Soft, Golden Ombré

HOW-TO STEPS

• 1

  First, Sadie retouched her client’s ½ inch of regrowth using Formula A.

• 2

  As the base was processing, she applied Formula B using her Faded Foiling technique (feathering the product in peaks, sweeping the applicator brush up toward the root but not all the way up to the scalp) horizontally at the front hairline around her client’s forehead. This prevents a line of demarcation.

• 3

  She used the same technique on the sides, but in a diagonal back direction, starting from the ear and working her way upward toward the eyebrow. “I had about ¾ of an inch between each of those sections on the sides and about 1/8 inch between the foils at her forehead,” says Sadie.

• 4

  Sadie then placed a horizontal foil parallel to her part and used the same Faded Foiling technique, keeping the product about 1- to 1½-inches from her roots.

• 5

  Using foils, Sadie applied Formula B in zones 1 and 2 and Formula C in zone 3 through the ends.

• 6

  Sadie processed for 20 to 30 minutes. “As some of the foils started to reach a nice, pale yellow as I checked them, I used a wet towel to wipe off the lightener to stop the processing and let the other foils catch up,” says Sadie. She then rinsed and shampooed with Saints & Sinners Divine Shampoo.

• 7

  Back at the chair, on towel-dried hair, Sadie applied MoringapleX® Pre–Style Leave-In Spray to detangle and even porosity.

• 8

  She sectioned into quadrants and, starting in the nape, applied in diagonal back ½-inch subsections:

  • Zone 1: Formula D
  • Zone 2 + hairline: Formula E
• 9

  Sadie alternated pulling Formula E through the ends and then every other section, she melted Formula D into Formula E and then into Formula F.

• 10

  She styled with an Olivia Garden Ceramic Ion Brush and Bio Ionic’s 10X Pro Dryer. She finished with Saints & Sinners Velvet Divine Styling Potion.