Most women believe that they will get the best hair color results in salons in Beverly Hills or New York, because these are the cities that attract the best and most talented colorists, and although I do agree , I also know that the city does not guarantee quality, the salon does. Great colorists combine knowledge and expertise, and because they are in the business, they also get the low-down on the most cutting edge products and processes. In addition color results in Beverly Hills and New York will be among the best because these are the US cities where cutting edge fashion rules. So not only does this result in the best hair color and the best hair color application, you also have access to what is in style now. The result is that you have ombre locks while others are still applying cellophanes. You have access to colorists who suggest multiple shades of layered color while elsewhere women just like you are still getting yesterday’s style of streaks n’ tips (well, actually I hope that is not true, no-one should be getting THAT kind of horrible advice except maybe the woman that is trying to steal your man. 
So let’s start with knowledge of product. There are new products coming on the market all of the time, and stylists know better than to just rush out and get whatever is hot without carefully vetting each and every color, down to the smallest details. For example The Cal Martini Color Group Salon is about to launch a new line of hair color created by the queen of hair color, Beth Minardi. Despite the fact that Cal has worked with her for years, despite the fact that he has been in the know right from the beginning about this line, staying up to date on it’s development and studying it so he can school his own stylists. Despite the fact that he knows how beautifully it goes on, and despite the many properties it has that make it a cut above even the best of previous hair color product lines, he has tested out each and every shade of the new color line in-house, to make sure he can accurately predict how it will work on an individual client’s head of hair. The best hair color results depend upon chemistry, and the secret to consistently great results knows all of the factors that can alter the chemistry and affect hair color outcomes. This is just a tiny window in to what it takes to be a cutting edge salon. Your ear is to the ground. You are in the center of fashion and the film industry. You are expected to come up with great red-carpet looks week after week, month after month. And at the same time, while offering your clients the best and the newest in fashion, you also protect them from the pitfalls and disasters that could be the result of taking chances with your hair color. You do your homework, use your expertise and the result is one gorgeous head of hair after another
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2012 hair color – hot new trends
2012 hair trends are all about color. Any color you can think of – from bright, bold primaries, to richly textured highlights to teensy little glitter-lights around the face.
Choosing your best hair color and your best highlighting style has a lot to do with your hair cut, and your skin tones, but it is also about your personality and lifestyle. Can you walk into a client meeting with a bright pink head of hair and a briefcase and expect them to stay and do business with you?
Here are some of the most interesting trends in 2012 (Warning – do not try this at home without the help of an experienced professional!)
SPARKLE LIGHTS Hot of the presses! This IS the hottest new trend in 2012 – so hot that only a handful of stylists even know how to do it – and so inexpensive that anyone who lives in LA or NY (the only two cities I know of that even have salons that can do it) should run to Cal Martini Color Group in Beverly Hills or Mark Miletti of the Beth Minardi Team in New York City and check it out. It features tiny little highlights around the face that are so bright and light they glitter and sparkle! Fast, fun and very inexpensive!
BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL HAIR COLOR Outrageous colors are becoming more and more mainstream. Colors such as purple, blue, 
red and green are seeing a strong reemergence in the hair coloring market – in fact, they are no longer even considered that cutting edge. Instead the hottest trend in hair color in 2012 is blending stripes of your choice of all of the crazy colors you have to choose from – peacock blue, bright teal, Pepto Bismol pink, fiery yellow – all mixed up. So you have a lot of bold choices to make. You can do a Katy Perry and just drench your hair in a primary blue (truly her signature color) or you can have some fun with both color and application. Many hair fashionista’s are requesting these daring colors mixed in with browns, blacks, reds and blondes to give them a bolder, more original look.
Artistically applied swatches of hair color that turn your hair into a painting, or carefully applied shades of one color that you then dip dye into another make your hair into a fabulous evening accessory.
GREY LIGHTS However, even more unusual than the big bright bold colors that are all the rage right
now, is the new fad for gray highlights. Yep, believe it or not! Trendsetter Kate Moss has been sporting this hot new color choice that has fashion bloggers furiously weighing in on this new look with their opinion. Strangely enough “gray lights’” and white/gray color bases mixed with pale ash tones are gaining traction as a fashion choice – other models and celebrities that are loving this look include Lady Gaga and Jamie Lee Curtis. TONE ON TONE Choosing 5 or six shades that are all somewhere around your base shade, some darker some lighter, some warmer and some cooler is a gorgeous look that pushes the envelope on sizzle and sass in your look without forcing you to change jobs. [SFBSB]
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