Technique guides, LA trend coverage, and honest answers to the questions worth asking before you book.
Brassiness after highlights is not random and it is not your fault. It follows a predictable chemical sequence that a skilled colorist should have accounted for in the formulation. This covers why it happens, what the timeline usually looks like, and what a better-executed version of the same service would have prevented.
Read the note →Sulfate-free is the baseline, not the standard. There are a dozen other shampoo ingredients that fade color-treated hair, and several of them appear in bottles marketed specifically at color-treated clients. This covers the full ingredient list to avoid, including the offenders hiding in dry shampoo and heat protectant sprays.
Read the note →LA's UV season runs from April through October and ranks among the most intense in North America. Sun exposure, pool chlorine, and salt water each degrade color through different mechanisms, and stopping one does not stop the others. This covers exactly what each source does to the hair shaft and the product routine that addresses all three.
Read the note →The looks that start in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood salons end up on Pinterest six months later and in mainstream salons a year after that. LA's color culture has an outsized influence on the industry relative to its geography. This covers how that pipeline works, who drives it, and why certain techniques become global trends.
Read the note →A colorist's Instagram is the primary research tool most LA clients use before booking, and also one of the easiest to misread. Filtered photos, selective posting, and studio lighting all obscure what the work actually looks like. This is a practical framework for spotting the real evidence - and the red flags - in any portfolio.
Read the note →LA tap water tests between 200 and 250 PPM hardness, and the UV index peaks at 11 for five months of the year. Both forces are attacking your color continuously, and most advice written for other climates does not account for them compounding. This covers the exact mechanism and what a product routine calibrated to LA conditions actually requires.
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