BEST HAIR COLOR RESULTS BEVERLY HILLS

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

BEST HAIR COLOR RESULTS BEVERLY HILLS

I’ve recently been blogging about what gives you the best hair color results  whether you live in a major fashion center like Beverly Hills or a smaller city or town.  We may not all want to live in larger cities, but who doesn’t want to look his or her best?  So last blog I spoke about knowledge of product, and how colorists are not only familiar with the new products, but train to work on them.  And the best colorists test each and every hair color line – color by color, so that they know from first-hand experience how these color lines perform, BEFORE they do a person’s entire head.   I know because before my own colorist, Cal Martini, used a brand new color line on my head – a color line he has been familiar with from the first stages of development, – he tested it out on a tiny hidden lock of my hair, making sure it was a perfect match to the color he had been using previously..

So knowing what products are even out there and which ones are the best is the kind of knowledge you can depend upon your hair colorist to know.  Staying up on the most cutting edge products is their job.  And finally, knowing exactly how these products perform, so they can use them to your best advantage, is also their job.

So what are the products out there?  Scan the boxes in your drugstore and you see a lot of the same brands – L’Oreal, Revlon, Garnier, Wella with multiple kinds of product.  If you go to the beauty supply store you will see these same brands, but not as packaged at-home dyes. These are the professional lines that these brands offer.  Hair color crèmes are in tubes, and the thinner dyes are in small twist-top bottles, for multiple uses.  You mix them with whatever volume of developer you need (more on that later – choosing the right volume of developer is practically it’s own blog!) and apply.  But you are still not seeing the best brands for the best hair color results.

If you go to a professional beauty supply store, the kind that requires you have a license as a beautician/stylist/color professional, you will see some additional brands like Schwarzkopf, Elgon, Matrix, Redken and Goldwell.  Now we are getting somewhere.  These are brands with a difference – the colors are rich, they stay put, and they offer a huge range of color variation, so you have a much better chance at finding the right color for you.   Joico and Goldwell in particular have been the gold standard in professional hair color for many years.  And yet not all salons include those two brands. Why? Because these hair color lines are more expensive.   They are also a significantly better product, giving you significantly better hair color results.

Until now, I would have told you to make sure your salon carries one of those two color lines, because the brand of color matters so much in the outcome of any color process.  But there is a new kid in town.  Not new to the hair color industry, just a brand new, cutting edge hair color line.  A line of hair color that is truly revolutionary.    Created by a colorist who has been working on the most beautiful heads in the world and with leading manufactures of hair color.

It is the only hair color line that exists that fades on color.  Meaning that if does not fade and turn greenish or orangey or a hard (and fake) looking gold.  It fades true to the color you chose.  So when you refresh your color you are doing it because it has re-growth and slightly faded, not because it is looking weird and you need to refresh so that people don’t suspect you color your hair.

And what is this amazing new cutting-edge color line?

The one that Cal Martini tested on one lock of my hair to make sure it was a perfect match to the Joico color he has always used? Check out my next blog!