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Corrective Color

4 Smart Ways To Use Clear Permanent Color

Working more efficiently behind the chair begins with fully understanding the tools in your color kit. For L’Oréal Professionnel Pro Color Specialist Suzie Bond (@suziebond), L’Oréal Professionnel iNOA Clear offers versatile methods for refining the starting canvas, customizing tonal intensity and creating more controlled transitions. BTC editors got the full scoop at Celebrate U,

Hair Color Courses

Expensive Brunette

Expensive Brunette

Learn signature highlighting techniques for luxe dimension on brunettes with Carly Zanoni.

@the.blonde.chronicles

Color Formulas

The formulas colorists are creating right now

Kaia Gerber with sun-kissed brunette hair, featuring warm face-framing highlights and dimensional color.

Kaia Gerber's Sun-Kissed '90s Brunette Gloss Formulas

Soft, dimensional copper hair with loose waves created using a Keune Glow Service by George Alderete.

Copper Glow

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Hair Color Galleries

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Celebrity Hair Color

Paige Lorenze shows off her soft brunette highlights in an elegant low bridal bun while sharing a kiss with her husband on their wedding day.

Celebrity Color

Get Paige Lorenze's Wedding Hair Color: Soft, Glossy Brunette Highlights

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How Tracey Cunningham Creates Rich, Multi-Dimensional Reds

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Sabrina Carpenter Blonde: 4 Most-Loved Shades EQ Formulas and Toning Tips

Hair Color Resources

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Color Wheel Quick Reference Card

A back-pocket cheat sheet for tone correction at the bowl.

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Color Consultation Checklist

A clean two-page checklist for the consultation portion of every color appointment.

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Foiling

This Foil Pattern Fixes the "Dark Hole" in the Back

The “dark hole” is one of the most common blonding challenges, especially when clients want brightness to sit higher while maintaining dimension. Sectioning pattern, foil spacing and the way each foil connects through the back of the head all influence whether the finished result looks seamless or reveals darker pockets. Below, Ciarra Russo (@colorbyciarra), BTC

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4 Toner Formulas For the "I Still See Yellow!" Client

Even after a successful lift, the right toner can make the difference between “almost there” and the finished blonde your client was hoping for. Different blonding scenarios call for different formulas, and having a few go-to combinations makes it easier to choose the right one. Below, four colorists share the 5-minute toner formulas they're reaching

Long layered copper brunette hair with soft dimension, glossy shine and face-framing layers created with Redken Shades ALK.

Clients Are Still Asking For Cowboy Copper. Here's How to Deliver It.

Some trends disappear after a season. Cowboy Copper became a staple. More than a year after it first took off, clients are still searching for it and requesting it in the salon. But today's Cowboy Copper isn't one formula. It's a color category that includes rich copper brunettes, soft auburns and cinnamon coppers. That means

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Honey Brunette Formula Guide: Lift, Placement and Controlled Warmth

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Reverse Balayage

Reverse Balayage

Master color correction and repair damaged hair with K18 in Ashlee Norman's advanced Reverse Balayage class.

@ashleenormanhair

High-Contrast Foilayage

High-Contrast Foilayage

Create dimensional brunettes with Daniel Mora's signature foiling technique for the perfect sunkissed look.

@danielmbeauty

Smart Blonding Techniques

Smart Blonding Techniques

Achieve dimensional, low-maintenance blondes in less time with Carly Zanoni.

@the.blonde.chronicles

Master Balayage & Foilayage

Master Balayage & Foilayage

Master the most-requested services behind the chair in this class with #ONESHOT Winner Ashlee Norman.

@ashleenormanhair

Dimensional Balayage

Dimensional Balayage

Avoid over-highlighting while maintaining depth with these timesaving tricks from Linson Jamison.

@linsonhair

Air Lights Blonding

Air Lights Blonding

Learn Danilo Bozic's Air Lights blow-dry and foil method for painting seamlessly blended blondes.

@danilo.bozic

Shadow Foilayage

Shadow Foilayage

Learn foilayage placement and application tips for high-impact blonding from Caitlin Dugan.

@coloredbycaitlin

Formula

Whiskey Copper by Chris Appleton

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Dimensional Vanilla Blonde With a Soft Shadow Root

Kaia Gerber with sun-kissed brunette hair, featuring warm face-framing highlights and dimensional color.

Kaia Gerber's Sun-Kissed '90s Brunette Gloss Formulas

Soft, dimensional copper hair with loose waves created using a Keune Glow Service by George Alderete.

Copper Glow

Photo Credit Instagram via @chrishell.stause

Whiskey Copper by Chris Appleton

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Dimensional Vanilla Blonde With a Soft Shadow Root

finished look bob with gray blended and a blowout Photo courtesy of Kaine Vakai (@kainevakaihair)

Dimensional Gray Blend

After photo of the client’s dimensional beige blonde gray blend with a soft shadow root, face-framing brightness and loose waves.

12-Hour Gray Blend Transformation From Permanent Black

after Photo courtesy of Kaine Vakai (@kainevakaihair)

Soft Natural Gray Blend

Mika Abdalla wearing a bronzed brown shag haircut with soft honey ribbon highlights, featuring textured layers, wispy fringe and dimensional brunette color.

Mika Abdalla's Bronzed Brown & Honey Ribbon Highlights

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Foil highlights on light brown hair.

Blonde

Foiled Cashmere: Why "Bessette Blonde" is 2026's Biggest Luxury Trend

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Olympic Skater Alysa Liu's Viral "Angel Halo" Hair, Explained by Her Colorist

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy–inspired blonde with sleek, quiet luxury styling and minimal ’90s polish.

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Haircolor

Color Consultation Checklist

Use this before mixing a single bowl. The five minutes you spend here save the two-hour correction later.

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