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My mentor in Charlotte told me to stop using a 10 volume developer for every single process.
She said it was lazy and would ruin my color depth, especially on brunettes, so I started mixing custom formulas. After six months, my clients' color looks richer and lasts way longer between appointments. What's one piece of old-school advice you had to unlearn?
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park.abby1mo ago
Telling a colorist to use one developer for everything is like telling a painter to only use one brush. It gets the paint on the wall, but you're not exactly making art. My old boss swore by backcombing every single foil for "better saturation," which just gave everyone a weird, patchy halo of regrowth. Unlearning that was a game-changer for clean blends.
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ryanh561mo ago
My cousin's stylist uses the same 20 volume for everything and her hair always looks fine. People online make it sound like you need a chemistry degree just to touch up roots.
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jamesf261mo ago
That backcombing thing from @park.abby is wild. Using one developer for everything is just lazy, not a shortcut.
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