Ace Your Hair Color Consultation with Professional Tips

Ace Your Hair Color Consultation

Ace your hair color consultation with tips from long-time hair care professionals that know just what you should ask on your next salon visit. A hair color consultation is key to having optimal results, both for you and your colorist.

Happy Monday gorgeous gals and guys! Today Ask the Pro Stylist has a special treat for recurrent and new readers. Please welcome guest author/contribuor Barb Quinn. She has been a professional hairstylist for over 30 years and has established herself as a nationally recognized hair designer, educator, and freelance writer. Barb has been chosen by her peers to serve on the advisory panel of Cosmos C International the global hairstylist network and is the Men’s Hair Category Expert for Answers.com. Thousands of women each day follow Barb’s hairstyling wit and wisdom on her highly successful blogs Hairstyle-Blog.com and Visual-Makeover.com.

Today’s feature, Ace Your Hair Color Consultation, comes in light of a recent interview with George Papanikolas, balayage master. He insists upon running a diligent search for colorists who are expert in the popular technique, and Barb has given readers the down low below on how to do so, which are entirely her words.

Barb Quinn

Ace Your Hair Color Consultation

It is vitally important to have a hair color consultation with your hairstylist before making a decision to have your hair colored. Always beneficial, you will figure out what type of hair color is best, what will work with your hair, and what will be best for your lifestyle. Whether you are coloring for the first time in your life, of you are deciding on something different, a consultation will serve you and your hairstylist well.

Benefits of a consultation

Many things can go wrong when coloring hair. Highlights can be too light or color can come out darker than anticipated. No one wants to stay in the house until it grows out, so a good consultation will benefit anyone looking to color their hair. A bad hair color job can be embarrassing, so with the help of an expert, you can simply alleviate that altogether. Hair colorists can help you decide what is best for you. A hair color chart can help you figure out what will look best with your skin tone, your face shape, and your particular hair type.

The consultation

During the consultation your hairstylist will look closely at your hair, the condition, and help you decide what colors will look best with your features. This is particularly important for someone who has never had their hair colored in the past.

Building a relationship with your hairstylist is extremely important because it allows both the colorist and the client to feel comfortable with each other. By the end of the consultation, the colorist will know exactly what you want and exactly what you need for your new hairstyle.

Important questions asked during a consultation

First, your stylist will ask you about the history of your hair. It is vital that they know the history of any chemical treatments you’ve had, so they can control any residual chemical reactions. They want to know what you have had done in the past, and what you liked and disliked about these past styles.

The consultant will look closely at the condition of your hair. They will see if your hair will be able to handle a chemical treatment. They will look at your face shape, complexion and skin tone to see if you will be able to get the hair color that you desire. They will look at the gray hair to see how much coverage is needed. The consultant will also recommend products to be used with your potential new hair color.

The consultant will want to know about your lifestyle and how you normally take care of your hair. They will want to know how much time each day you devote to styling your hair, and whether you will have time to take adequate care of a new hair color. Your lifestyle will tell the colorist what kind of hair color is best for you. They will need to know if you want a dramatic change, or just some subtle highlights. They will want to know if you have a daring personality, if you think of yourself as a trendsetter, if you are a perfectionist or if you like to go with a more natural look.

Color placement

Sometimes bringing in an actual picture of the hair color will help your consultant to understand what you want. This will help them to know what your desired end result is. There are color samples that can be used and held up to your face to see if they will work. This will allow you to see exactly how the color will look up next to your skin.

Having a color consultation with a professional colorist is the only way to guarantee that you will be satisfied with your new hair color. They will allow you to understand how easy it will be to take care of before the actual coloring.

Thank you Barb for your insight into a hair color consultation and your wisdom in the industry we both love. Looking forward to having more of Barb’s knowledge to spread to readers of Ask the Pro Stylist.