Your Level 3 client wants to leave the salon with silver platinum hair THE SAME DAY—are you up for it? Cali colorist and BTC Team Member Jeffrey Robert (@jeffreyrobert_), known for his dreamy blondes and pastel melts, created this black→smoky gray transformation with seven hours, a lot of lightener, an assistant AND a camera. That’s right, Jeffrey documented the entire process on Youtube (below!).

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Jeffrey starts by outlining what he needs to achieve in the lifting process and the different possible outcomes. “To get any icy, silver or light blonde tones, the hair needs to be a Level 9,” shares Jeffrey. “So we will color her hair according to how it lifts.”