I did the glass of water test three times in one evening. First strand sank. Second strand floated on the surface like it had somewhere better to be. Third one hovered halfway down and stayed there, refusing to commit, which according to every chart I’d read meant I had…
Every colourist has a version of this story. Someone sits down, opens their phone, and shows a photo of a model with that cool, smoky, almost silvery blonde. Then they say the thing that makes the colourist’s heart sink slightly: “and I don’t want to be in here more…
It’s usually the ponytail that tells you first. You’ve been wrapping the hair tie around three times for years, and then one morning it goes round three times and there’s still slack. Or you catch your parting in a changing room mirror under that particular unforgiving overhead light, and…
There is a moment in every salon appointment where the stylist swivels the chair, looks at you in the mirror, and says something like “well, with your face shape, I’d probably go a little longer at the front.” And you nod. You nod like you have any idea what…