How To Colour Correct Hair | Toning Hair Colour Theory | Color correction

[@tarat7943]

I’ve learned more from your videos than all my time at beauty school. Thank you🌸

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Oh that is wonderful Tara thank you very much I’m so pleased I could be of assistance to you on your journey

[@jessmcdonald8812]

Appreciate your knowledge! You come off sincere and genuine. Do not feel guilt about acknowledging your patron channel! your content on KZbin is killer! The depth you explain and visual examples have truly helped me grasp things that might have been rushed through in school. Sometimes hearing another explain while performing service is all it takes. Thankyou for still making great content at no charge! Will definitely support your patron channel once im not on that student budget! You seem so excited and eager to explain things in greater depth on an individual level. Thankyou!

[@Renata-4love]

Thank you James, you are an amazing artist and teacher! I wish the best for you ✨

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much you are very kind to say so glad you enjoy the content I create

[@vidag8433]

Omg 😳. Thank you 😊!! You’re so humble !!!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

You’re welcome 🙏🏻

[@MS_Work10]

Thank you for your time and video which was very helpful for us. I will wait another video thread about more colour theory.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

You are very welcome glad you enjoyed it 😁✌🏻

[@v2214vg]

You posted this perfect timing and now I’m just rewatching because I enjoyed it so much, please continue with your amazing content (:

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Fantastic so pleased that you found the information useful

[@silvermont331]

You are the best educator on here! Thanks 🙏🏿 ❤️

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Oh that is very kind of you Silver

[@amallondon7342]

Wonderful, amazing , this video is a treasure for me, thank you so much. My English language is not good otherwise I will write good comment in each video because all of them are amazing. Allah bless you

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful Amal glad you appreciated this video hope you’re learning is going well

[@MM-cn4jq]

True!! Thank you !! I can’t just tone for one level when I know it has some of another level

[@greavis100]

I love ALL your videos !!! Appreciate you !!! Thank you !!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you Gena much much appreciated

[@geray.lupita.aapartida8733]

Me encantan tus vídeos....mucha y buena enseñanzas

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful so please you enjoy them ✌🏻😁

[@Little-Sparrow]

Hairdressing is a science.... that hairdressers make look easy! 😰 Your uploads are fab James!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

It certainly is a science and yes to a degree hairdressers make it look easy I think that most hairdressers could apply themselves a little bit harder into knowing more about that science so they truly understand it better

[@carolramdhanie6218]

Thank you James 🙌 Carol from Trinidad your channel is the best 💕

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you Carol from Trinidad much appreciated

[@sarahwood1844]

Thank u so much for this I really needed this since I've not studied color theory and such since 2006

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Superb Sarah glad you found it useful I did a follow-up to this on the channel last week if you wanna check it out here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5DVfHmCpMeBi7M

[@vashtisookdeo5577]

Yes i once did a blue col and it turned out green had to do it over but i finally got it right thanks for the info

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Yes it can definitely cause you to get some green results unfortunately how did you correct it Vashti

[@vashtisookdeo5577]

@@TheLifeOfHair i used some violet colour to remove the yellow pigment then i went in with the blue it came out preety good

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I’ve finally signed up to your Patreon, I love your videos

[@cornelialshort3675]

Another great video! Happy Holidays!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you Connie same to you ✌🏻

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So happy to be on the Patreon ;) guys If you want more subscribe with us.See you over there ;)))

[@deanybott]

Hey James. Great video and you’ve really helped me answer some questions about why I keep in getting a “sludgy” result. Btw do you have a link to the colour toning chart you had displayed on the iPad?? Thanks again Dean ✂️

[@jendodd6661]

Thank you James. It was very interesting.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Jen wonderful glad you enjoyed it

[@babieskids-t4f]

My hair was a shade of lightest neutral blonde. It then was colored 5 and 6 mixed with leaving my shade of blonde in as highlights it came out very dark brown as alot of brown. I used color remover now it is orange with blonde highlight I like the blonde but want the reddish orange out.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

That is a very very technical thing to comment on without ever being able to see it you will need a hairdresser to sort that one out unfortunately sorry

[@babieskids-t4f]

@@TheLifeOfHair no problem!

[@csupika1]

Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TheLifeOfHair]

You’re very welcome

[@Ainslied13]

i really found this awesome, i went to the Patron page to join but ,, the currency option's there was only USA or Eruo or pounds? could this be something your team could look into providing Australian currency option? thanks :)

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi wonderful glad you didn’t go to video. I have got some Patreon to live in Australia I think if you just click on the currency you want to pay in whether it be US or euros and PayPal or bank will convert it over for you.

[@jvd1964]

Its hard to correct my moms hair hair white and bleached both are not picking up color properly . Its very resilient

[@TheLifeOfHair]

hi do you mean the white hair is resistant ??? i might be able to help you 👍🏻

[@jvd1964]

The Life Of Hair he has white hair only in the front half of the head i too have this problem i m 27 i have grey hair in only front half of my head. Any ways when ever i color her hair even with dark color Like 4 that is dark brown igora some of her white hair dont pickup the color at all then i wanted to change her hair color to a lighter shade i bleached it the way you adviced me before well i m not a pro so it turned out a bit blotchy and because of I guess mixed white , previously dyed and naturally black hair . I applied color on her that was a bit copper it was too light for her so now i dyed her hair with a darker color 4.5 of igora that but her hair didnt pickup that color also properly few spots on her hair a very dark few are light .

[@jvd1964]

I tried that method of pre softening that is applying just 20 vol on her roots white hair and left it for 15 mins before applying color

[@jvd1964]

And thanks for always replying me back thats very kind of you . May you succeed more and more ❤️

[@TheLifeOfHair]

DrJaya VD So probably the best advice I can give you if you’re struggling to get my hair coverage is to allow the product to process 5mins longer than you would normally this usually sort the problem out sometime change the developer to to 10 volume this can also help 😁👍🏻

[@marcialsblendshair6088]

Happy Wednesday. An excellent video it is.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Fantastic happy Wednesday to you bro glad you enjoyed it 😁✌🏻

[@jackiemillion1633]

Great video, thanks for sharing🤗

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Superb Jackie very pleased you enjoyed it

[@hinamalik6416]

Thank you very much. For this information.❤👍.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

My pleasure glad you enjoyed it

[@lianemilani8821]

How do you neutralize if you want to colour/tone East-Asian hair that has different undertone levels to a cool light brown? Red-Orange/Orange/Orange-Yellow, so you need a BGr/B/BV? All three mixed together? Or is the only solution to lift to a uniform level? But how do you lift to a uniform level when some of the strands are already lighter than others?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

So whether it’s East Asian European or whatever geographical location in the world all the rules apply the same hair will either lift to red orange or yellow depending on the level of left. So if you have red present then you need green. If you have read orange you need green and blue. If you have just orange he just need blue. If you have yellow orange you need blue and violet or if you have orange yellow mini valet and blue. And if you just have yellow he just need violet. Not to answer your question about what about different colour strands on the same head well the problem Nikki will have there is that you will need to choose what the dominant colour is for instance if you’re tryingEliminate warmth then you need to go down to the darkest colour for instance if you’ve got a mixture of yellow and Orange tones and you want a neutral end result unfortunately the yellow tones you will have to sacrifice for instance then you would need BV the blue would deal with the orange and we would deal with the yellow without turning it all green!! Hope that makes sense Best James

[@lianemilani8821]

The Life Of Hair Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, it makes sense but what about the proportions, just a ready made tube of for example Inoa 6BV or do you mix the blue/violet yourself by using two toners, one blue based and one violet in equal or non equal parts? And could you even mix one tube of green based and one tube of blue/violet based?

[@hopeamaryah1635]

Something I tried to ask my teacher today is how do I correct a yellow-orange with a blue-violet? Shouldn't it technically be a violet-blue if we have more yellow than orange? Or will violet-blue/blue-violet labels be less important with the proportions of blue and violet as dominant just shift as needed depending on level? How do I pick one background over another? P.S. since watching the video I understand that you were saying you need an intermediate x.5 level. How would you formulate that? Lots of questions, but I definitely learned from your video. Thank you!!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi thanks for the question hope so if you’re tackling yellow orange then you would need violet blue if the dominant colour is orange then you would need blue violet. And the way that you would formulate for half a shade for example is if you needed let’s say 8.5 you would mix nine and 8 to get her to get to the correct formula

[@hopeamaryah1635]

@@TheLifeOfHair thank you so much! How do color lines make it clear what is blue-violet and what is violet-blue?

[@awurama7824]

Please explain shadow roots blending with permanent colours

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Shadow root with permanent colour is exactly the same way as it is with a semi permanent colour I have a video that I have attached in this comment you can use exactly the same technique on both you will get exactly the same result permanent or not kzbin.info/www/bejne/hni6k3WClKatgJY or kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoHJgIF3ltJjn7M

[@awurama7824]

The Life Of Hair thank you so much

[@Sandisue]

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[@TheLifeOfHair]

You are very welcome SS

[@jadedixon8145]

Wow. This literally just made a whole room inside my brain light up...doesn’t adequately describe it enough to just comment that a light bulb lit up. Hahaha *ding!* 💡

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful Jade so pleased to read this but it ticked your brain box thinking

[@el--le]

your videos are so useful!! I did the pony balayage in your other video and then toned it with a blue dye mixed with conditioner, I used the comb technique (from another of your videos) to fade it at the bottom where the hair is lighter so it won't go green and surprisingly it worked! Do you have any extra tips for toning down faded hair that gets brassier towards the dark side 🌓?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Superb glad it went well for you and you managed to cut your hair as he wanted it perfect! As far as do I have any tips for toning down faded hair that gets brassy towards the dark side could you just explain what the Darkside means as I’m not sure about the meaning best James

[@el--le]

@@TheLifeOfHair Hi James thanks for the reply! I mean the balayage/ombre fades so the hair is gradually brassier, the top is more orangey (the infamous dark side:)) and the bottom more yellowish, are there ways to fix that? I tried twice but once I got the bottom too toned and once the top too brassy. 🤷‍♀️

[@khunninejamiemelbournechom9202]

Good morning James Thank you sharing Jamie Melbourne Australia

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Hi Jamie my pleasure good morning to you too well afternoon here now

[@khunninejamiemelbournechom9202]

@@TheLifeOfHair It is so cold in Melbourne.

[@Mona.2307]

Coloring is easy when you teach us

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you that was very kind of you I try and keep things as straightforward as possible

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[@TheLifeOfHair]

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[@TheLifeOfHair]

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[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you AD much appreciated

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Fabulous!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

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[@hobuspobus]

I'm thinking of making my highlights blue. Silly but with lockdown I fancy a change. But I don't want it to stain my blonde to the point that I can't get the blonde back. Do you think if I do a washed out blue direct dye (as in I put conditioner into it) it'll be ok? Or should I go with a Demi and peroxide mix? My highlights are pale blonde and some a bit more like level 9. Thanks for any advice 🤗 I want a kind of denim teal

[@TheLifeOfHair]

I can’t guarantee that it won’t stay in your highlights unfortunately so as far as saying what’s the best thing to do here well you could definitely turn your highlights a nice denim material but you will need to wait an incredibly long time potentially for it to fade out if you try and bullshit it could go very green lots of problems involved with going over highlights specifically with crazy colours I’m not saying don’t do it I’m just saying these are the pitfalls you might have to be very patient to get rid of it

[@hobuspobus]

The Life Of Hair thanks mate I just did it 🙈 I decided to use a direct dye (fudge turquoise days mixed with a clairol colour crave in indigo and a tube of Scott Cornwall chrome conditioner) It turned out a bit greener than I'd hoped but it is denim. However the trouble with direct dye is that you're at the mercy of your hairs condition. It's not super patchy (and anyway that would go with the denim effect) but the ends which were porous did grab it even though it was only left in half an hour. I should have used developer to get a more toned down result as this does look a bit "crazy colour" rather than a greyish denim. I bought 9.11, 2.1 and clear and was going to mix those. I've heard that if you use clear with developer it removes crazy colour? Is that not true? 😖 I feel quite stupid now but I'll see what it looks like in the morning...

[@makeupbyrowyn]

awesome video.

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you Rowyn

[@juliamacedo2451]

I'm one of the non-hairdressers that watch your videos 👀. I mean, I'm my household's hairdresser, but that's just because my mom and sister are insane enough to ask me. 😅

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful thank you for your comments glad you enjoy the channel if they keep asking you I’m sure you’re doing a good job well done

[@elenabasic3070]

Great videos! It's 2 am here now, I just couldn't stop watching it.. I'm not a hair stylist and I'm trying to figure out all this stuff about colouring because last time I went to a hair salon, It didn't quite turn out as I wanted it so now I'm afraid of going to the same place again (even though the other girl from the same salon did a pretty good job a few years back, but now I don't know how to ask for her again without offending the one who did my hair last time - when I didn't like it) and I'm also afraid to try a different salon because how do I know they're going to get it right....any advice?

[@MaritMakeupManicure]

Finally some one put my frustration into words that cleared things up.. I'm just some one doing my own hair for years now. At one time I decided to go brown from blond and I totally overdid the warmth factor.. orange and red.. after a few washes they really came out.. well today I'm blond and just managed to tone yellow down but realizing I need a little bit more purple with the ash next time for the darker yellow or slight yellow orange still in it, to get a more of a beige result. Thank you ! for sharing your knowledge!!

[@TheLifeOfHair]

Wonderful glad it resonated with you, it’s my pleasure

[@derrekhawkins5741]

Thank You SOOOOmuch

[@TheLifeOfHair]

You are so very welcome

[@fabioderossi1097]

If you end up with some green, how can it be fixed?

[@abigailhipkiss6515]

I really need to buff up on my colour theory. I was out of colour for a few years but have recently left my salon to go alone and I feel I’m sticking to the same colours as I feel safe with them but I need to buff up on my knowledge so I have more variety. HELP!

[@jocelyngail4196]

I am naturally medium ash blonde after highlighting it came out too yellow so I tried to cover with a blue based 8 ash ... good thing I did strand test ... it turned copper coloured.... used 10 dev Tried another strand test using 20 dev... same thing copper ... what am I doing wrong? Maybe try 7 ash?

[@TheLifeOfHair]

It’s because of the peroxide that you have chosen will lift the hair you need something under 10 volume so something like 6 vol wouldn’t lift the hair Also make sure that the level eight is a violent based tone rather than an ash based tone Ash could send it a bit greenish and the very yellow pieces and if you Have a yellow lift then I would definitely stayed towards going with a level nine for the level so here is the formulation without being able to see your hair this is the big caveat here I’m giving you this advice based on the information that you’ve given me I would go with a semipermanent level nine with a violet tone 👍🏻

[@jocelyngail4196]

The Life Of Hair Took your advice... lower developer ... it worked!!! Covered the ugly copper ... I'm back to ash blonde Thank you kindly for your reply... new subscriber here

[@bobbiecarter5839]

My hair is a dark brown and I bleached it and the top is Alót lighter than bottom so I tried using dark blonde on thé bottom so it's like an ombre but has brassy spots so I bleached it again a little better ñit not much so I decided to use violet añd orchids iß it ginnà take

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[@TheLifeOfHair]

Thank you very much