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How-Tos > Hair Color > How-To: White and Gray
March 7, 2016

How-To: White and Gray

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  • Formula A:

    Redken Flashlift + 40-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

  • Formula B:

    Redken Flashlift  + 30-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

  • Formula C:

    Kenra 8SM + 10-volume devloper + generous squeeze of violent additive

  • Formula D:

    Kenra 10SM + 09p by Redken Shades EQ Gloss + 10-volume developer 

Zachary Mesquit, aka @platinum_perfection, loves crafting the perfect blonde tones. “Over the last few years, it’s become my specialty to do ultra platinum/white blonde hair,” Zachary reveals. “I love doing blonde hair because no two blondes are ever the same, and I love how eye-catching platinum blonde hair is—you can easily spot a client of mine in any crowd.” Not only is this white and gray blonde absolute perfection, it was a color correction! We needed to get the info and Zachary gave us the details. Check out the formula below! 

 

Starting Level:
“This client came in with hair that had previously been colored with black box dye that she had attempted to strip out herself,” Zach explained. He had quite the task ahead of him!

 

Cost:
“The whole process took about 6 hours and the cost was about $600,” Zachary shared with us.

 

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Colorist: Zachary Mesquit

COLOR FORMULAS

  • Formula A:

    Redken Flashlift + 40-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

  • Formula B:

    Redken Flashlift  + 30-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

  • Formula C:

    Kenra 8SM + 10-volume devloper + generous squeeze of violent additive

  • Formula D:

    Kenra 10SM + 09p by Redken Shades EQ Gloss + 10-volume developer 

HOW-TO STEPS

  • open color formula
    close formula
    • Formula A:

      Redken Flashlift + 40-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

    • Formula B:

      Redken Flashlift  + 30-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

    • Formula C:

      Kenra 8SM + 10-volume devloper + generous squeeze of violent additive

    • Formula D:

      Kenra 10SM + 09p by Redken Shades EQ Gloss + 10-volume developer 

    1

    First, foil the darker ends with Formula A, since the processing time will be longer.

  • 2

    Process to a level 10, then remove the foils.

  • 3

    Next, apply Formula B to the rest of the hair and process to a level 10.

  • open color formula
    close formula
    • Formula A:

      Redken Flashlift + 40-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

    • Formula B:

      Redken Flashlift  + 30-volume developer + Formula 18 by Enjoy

    • Formula C:

      Kenra 8SM + 10-volume devloper + generous squeeze of violent additive

    • Formula D:

      Kenra 10SM + 09p by Redken Shades EQ Gloss + 10-volume developer 

    4

    Rinse the hair, then section hair in half horizontally. Apply Formula C to the bottom section and apply Formula D to the top section. Process the toner for 10 minutes.

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