Balayage Colour Correction Brassy Blonde

[@laurenchastain6124]

I feel so incredibly blessed to have come across your unconventional coloring techniques. U make them look so effortless. Thank u

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful Lauren glad I could help you

[@beautybybrandi2606]

I truly love your videos. As a new cosmetologist I have found myself Learning so much from them. I am truly excited to try out this technique. I actually have a client who came into the salon with a similar hair situation, and she was wanting a correction and I was so worried on how I would be able to correct it. your video is very in depth and makes you feel much more confident to help her achieve her goals.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Superb Brandi that is wonderful I am so pleased!

[@gilbertbuenaobra9822]

Such a honest person, verry transparent and had a big heart for his client.

[@dianazarowna5084]

I absolutely love the result. Every client made by you looks stunning. I wish that one day I become to be such a confident with my work stylists Thank you very much for all your videos as I can learn a lot from you.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much Diana I am absolutely sure one day you will be a very confident stylist practice practice practice

[@ooo8049]

real life in real salon, thick heads of unruly hair, colour correction after colour correction, thank you for showing your technique and reminding us we are dont have magic wands. great tutorial thank you

[@Aintnohollabackgirl]

Amazing transformation 😍 Bravo on the naturalness and blending technique. Love it!

[@lorriesantos340]

Compared to what You started with...Million dollar results...Just Beautiful !

[@ariel4065]

Beautiful James! I love how real and humble you are... and your techniques are always so practical and salon friendly. I incorporate your lessons on just about every client! So inspiring🌺

[@timschulze4162]

Love how you keep it real. I just had quite a few failed homedye attempts and could only improve them but not total bring them back to where they were before as I didn’t have more time than their usual appointment and also their integrity wouldn’t have me allowed more corrective steps so it’s refreshing how honest you are

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful Tim glad you appreciated my realness here Sometimes we can only do what we can do and the more that we are honestly the clients and seven these things may end up building lots more faith and trust in us that we can get into really want to be In the end all the best James

[@brookbell1132]

I've learned so much from this video!! Being one of your patreon has absolutely made me such a better stylist . Thanks for all your work James!

[@Greymalkin-]

Beautiful job once again, James. I bet that your client was so thrilled!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much ghostly! Yes she was very pleased

[@dankostojanovic4828]

Thank you for the videos. As a hairstylist I'm very technical, and im glad that you are presenting exactly that, simple techniques in every day life.

[@rosesamano8513]

Beautiful outcome on real every days women’s hair, thank you thank you!!

[@beverleyworlock5257]

Tried this out today on my dolly head. Super simple and brilliantly effective 👌🏼👌🏼😁😁 thanks James 🙋‍♀️

[@tonidoyle6503]

it's perfect, and you really know what you are doing, and yes, consultation is important. Thank you.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much Toni thank you for your comment much appreciated

[@jodileigh571]

I just adore you and your work. You are really really great at what you do and you are real! Hard to find that these days!

[@anitahoward1281]

An excellent result. I would prefer colourists to finish the hair off with a sleek straight style so that all aspects of the blend can be seen. Too many Stylists finish off the design with waves, which hides any demarcation or colour contrast. Once again, Great result, but would prefer an initial clip of the hair in a sleek style.

[@Margaretazmavroudis]

Thank you for showing “ real “ work that we have to deal with in salon on a daily bases. Great honest work

[@TheLifeOfHair]

You are very welcome glad you appreciate it thank you for your comment

[@nicolaforsyth9160]

Wow. This is amazing. I am definitely going to try this. Recently found your videos and have learnt loads thank you

[@msrinkumdinkum6625]

You explain so well and so clearly . Thankyou for your advice !!!

[@philyire]

I've done this exact technique james works so well. Thanks for sharing

[@juliettedonohue7069]

Thank you for this video, this looks like a great technique, and I you say, repetition is the way... I find the result absolutely lovely!

[@rebelle-de-jour]

Es sieht absolut großartig aus!! Also interesting to see the end result on straight Hair.

[@hmzedwards]

Love this technique! Would you consider doing a permanent color for the lowlight? I use Shades EQ and I love the tones, however I feel they wash out very quick. Thank you for tutorials. I enjoy learning your techniques and how thorough you are.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi thank you very much! Yes I would probably consider using a permanent but it would depend on the condition I find the more porous the hair is actually the more that a permanent colour can look translucent and not very rich. So on hair like this I would definitely always use shades EQ. The other thing that you might run into with using a permanent is that if you want to change the colour in the future the permanent pigments are much more stubborn to remove. Hope that helps all the best James

[@hmzedwards]

How long do you expect your client to go before she needs a retouch?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

I’m in with a colour like this it could be 4 to 6 months depending on how precious she was about having the colour high up But if you’re talking about shades EQ fading I would expect it to last 20 to 30 washes 👍🏻

[@andreadixon3080]

Have to 100% agree I only do the 4/5 hour balayage once every 5 weeks or so but never quiet in between

[@mikaanderson1690]

Beautiful and very useful technique. Thank you James🙏🏼🤍

[@cvanzylguntervanzylgunter6806]

Stunning colour correction James, results beautiful!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much glad you enjoyed it all the best James

[@chatmallow3972]

It's an absolutely wonderful result!

[@MegaTinni]

Beautiful, she must have been so pleased. Any particular pointers for balayage on clients that wear their hair straight?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Yes he was very pleased thank you very much for your comment. As to your question the best thing to do when you’re doing Balyage technique on very straight hair is to make sure that you incorporate some teasing flashback planing into the sections or apply a root stretch/root smudge afterwards to ensure that you get maximum blend from the Greek area through to the Midlands also if the hair is going to be worn very straight I want to avoid very very chunky techniques as the contrast and separation of a chunky technique on straight hair types can start to look striped All the best Jane

[@MegaTinni]

@@TheLifeOfHair Thank you! Makes sense!

[@moazzamakarim3188]

Superb work loved ❤️ it and like always the way you explain its so helpful. Thanks James ❤️

[@pauldavies283]

Hi Jedi WOW the last time I saw "warmth" like that I was ordering a Big Mac and nuggets 😉😳🤣! What a really really great result you've achieved 👏🏼 and I love the fact in your consultation you explained exactly the path you were taking and the fact there was no root colour applied it just looked FAB U LOUS👍 I'm definitely going to Chanel my inner "JJ" on something like that and not over complicate and give myself a coronary🙄🤣 in the future! Thank you James Always such fantastic coaching from the Best👏🏼😊 stay well Paul 👍

[@kajsahanses6100]

Absolutely love how you went about this! I´m working with Wella haircolor and I find that their demipermanent haircolor does not stay in the hair for very long. If you want to create dimension in blonde hair and apply it to dry hair it just washes out so quickly or just blends in the rest of the blond. (Even though you have the full development time or even longer) I had a colleauge do my hair and she weaved quite big sections similar to yours and used a level 6 with a bit of 5. ( also with some gold to fill the hair) As I understand things it has a lot to do with porosity and the level of blonde ( I was about a level 9/10 all over bleach but with a 6-7 cm natural regrowt, so I had not touched my hair with bleach for over 6 months, if not more and with no heatstyling) I would say the top section of the hair was quite porous. Do you have any tips for making it last longer because now it´s all kind of blurred out. Also how is Redken Shades EQ in this sense? From what I´ve learned from KZbin it is quite translucent? Warm Greetings from Sweden!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Great, thanks. In terms of getting a colour Do you have more longevity obviously you’re actually right when you say porosity is the issue the best thing you could probably do is pre-treat the hair if you’re talking about wanting to avoid porosity issues I will probably go as far as to say they’re in some cases even pre-treating Won’t fix all of the issues and really you’re going to just have to accept the fact that In certain circumstances when the prostate I fade is inevitable The obvious things that you can do is drop it a shade initially knowing that it will fade. In terms shades EQ the fade is pretty high as it is with all hair colours however one of the benefits is the fact that it has direct dies in the car this really helps with longevity but you are correct in saying that the result is translucent in the beginning but for me that is one of the best parts of the colour range

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hope that helps all the best James

[@kajsahanses6100]

@@TheLifeOfHair Thank you James! Will definitely try it next time. Did some treatments in terms of hairmasks with moisture and Wellas own Wellaplex treatment before the color. Will have to continue in hopes the porosity will have reduced by next try though. Btw have you ever worked with Wella and if so what is your honest thought about the brand and have you got any tips and tricks about the overall selection?

[@lisapence1936]

Your so down to earth ! Love watching you !

[@veronicamorenowillard169]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for a realistic situation and results.

[@trudycat72]

Brilliant result!! I may use this technique for a reverse balayage on a Client with brassy box dye hair who wants to go darker! She has a few grey hair at roots would you just colour them during or after the procedure? Thx regards Trudy

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi fantastic glad you enjoy it. So if you were going to cover grey I would probably do that as part of the process and paint all your roots down to where you wanted the lightness to roughly start and then simply follow the technique through as I did in the video Take your root colour all the way through on the lowlight sections and then but your light now up to the root area off your root/ low light shade. Hope that helps all the best James

[@andyarmour1234]

Did you tone James ? Great result it looked so much better

[@MakingTheMetalBand]

Pretty result! The dimension you created will be fun to do updos and braids with also.

[@loopylou1987]

❤ your work James! Could u show how u deal with having to do regrowth ( ie greys) on these techniques, thank u . Im not a practising stylist anymore but love to see all the new techniques.

[@tinawells613]

Great episode James and down to earth expectations 👏

[@barbaram4403]

Great fix, real day to day work in our salons.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Absolutely Barbara and love salon work.

[@garyorsborn9207]

Great result and very salon friendly🙌 I noticed your client had a small percentage of grey, did you tone the root area at all James?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi Gary thank you mate! I put the toner on all over but shades EQ won’t have much affect on grey hair 👍🏻

[@ginahughes4488]

Its stunning ,i love the result Great watch as always

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you Gina 🙏🏻

[@friedamuljono3727]

Thanks James ...the result very stunning and perfect👍❤The low light what you use ?demi color or permanent?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi Frieda thank you very much. Yes are used a Demi permanent colour Redken shades EQ

[@Handsoflight7766]

@@TheLifeOfHair will a Demi that develops in 20 minutes need to be refreshed along the way if it takes 45 minutes?

[@friedamuljono3727]

@@TheLifeOfHair Thanks James ..In Indonesua Redken is not avaiable ..we have .loreal so.can you help me the shade of Redken almost equal to Loreal?Thank you🙏

[@paulasmith9230]

Gorgeous! Love that you keep it real!! Thank you for sharing

[@tinagray9078]

Love this so much I’ve watched it twice already. If switching it up a little, although living the end result, would you put a slight face frame together with this or not? I have a client in mind and have a lot of grey/re growth to cover too.

[@ybe7011]

You're a wizard James! Great job!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much

[@Jazz-hk9xs]

James, you are the best! 🤗 do you have a video about reverse balayage? My hair is blond

[@marilynrios6496]

Awesome results it’s a process for sure! But in time u will get her there, great 👍 work.

[@marierobson3913]

Fabulous. Love the end result.

[@karentonks7581]

very real .. That's the state of most people's hair here ..infact it's rare i ever see an insta hair on the streets. Are they nocternal? .. enjoyed that

[@speedupgirl]

Superb 👌. Love your honesty.

[@dragamboazulinqiacupuntura122]

My question is regarding maintenance and how hard it could be to avoid overlap or not rebleaching

[@tb6211]

Thanks james for the tips , another banger

[@TheLifeOfHair]

No very welcome T B glad you enjoyed it

[@carolreynolds2250]

James, where can I purchase a razor like you used in one of your videos please. I just discovered your tutorials a few days ago, you are awesome. the 🙏

[@janeball7199]

Hi James my son who is a barber is going to do this technique on my hair today as it's a mixture of tones and not enough depth in it.question ..will this still look nice on straight hair or would he need to take thinner slices and serve it more? Thanks ..love watching all your work x

[@janeball7199]

*weeve*

[@CStSalon]

So true. What you said! Admire and love your work, best regards, from california.

[@tancakar8987]

James as well as i like the approach and the way you using the colours, i must say we need to make sure we explain people what is balayage is, as sometimes clients watches these and then tell us well why you dont use foils :D . Balayage is an open air technique , in the industry we are started to call everything balayage, yes the result might look like one , but this is no balayage, as soon as you put a single foil thats highlights. if you would have put cling film that would have been balayage too. results are always good, but the terms sometimes lost in translations .

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Very good point and thank you very much for your input with this comment one thing I will say is that a lot of it is down to how KZbin and other social media platforms know how to categorise a video if we called it something very obscure or industry lead then it will never be seen because the algorithm will not understand how to show it to I know this is somewhat annoying I find it very frustrating I do plan to make video where we can best look at each technique and what they are and who are they for so that people can learn how to know what to ask for.

[@tancakar8987]

@@TheLifeOfHair yes i thought of that after i write the comment :D lol i am very aware ! if you are around London Chelsea one day please pop in to my salon !

[@TheLifeOfHair]

@@tancakar8987 Yes absolutely would love to pop by what’s your salon again Tan?

[@QueenAmethyst55]

Oh it looks wonderful. Well done 👍 🙂

[@77andsunny]

I have wondered how you film so well. You always have a good view for us. Now I see your camera. Thank you for this amazing education you’re providing!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

thank you Suzanne Yes it is not a very technical set up but it certainly works to give you that full POV effect

[@msnicola1982]

Hi James please can you clarify your formula for the toner. My numbering system is 8, 8.1 and 8.0 thanks x

[@amandarobbins2530]

Great result It looks like maybe the previous hairdresser used a high lift tint on her and since she’s a natural 5 that’s why it turned out so orange ? I wonder

[@OscarAndres2004]

Hi James, so I had a client today in my cosmetology school and he had really processed hair, and I lighten her hair with 10 volume and she lifted very fast because had previous bleaching. She had a lot of orange from her last hairdresser and I wanted to lowlight but I had to take out some of the foils while still foiling the back. I wanted to add the foils back on but idk if I shoulded cleaned them? Because I removed the extra bleach with a. Damp towel. If I were to add the toner at the same time wouldn’t the hair over procces?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi thank you for your question probably the best way to answer this is how I might approach a technique like that when you are starting your foiling process the best thing to do is start with an extremely low volume Peroxide maybe 10 volume or lower so that you ensure that you don’t get over processing but prior to that when you are dealing with somebody with a mixed colour history always do a strand test so that you have a good idea of how quickly their hair might lift so that you can choose the appropriate peroxide if somebody has got to previously pre-lightened hair and you are like that again the likelihood is that as long as they haven’t done too many colour applications over that bleach it will lift reasonably fast. The lower peroxide will give you the time to then be able to put lowlight in between each before those without it over processing. Hope that helps all the best James

[@khunninejamiemelbournechom9202]

Great job. It is beautiful. James

[@Crazypaws10]

Did you tone the blonde? If so, what shade?! Trying today on a client!!

[@armpouniotis]

Lovely James ! well done !

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much Christos hope you’re well?

[@armpouniotis]

@@TheLifeOfHair You are doing great work ! 👏👏👏

[@angelinebiswas7611]

Wow that’s a great color correction!!🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@Rose258V]

Superb advice! 😊

[@sagittariusmoon1043]

I'd be pleased with this from what is was 👀❤️ it was very nice

[@TheLifeOfHair]

And she was too 😁👍🏻

[@sagittariusmoon1043]

Fab job. ❤️

[@janeball7199]

This looks lovely

[@amallondon7342]

Amazing, really I like your videos, they are very helpful. Allah bless you

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful Amal 👌🏻

[@jacimckinney4469]

Looks great!!

[@jackiemillion1633]

Amazing color correction 🥰

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much Jackie 😁✌🏻

[@oneforyes]

beautiful fix!!!

[@SnowWhite-ub3gj]

Great work!! 💕👌

[@kimberlyblahnik9270]

Love this! Thank you

[@ashashley844]

Hi james.i would like to ask that how long we have to apply a demi permanent colour with 3 % 10 volume after lightening the hair.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you for your question - it will all depend on manufacturers guidelines really the best thing to do is always follow the manufacturers guidelines for best results obviously there are times where we don’t follow my factory guidelines for convenience reasons but then we fall into the subjectivity realms of which it is hard for me to give exact advice. The volume shouldn’t really dictate how long will leave it on for the volume will have an impact on how much colour deposit/lift we get from the colour Hope that answers your question if you have any further questions don’t hesitate to ask all the best James

[@craigbryan9402]

Thankyou for this I hope none hairdressers watch this to people’s Instagram expectations are above ad beyond

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Absolutely Craig I am 100% with you there my friend Instagram has created massively unrealistic expectations and put an enormous amount of pressure on the every day hairdresser social media as always it’s a double edge sword

[@rebelle-de-jour]

New question: when i do this technic on straight hair (in my case "asian hair", client homemade colour disaster) , its better to weave out smaller sections?

[@PerryKinney-HairCoach]

Nice job. Good color.

[@heatherg2083]

Love it! Has this client returned to go lighter?

[@NC-ij9rb]

It looks perfect to me ❤️❤️❤️

[@zivbenigoyev]

you are lucky i see most of your clients like brassy/ orangey highlights. in many salons women want a very light balayage and even the smallest brassiness makes them unhappy. i woul'd love to see an "Ashy/gray" toned bright balayage video from you. thanks for your content :)

[@TheLifeOfHair]

I think it’s about how you pitch it to them in my opinion in this particular instance this woman had little to no choice to have something that was warm and when I explain this to them in a such a way that I do they either except the terms and conditions of me doing the hair or they go and see somebody else I know that seems a little bit harsh maybe but that is how I pitch it to them. If they can have bright white blonde hair then that is what they can have but I won’t compromise condition I do, do ashy blonde but The reality is I will only do these type of colours on people who are at least a level six or lighter.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

You’re very welcome I’ll check that link out thank you very much for sharing

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Also here is a link to an ash blonde I I did colour correction kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5K7e2OteNOgr6c

[@hellevelle2072]

u r the best!

[@tonishairstyles1568]

Wow 😳 amazing 🤩

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Cheers Toni glad you enjoyed it 👌🏻

[@darlenecarman7644]

fantastic thank u

[@Phuongnguyentruc]

Color beautiful

[@chantellegregg3649]

Thankyou

[@imrabeauty3231]

Bravo bravo bravo. My friend

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much Christos hope your well ?

[@adelinebuytendorp5877]

Beautiful 🤩

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much

[@suzannewatts8958]

Lovely.

[@gloriaandersen6784]

Amazing...

[@tonishairstyles1568]

Hi James

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hello Toni ✌🏻

[@tonishairstyles1568]

@@TheLifeOfHair just watching your video very interesting will be practicing more now

[@brama100]

Beautiful job. :O)

[@primrose3069]

Where are you based?

[@NC-ij9rb]

Very beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mamawebazo47]

Me encanto pero lastima q esta en ingles

[@kaorushimura808]

Waow 🤩🤩🤩

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you 😊 ✌🏻

[@tonishairstyles1568]

I'd have you working on my hair but can't afford you lol

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Ah Toni When we can all socialise again I will have you as one of my video model.

[@tonishairstyles1568]

@@TheLifeOfHair awww thankyou James I would love that

[@mironasxatz3862]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@imrabeauty3231]

Wooooooooooooooooooo!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

☺️✌🏻