Gray Hair: To Cover, Or Embrace?


- Formula A:
Oligo Professionnel Blacklight Extra Blonde Lightener + 20-volume developer + b3 Brazilian Bond Builder
- Formula B:
Redken Shades EQ ½ 9P + ½ 9V + Shades EQ Processing Solution
- Formula C:
Kenra Professional Kenra Color Silver Metallic 10SM + a dot of Kenra Permanent Color Blue Booster + 6-volume developer

- Formula A
40g TIGI® copyright©olour AGE DENIED 7/3 + 40g copyright©olour 6% rich crème activator (20-volume)
- Formula B
20g copyright©olour true light white + 30g copyright©olour 6% rich crème activator (20-volume)
- Formula C
40g copyright©olour gloss 10/02 + 20g copyright©olour gloss 10/03 + 90g 1.5% rich crème activator (5-volume)

- Starting/Natural Level
Level 2/3
- Formula A (lightener)
30g Goldwell Silk Lift High Performance Lightener + 60g Silk Lift 25-volume developer
- Formula B (base)
30g Goldwell Colorance Demi-Permanent 6SB + 30g 8SB + 4 drops of Goldwell @Pure Pigments Violet + 1 drop of @Pure Pigments Blue + 60g 10-volume developer
- Formula C (ends)
30g Goldwell Colorance Demi-Permanent 8SB + 30g 10V + 3 drops of Goldwell @Pure Pigments Violet + 1 drop of @Pure PigmentsBlue + 60g 10-volume developer

- Formula A
1 part Schwarzkopf Professional IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES AGE BLEND 8-01 + 1 part 9% IGORA ROYAL OIL DEVELOPER
- Formula B
1 part IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES AGE BLEND 9-560 + 1 part 9% IGORA ROYAL OIL DEVELOPER
- Formula C
1 part IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES AGE BLEND 8-01 + 1 part IGORA ROYAL D-0 + 2 parts 3% IGORA ROYAL OIL DEVELOPER
- Formula D
1 part IGORA ROYAL ABSOLUTES AGE BLEND 9-560 + 1 part IGORA ROYAL D-0 + 2 parts 3% IGORA ROYAL OIL DEVELOPER
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- Formula A
1 ½ oz. Matrix SOCOLOR Extra Coverage 506W + ½ oz. SOCOLOR Extra Coverage 505M + 2 oz. Matrix 20-Volume Cream Developer

Gray Hair: To Cover, Or Embrace?
You know we love a meme at BTC 🤪and this one had us thinking…you probably have BOTH of these clients in your chair all the time! So let us help you out…from covering grays to going sterling silver, the how-tos below can be used on any client!
Box Dye Correction: Sterling Silver
Have you ever had a new client travel more than 75 miles just so you could transform her box dye brunette into a silver shade that better matched her natural haircolor? BTC Team Member Jack Martin (@jackmartincolorist) recently did and all it took was three formulas,...
Read moreBlonde Contouring + Gray Coverage
No matter her age, your blondes want to stay blonde—so try this soft, multi-tonal effect that contours her face with feminine lines while also providing 100 percent gray coverage. The seamless highlights add dimension while softening the natural regrowth. Check out the technique from TIGI® Global Creative Technical Director Christel Lundqvist....
Read moreFrom Black To Smoky Silver Platinum
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,
Read moreSkin Tone-Matching Gray Coverage
What’s the one color service that always makes you that coin? Gray 👏 coverage 👏 100 👏 percent 👏 ! Clients that request gray coverage are discerning and certainly will spend if the service is luxurious and the result is natural.
Read moreGray Coverage: Dimensional Brunette
Your bread-and-butter client? Let us guess—a brunette who us going gray and relies on you to keep her wiry, unruly hair looking shiny and dimensional. And she will NOT accept any peekaboo gray hairs! Learn how to give her all of that (and more!) in less than an hour with Matrix SOCOLOR Extra Coverage....
Read moreBox Dye Correction: Sterling Silver
Have you ever had a new client travel more than 75 miles just so you could transform her box dye brunette into a silver shade that better matched her natural haircolor? BTC Team Member Jack Martin (@jackmartincolorist) recently did and all it took was three formulas,...
Read moreBlonde Contouring + Gray Coverage
No matter her age, your blondes want to stay blonde—so try this soft, multi-tonal effect that contours her face with feminine lines while also providing 100 percent gray coverage. The seamless highlights add dimension while softening the natural regrowth. Check out the technique from TIGI® Global Creative Technical Director Christel Lundqvist....
Read moreFrom Black To Smoky Silver Platinum
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,
Read moreSkin Tone-Matching Gray Coverage
What’s the one color service that always makes you that coin? Gray 👏 coverage 👏 100 👏 percent 👏 ! Clients that request gray coverage are discerning and certainly will spend if the service is luxurious and the result is natural.
Read moreGray Coverage: Dimensional Brunette
Your bread-and-butter client? Let us guess—a brunette who us going gray and relies on you to keep her wiry, unruly hair looking shiny and dimensional. And she will NOT accept any peekaboo gray hairs! Learn how to give her all of that (and more!) in less than an hour with Matrix SOCOLOR Extra Coverage....
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