Color Journey: Level 1 to Metallic Blue

A new client with Level 1 hair sits in your chair. During your consultation, you discover she has previously bleached and then darkened her hair—multiple times—and now she wants something new. What’s your next move?

If you’re Hai Tran (@hai.stylist), a stylist at Salon Q in Wichita, Kan., you safely lift her (over the course of three sessions, with about four weeks between each session) to a gorgeous silver/blue color melt. Check out his process!

Pricing: each session took approximately 5 hours at $75 per hour

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Products Used

Hair

Keratin Healing Oil

L'ANZA Healing Haircare

Hair Color

Healing Color

L'ANZA Healing Haircare

Natural/Starting Level: 1 black, with previously colored brown ends. “Her hair had previously been bleached then darkened a couple of times,” says Hai.

• Formula A

   L’ANZA Decolorizer + 10- to 30-volume developer + Trauma Treatment

• Formula B (base)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 20g 7NV + 20g 8P + 1g S Silver Mix + 41g Cream Developer Demi

• Formula C (midlengths)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 20g 8NV + 20g 9P + 1g V Mix + 1g P Mix + 42g Cream Developer Demi

• Formula D (ends)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 10g 100v + 20g Cream Developer Demi 

First Session

1. Balayage with Formula A, and process for 45 to 60 minutes. Note: Hai used higher strength developers as spot treatments in hard-to-lift spots that had previously been colored.

2. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Ultimate Treatment, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 1.

3. Using a color melting technique, apply Formula B at the base, Formula C at the midlengths and Formula D on the ends, and process for 30 minutes.

4. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Emergency Service, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 2.

• Formula A

  L’ANZA Decolorizer + 10- to 30-volume developer + Trauma Treatment

• Formula B (base)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 20g 8A + 20g 8P+ 1g V Mix + 1g P Mix + 42g Cream Developer Demi

• Formula C (midlengths)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 40g 9P + 2g V Mix + 1g P mix + 43g Cream Developer Demi

• Formula D (ends)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 10g 100v + 20g Cream Developer Demi

Second Session

1. Micro-weave babylights, balayaging between foils, using Formula A. Process for 45 to 60 minutes. Note: Hai used higher strength developers as spot treatments in hard-to-lift spots that had previously been colored.

2. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Ultimate Treatment, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 1.

3. Using a color melting technique, apply Formula B at the base, Formula C at the midlengths and Formula D on the ends, and process for 30 minutes.

4. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Emergency Service, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 2.

• Formula A

  L’ANZA Decolorizer + 10- to 30-volume developer + Trauma Treatment

• Formula B (base)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 30g 7P + 2g V Mix + .5g B Mix + 1g 1N + 34g Cream Developer Demi

• Formula C (midlengths)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 25g 9P + 15g 9A + 3g V Mix + 1.5g B Mix + .5g 1N + 45g Cream Developer Demi

• Formula D (ends)

  L’ANZA Healing Color 10g 100v + 10g 10P + 1g V Mix + .5g B Mix + 43g Cream Developer Demi

Third Session

1. Micro-weave babylights using Formula A. Process for 45 to 60 minutes.Note: Hai used higher strength developers as spot treatments in hard-to-lift spots that had previously been colored.

2. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Ultimate Treatment, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 1.

3. Using a color melting technique, apply Formula B at the base, Formula C at the midlengths and Formula D on the ends, and process for 30 minutes.

4. Rinse and perform the L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Emergency Service, then apply L’ANZA Color Attach Step 2.