6 Cool Ways To Deal With Gray

Help give your clients the ultimate Mother’s Day gift—gorgeous, age-defying color! Whether she wants to rock her gray or cover it up, you want her to leave your chair feeling more confident than ever. We’ve rounded up six different different color formulas (and their how-tos!) to help you give your clients beautiful, vibrant haircolor!

1. How-To: Silver-White Style

Schwarzkopf Professional Color Formulas
Formula A: Equal parts IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES SILVERWHITE Tonal Refiner Dove Grey + 3% IGORA ROYAL Oil Developer

Formula B: Equal parts IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES SILVERWHITE Tonal Refiner Silver + Bonacure Repair Rescue Treatment + 3% IGORA ROYAL Oil Developer

Formula C: Equal parts IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES SILVERWHITE Tonal Refiner Dove Grey + Bonacure Repair Rescue Treatment + 3% IGORA ROYAL Oil Developer

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2. How-To: Rose Gold Layers

Matrix Color Formulas
Formula A: V-Light De-dusted Lightener + 10-volume Cream Developer

Formula B: SOCOLOR Dream.Age 8GC + 20-volume Cream Developer

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3. How-To: Taupe Brunette

Joico Color Formulas
Formula A: VeroLight Lightening Powder + 10-volume Veroxide Developer

Formula B: Vero K-PAK Age Defy Permanent Crème Color 7NN + 7NPA + 20-volume Vero K-Pak Veroxide Developer

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4. How-To: Silver Ice Blonde

Color Formulas
Formula A: PRAVANA Pure Light Powder Lightener + 30-volume developer + ¼ oz. Olaplex No.1

Formula B: PRAVANA Pure Light Powder Lightener + 20-volume developer + Olaplex No.1

Formula C: 35g Kenra Professional Demi-Permanent Color 10A + 5g Kenra Demi-Permanent Color 10SM + 40g 5-volume developer + 1/8 oz. Olaplex No.1

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5. How-To: Vivacious Red

Joico Color Formulas
Formula A (highlights): VeroLight Lightening Powder + 5-volume LumiShine Crème Developer

Formula B (base): 2 oz. Vero K-PAK Age Defy 7CG + 1 oz. Vero K-PAK Age Defy 8GC + 3 oz. 20-volume Vero K-PAK Veroxide

Formula C (balayage): ¾ oz. Vero K-PAK Chrome RC6 + ¼ oz. Vero K-PAK Chrome G9 + 2 oz. Vero K-PAK Chrome Activator

Formula D (balayage): 1 oz. Vero K-PAK Chrome RC8 + 2 oz. Vero K-PAK Chrome Activator

Formula E (glaze): 2 oz. LumiShine Demi-Liquid 10NG + 1 oz. LumiShine Demi-Liquid 7NC + 1 cap of LumiShine Demi-Liquid 6RR + 3 oz. 5-volume LumiShine Crème Developer

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6. How-To: Age-Blending Highlights 

Schwarzkopf Professional Color Formulas
Formula A: IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES AGES BLEND 8-140 + IGORA ROYAL Oil Developer 9% (30-voume)

Formula B: IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES AGE BLEND 9-560 + IGORA ROYAL Oil Developer 9% (30-volume)

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