Women with multi-textured hair, more so in recent years, rely on hair color as a tool for self-expression, and mainstream hair care manufacturers have taken notice. Carolyn John, marketing director of Revlon Professional’s ethnic division, says hair color use is increasing. “Women are much more willing to experiment because they are much more confident in themselves. Also, they have more faith in the products.”  While what Carolyn says is true, unfortunately for many, the hair color results lead them to the salon for a hair color correction.

With hair color services continuing to grow in popularity within the multi-texture industry, clients are expecting the professional to not only know the latest color trends but also how to keep their tresses looking healthy and beautiful.

Highlight Only Services

Highlight-only services are one of the most popular hair color services in the salon and are usually sub-categorized on salon menus. The more common highlight-only options are: face-framing highlights, partial highlights (face and top) and entire head highlights.

An example of face framing highlights is adding subtle honey shades around the face on dark hair. This is also an ideal service to recommend to new hair color clients. Face and top partial highlights look absolutely fabulous on layered tresses. Partial highlights placed from midstrand to the ends using a blend of colors create more interest on unactivated lengths. Clients who want an extreme color change usually request the entire head highlights service. Relaxed hair can present many challenges due to the fragility of the strands. When performing highlights on relaxed hair, it is not advisable to use lightener to lift the hair to lighterlevels. Instead, use a higher level tint. Due to the porosity of the hair, high-lift tints that usually require a high volume of developer could produce unwanted brassiness in your color result.

The size of the highlighted strands makes a significant difference in the color result. Fine highlighted strands produce more of a blend, creating a softer look; thicker strands (chunky highlights) create a more bold statement.

When highlighting naturally textured hair, thicker strands are more evident, whereas fine strands could be diffused and undistinguishable due to thetexture. When highlighting locs there is a lot of patience involved. Strands are selected one by one, then color is applied using a bottle and a gloved hand. Color needs to be pushed into the strand in order to penetrate through it. The thicker the strand the more color needed. Be advised that the longer the hair the more porous the ends. Color should be applied to the ends last. It is advisable to use a porosity equalizer prior to any hair color service performed on locs.

Highlight Services With Single-Process Color

Highlight services with the addition of a single-process color are a favorite with many clients. Color may be added to the base and then to the remaining hair after highlights have been isolated. Medium-to-short lengths can benefit from partial highlights applied to any section of the head to accentuate the hair sculpture. To touchup grown-out roots, many clients request a quick base break color service. With this service color is added to the base, which extends and blends into the highlighted hair.

Ombre and Balayage

Ombre and balayage are very similar color techniques in which the hair gradually lightens, usually fading from a darker color near the base to a lighter one at the ends. Both can be very subtle or very striking depending on the contrast between the level and tonality of colors used. The difference between the two is with ombre the area separating the colors is more pronounced; with the balayage technique, which is a French term for “sweep” the color is applied vertically using only the tip of the brush and only to the front of the hair. The color is also applied closer to the base, especially around the front hairline. This produces a more natural, gradual fade. This year the industry combined the two techniques to create the “bombre.”

Color Blocking

Color blocking, which is also referred to as paneling, involves adding color to just a portion of the hair, like the fringe. A highlighted section can also be applied underneath the surface of the hair for a “peeking out” effect. This hair color trend can be done with bright, bold colors or with more natural tones. The effect can be more or less pronounced depending on how the hair is styled. Cool colors such as soft or intense blues, greens, and violets are all the rage this year and are usually applied using the color-blocking technique.

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Pivot Point’s Universal Tripod Swivel Base With Mannequin Holder will benefit salon professionals and educators because they can now:

• View designs from any angle
• Share work with groups, in classes and at shows without having to pick up the tripod
• Quickly and easily lock mannequin in place to resume cutting and styling

In addition, the Swivel Base With Mannequin Holder also comes as a separate attachment designers can use to upgrade their existing Universal or Titan Tripods. Pivot Point will also be introducing a Titan Tripod with Swivel Base and Mannequin Holder in Spring 2014. Go to pivotpointshop.com for more information.

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Caring

Starting the list is the quality of caring: caring about students, their learning and the teaching process. Caring means the teacher is going the extra mile to make certain that all students succeed. It involves paying close attention to how well students are learning, based on the premise that teaching is a caring profession.

Compassionate

The teacher is focused on strong social connections with an awareness of the needs of students. He or she treats students with kindness, understanding, fairness and is concerned with an improved learning environment. He or she shows concern for the well-being of all the studentsand believes that compassion is contagious.

Cooperative

The teacher who displays cooperative qualities works effectively with administrators, students and other teachers. He or she is ready to work with others and thinks of students as a team, not a classroom of individual learners. He or she fosters working together for a common purpose and benefit.

Creative

The creative teacher needs to be able to take a concept and shape a lesson that’s unique, engaging and dynamic. He or she wants to be able to create lessons that grab the students’ attention and make them want to keep coming back for more. He or she generates new forms for teaching and learning and keeps it exciting and engaging.

Challenging

This quality is sometimes overlooked because it requires the teacher to really put extra effort into teaching. This teacher challenges his or her students to do more than what’s expected of them and also demands of him- or herself to deliver more than what’s expected. The challenging approach is intended to convince students to perform actions they would not otherwise do and achieve new levels of success.

In Other Words…

The 5 C’s – Caring, Compassionate, Cooperative, Creative and Challenging – define the teachers who make the difference in students’ lives; it’s the teacher who dreams big about the successes of his or her students.  This is the teacher who shows the students where to look, not what to see.

In this short video, Esther Wojcicki, a teacher in California, shares what she’s learned about making classrooms successful, using her acronym TRICK. It stands for: trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness. Watch to see how she used these qualities (and more) to transform her classes into highly successful and engaging places of learning.

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There are several criteria to choose a model for training:

• Quality characteristics: natural hair, synthetic hair and synthetic, natural and synthetic hair
• Hair length: 25-70 cm
• Hair colour: blond, brown, dark,  gray, mixed color
• Hair density:
  • Average: 230/260 cm/hair;
  • Mini: 200/230 cm/ hair;
  • ECO: 170/200 cm/ hair.

Firstly you need to understand the reason why you need a forming head: to practice hairstyles and if you use hot tools for bride/ bridal hairstyling, to learn new ways of hair-cutting  and to get to know the composition and hair growth.

It is important to know that not only the beginners need a haired mannequin, but also the professionals, to improve and try new techniques in color, haircut and styling. Of course  that the cheapest ones are the synthetic ones, but because according to a saying „stingy pays twice”, we advise you not to just save money now and buy a doll with natural hair which could be useful for a longer period of time. In addition, it increases the quality of practice made from the start, regardless of practiced work. The doll with natural hair has several advantages: it can withstand the full range of training activities – cut, color, perm and using tools such as hot plate, curling or hair dryer. With a proper care this mannequin will serve you for 2-3 years.

In order to improve evening hairstyles it would be best to choose workouts mannequin with 100% natural hair; in extreme cases, find a head with no more than 30-50% artificial hair. We recommend you not to buy a mannequin with the longest hair, taking into consideration that the most popular are medium hairstyles, with 30-50 cm length. Customers with very long hair are fewer and such hairstyles are rarely required. But if you do want to improve your qualifications and hairstyles with long hair, you need to buy a mannequin with 50-70 cm hair length.

As far as it concerns the mannequin’s hair color, the general opinion says that unlike haircuts, evening hairstyles are best suited to blonde hair. You can clearly see on it all the details that a good hair stylist must take into account. Unlike this, the mannequin’s dyed hair or cut makes no difference.

Another important matter is to take into consideration the hair density while buying the mannequin: the more often the more useful hair. The hair density is determined by the amount of the grafted hairs per 1 cm square on the mannequin. Do not worry if hair stays on comb when you comb it, this is normal. The hair will fall only at first haircut but after that everything will be fine. If however the fall is sentient and does not stop, you should not buy that mannequin. But of course, the mannequin’s quality and usability are limited; you should replace it once in 2 -3 years.

In order to increase your doll’s life, you should follow certain recommendations. Natural hair is washed after making hairstyles and using styling products. Wash with warm water and shampoo, conditioner necessarily. If it is very puzzling, comb it from top to root, remove static electricity from it and only then wash it. Do not wring your hair and let it dry before being combed. Once a month, apply a moisturizing or nourishing mask before using hot tools. Oil hair can be used also for one hour and washed. Remember that the mannequin does not produce sebum and if we do not take care of it, the hair will quickly become brittle and unruly.

Most of the hair loss happens due to negligence of the mannequin’s scratching, thus, you should use a brush massage desirable softer or all natural hair. We recommend that you firstly use an easy combing spray and if you use hot tools, which temperature must not exceed 180D degrees, you should use protective spray before.

By following these simple tips, you will be able to increase the life of your mannequin. Any model, if bought from a branded company, must also have a quality certificate, which therefore should be sought. And also very important, because it is very difficult to make a hairdo on a mannequin holding it in your arms, you will need to purchase a stand or tripod.

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Useful and practical advice in choosing work tools

Do not save money when it comes to your work tools. It is easier and more profitable if you choose quality over quantity. Remember that it’s “better less but good than more but bad”. The tool is your business card and represents high quality work!

Choose very carefully the hair dryer. It has to be very convenient for your hand, but not too heavy, to have a long wire and conveniently placed buttons. Get interest of what metal scissors are made. The metal must be of high quality, with added elements, which makes the equipment more durable and tough to fall, corrosion and moisture.

Choose your combs correctly. A beginner needs more and more combs for a comfortable work. It is advisable to have besides a comb combined with both teeth more rare and more though of one color, and also a comb with long tail of the plastic mass. And do not forget that you need a comb for thick and curly hair.

When choosing styling brushes take look at their diameter. The best option would be the brush with wooden handle and coated ceramics.

It is desirable to choose all tools from the same store in order to receive discounts or promotional offers.

The set of basic tools:

• Right Metal scissors
• Spinning Metal scissors
• Combs (desirable at least three different types, for any kind of hair)
• Hair clipper
• Curlers of different sizes
• Full of clips to catch hair (professional)
• Hair dryer
• Brush for flicking the hair on the client’s skin
• Manta mower

Of course over time you will need more tools but we have presented you the basic set for starting work in a hairdresser. Do not forget to permanently take care of your equipment. Accurate and timely care will increase the life duration of the instruments and can ensure you a successful career.

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