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Intercoiffure Spring Symposium 2013: Sonya Dove Shares Illumina Blonde Tips


Sonya Dove chats about Wella Illumina blondes for her upcoming presentation at Intercoiffure's Spring Symposium. Find out how she created her model's natural blonde looking hair color.

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Hair Color How To: Red Rover


Red Rover, Red Rover…your hair ROCKS! So shiny and vibrant, tell us how it’s done! Rose Hawkins, owner of Di Rosa Haircare & Esthetique (Franklin Square, NY), recently posted this hot spring color on Facebook and now everyone wants it, so here’s a sneak peek at the formula.

Base Color: Goldwell®  Topchic®  Max Reds Hair Color 5rr with 20 volume

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Hair Color How To: Hollywood Red


Celebrity Colorist Marco Pelusi shares the formula for the stunning Hollywood Red seen on model Elisa at IBS New York.

STEPS

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Hair Styles Tips: Caring and Styling High-Lift Washed Colors


From pastels to patterns, washes and blends, hair color is front and center this season and it’s never been as interesting and unexpected as it is right now.

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Hair News: Beauty Changes Lives Names First Sassoon Scholarship Winners


The Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) Foundation named the first set of awardees of the Vidal Sassoon Professional Beauty Education Scholarship Program at the Spring Operations Conference of the American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS), BCL’s parent body.

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Hairstyles How To: Anne Hathaway's Platinum Blonde Transformation at 2013 Met Gala


Celebrity Stylist Sascha Breuer gave Anne Hathaway a strong punk yet glam hair look for the 2013 Met Ball.

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Hair Color How To: Willow Smith's Pastel Hair Color


One of the youngest style risk-takers in Hollywood, Willow Smith is renowned for her daring ‘do’s. Her latest is a gorgeous pastel look, created by Celebrity Hair Artist Marcia Hamilton using Pravana’s new ChromaSilk Pastels.

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Guest Blog: A 4 Way With Blondes


Years ago, there where two ways to create a blonde – bleach and bleach and tone - later came a third choice. But, now there are more options and there are options with those options too. So, like my favorite Cincinnati Chili from Skyline, you can now have it four ways. Let’s break it down for beautiful blondes this spring and summer.

The No Lift, No Developer Permanent Way

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Hair Color Makeover: Bright Dimensional Color


Gina, our Salon Manager is a natural level 4/5 with grey, and I have been taking her to a level 8 golden red for some time. We have done ombre and reverse ombre on it in the past, but with spring here and summer about to be here soon we decided to give Gina a makeover!

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Beauty News: NAHA 2013 Nominees Announced


The NAHA nominations have been unveiled! Here are the 2013 nominees—congrats to all:

Avant Garde
Martin Alarie, Salon Pure, Montreal,

Michael Albor, The Loft Salon, Boston,

Nicholas French, Matrix, Westhampton, NY7730

Matt Swinney, Evolution, Minneapolis, MN7731

Jake Thompson, Lunatic Fringe Salon, Salt Lake City, UT7732

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