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Old school stylist told me to stop over-mixing color and she was 100% right
A stylist named Carol who's been doing hair for 30 years watched me mix a level 6 neutral with a level 7 ash blonde. She said I was making it too complicated and to just use one shade. I tried her method on a client with stubborn gray roots last Tuesday and the coverage came out way more even. I used to think blending two colors gave me more control but it just made things muddy. Has anyone else had a senior stylist call them out on a habit that actually worked better simpler?
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thomas_torres7d ago
Wait, you mean mixing two close shades actually makes things worse not better lol?
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phoenixw116d ago
@thomas_torres I read a whole breakdown on this from a color educator on Instagram and she said the same thing Carol told you. Mixing two shades that are only one level apart just cancels out the undertones you're trying to get. Like a 6N has green undertones and a 7A has blue so they fight each other and turn muddy on the hair. I tried it myself last month on my mom's roots and the single shade 6N covered everything perfect without that weird flat look I used to get. Really opened my eyes to just trusting one color at a time.
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