Anti-Ageing Hair Colour Techniques For Your Clients
As with the skincare we use, our hairstyle can have an anti-ageing impact too. From the colours, shapes and styling you combine you can add an air of youth. There are a few tricks we as professionals can carry out to help our clients look and feel younger. PAUL WATTS, JOICO European Color Design Team Member shares his tips.
For Brunettes
Adding slices of caramel and honey blonde tones can soften their colour and in turn their features. The addition of lighter pieces scattered carefully throughout also adds volume and depth to the hair that is synonymous with youth.
All Hair
A general colouring technique which can be applied to almost all hair colour is the act of painting freehand. This is something as hair colourists we use a lot however we may overlook the anti-ageing benefits of this. The clients hair appears sun kissed which emulates a warm, youthful glow and as it grows out it leaves no tell tale signs. My go to product for this is JOICOs Vero K-Pak Age Defy. A permanent crème colour that reverses obvious signs of ageing in the hair including texture, luster and colour.
For Blondes
Contrast is key. One tone all over blonde is ageing and draining to the complexion. Use a drag root or a face framing lightness blending into a subtle balayage. By encouraging your blonde clients to add some darker colour into their hair, they will reap the anti-ageing awards.
JOICO Age Defy and Youthlock
When it comes to making grey hair looking youthful again there’s nothing better than JOICO Age Defy and Youthlock, using these two key colour families, don’t forget to offer your grey clients bang on trends. Money pieces will open up the face, using complimenting colours with their skin tone to show off their beautiful face. Baby lights and freehand lightening will help you in being able to mimic the natural lighter grey pieces coming through, making regrowth looking less visible and less harsh.
To enable your clients to continue their anti-ageing hair journey at home, after care is crucial. As their hairdresser we need to make sure we are offering and using the best products to add moisture and shine back into the hair. To keep hair looking youthful, the JOICO K-Pak 4 Step Hair Repair is my go to for making hair look and feel virgin like again.
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