping gray coverage client who has banding in their hair, we've tapped Schwarzkopf Professional® U.S. Creative Director of Color and Technique Tracey Cunningham (@traceycunningham1) to share how she successfully breaks through banding and achieves a seamlessly blended color in six easy steps   The Situation: A Complicated Hair History BTC Editors spent an in-salon day with Tracey as her client shared she had seen multiple colorists since she touches up her grays every six weeks. Obviously, her hair history revealed...

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