Not Another Salon
A little rant about what you don't see on Instagram
So, have you ever seen a transformation video that actually shows you when it doesn't work? Well, here's one. I’m a pretty confident colourist, confident enough to know that I am still a great colourist even if I can’t achieve what my client wanted. Even if my video doesn’t make me look and feel like a superhero. Because this one video represents the other twenty failed attempts that actually happen every day. And believe me, there are at least 20 attempts or the client being turned away, for every incredible magical transformation you see online going from dark to light.
My client was never promised blonde, though of course she’d seen the icy bombshells of Instagram and hoped it was possible. My promise was this, after strand testing, I will lighten your hair slowly, with Innoluxe over a period of a year. But when that day comes, when your hair starts to wave the little SOS flag, I'm afraid our time is up and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it. We lightened her hair twice from the black box die, and yes it did well for the first two lifts. But every appointment afterward, when she came to have it lightened, we turned her down. For the next 6 months, we settled into a routine of semi-permanent colours and treatments and she had absolutely no options to progress. Her hair would almost certainly fall out.
You see, we cant cheat science and Not Another Salon is committed to helping the world understand that. Once again, you, the consumer, are not to blame. We, the hair industry as a whole are. So please, when you see the magic exciting videos, remember how many have not gone online. -Sophia Hilton @hiltonsophia #honestcolourist #translucency ... See more
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