Seamless Ash Makeover

HOW-TO STEPS

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  • Starting Level

    6, with brassy ends

  • Formula A

    Matrix Light Master + Ultra Bond Seal + 30-volume developer

  • Formula B (toner)

    Paul Mitchell The Color 5 oz. 4A + 5 oz. 10-volume developer + Ultra Bond Seal

  • Formula C (toner)

    Paul Mitchell The Color 4½ oz. 10A + 4½ oz. 10-volume developer + Ultra Bond Seal

  • Formula D

    PRAVANA ChromaSilk Vivids Silver + Clear + Ultra Bond Seal

  1

  Before

• 2

  Starting in the midlengths, then pulling through to the ends, apply Formula A throughout the whole head, taking medium sections and slicing horizontally using back-to-back foils. Process until hair reaches a Level 9/10.

• 3

  Apply Formula B to the roots, melting the color down into the midlengths. Apply Formula C from the midlengths to the ends. Process for 35 minutes.

• 4

  Apply Formula D to the ends at the sink. “This was to pack even more pigment into her hair,” says Yen. Process for 10 to 15 minutes at the sink.

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  • Starting Level

    6, with brassy ends

  • Formula A

    Matrix Light Master + Ultra Bond Seal + 30-volume developer

  • Formula B (toner)

    Paul Mitchell The Color 5 oz. 4A + 5 oz. 10-volume developer + Ultra Bond Seal

  • Formula C (toner)

    Paul Mitchell The Color 4½ oz. 10A + 4½ oz. 10-volume developer + Ultra Bond Seal

  • Formula D

    PRAVANA ChromaSilk Vivids Silver + Clear + Ultra Bond Seal

  5

  Finished look.