Best Hair Color Salon NYC; Stunning Blondes, Brunettes & Reds
Best Hair Color Salon NYC; Color Types & More
Whether you’re considering a radical change from…
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Best Hair Color Salon NYC; Stunning Blondes, Brunettes & Reds
Best Hair Color Salon NYC; Color Types & More
Whether you’re considering a radical change from brunette to blonde, or you’re just looking for a subtle shift from mousy brown to warm brunette, you’ll get the best results from a professional colorist.
COLOR TYPE
Before coloring, consider the different types of hair color available:
Semi-Permanent Color
Ideal for trying a new hair color shade, semi-permanent color lasts through four or five shampoos. It contains no ammonia or peroxide, so it is mild enough to be used on fragile, permed or relaxed hair. It blends or covers gray (if hair is less than 25% gray); adds richness to natural hair color; gives highlights and shine, but does not lighten hair color.
Demi-Permanent Color
Also known as long-lasting semi-permanent hair color, demi-permanent color penetrates the hair shaft and deposits color, but cannot lighten hair color. It uses a dedicated developer so the color lasts almost as long as permanent color—up to 3-4 weeks. Demi-permanent color produces natural-looking results and blends up to 75% gray.
Permanent Color
Permanent color penetrates the hair shaft, giving hair new permanent color that gradually grows out. Perfect for 100% gray coverage or for dramatically changing hair color, permanent hair color may be a single process, in which new, darker color is applied to the natural color; or double process, in which the natural color is pre-lightened before new color is applied.
Highlights Color
Accent hair color with highlights that can be applied with several techniques. Natural color is pre-lightened (lifted) from selected strands of hair and permanent color is applied to those areas. This can be a two-step, or, with some newer products, a one-step process. Lowlights, or darker shades, are sometimes applied to give more depth to a lighter hair color.
Best results come from a professional colorist. A salon hair color service uses professional hair color and is done by a trained professional who understands both the artistry and the chemistry involved.
Best Salon for Blonde Highlights NYC; Highlights or Lowlights?
Best Salon for Blonde Highlights NYC; When To Get Highlights and Lowlights
When you come to the…
Best Salon for Blonde Highlights NYC; Highlights or Lowlights?
Best Salon for Blonde Highlights NYC; When To Get Highlights and Lowlights
When you come to the salon, you may be confused by all the color options to choose from. Your hair colorist/stylist may ask if you want highlights, lowlights, or both. These are hair-streaking techniques that add dimension to your hair color. So, when should you get highlights and lowlights?
When to Get Highlights:
When your hair colorist/stylist highlights your hair, he or she will add streaks that are lighter than your natural hair color. If you have lighter hair, you may want to consider blonde or red highlights. Women with darker hair and skin tones should consider a shade of caramel brown or copper.
Most women will find themselves adding highlights if they want to lighten their hair for a sun-kissed look. You can add highlights whenever you want to add dimension to your hair color. Highlights tend to look great with layered or bob hairstyles. They also are a great way to test out a new shade.
When to Get Lowlights:
When your hair colorist/stylist adds lowlights to your hair, he or she will add streaks that are darker than your natural hair color. How do you know when to get lowlights or both highlights and lowlights? Here are some things to keep in mind if you are considering lowlights.
You should consider lowlights if you highlight your hair regularly. It’s ideal to get lowlights done every third time if you opt for natural (or thin) highlights or every two times if you have your colorist/stylist do chunky highlights. This prevents your hair from becoming over highlighted, which can cause it to look one uniform color over time.
Another time when it may be ideal to consider lowlights is when you have had a hair color mishap. If your hair has turned out lighter than you wanted it to be, you can add lowlights to tone your color down.
Highlights and lowlights can be great for women who want to add a lot of dimension to their hairstyle. The right blend of colors also can make your hair color look more natural. On the other hand, it also can make it look more dramatic if very light and dark shades are used to show contrast.
Whether you decide to do highlights, lowlights, or both, you should use a color-safe shampoo. Products that do not contain parabens, sulfates, and phosphates will keep your highlights or lowlights looking beautiful and vibrant between color sessions.
Ombre Hair Color Salon NYC; Dip-Dye Hair
Ombre Hair Color Salon NYC; Ombre Hair Highlights / Dip-Dye Hair
Introducing Ombre Highlights Trend!
Ombre Hair Color Salon NYC; Dip-Dye Hair
Ombre Hair Color Salon NYC; Ombre Hair Highlights / Dip-Dye Hair
Introducing Ombre Highlights Trend! The French-termed hair trend features darker, more natural hues at the roots with gradually-dyed lightening at the ends. It’s been spotted on plenty of A-list celebs: Chanel Iman, Jennifer Hudson, Naomi Campbell, Raven-Symone, Khloe Kardashian and many others. Finally, a trend that doesn’t require a busy woman of the world to run to the salon every 8-12 weeks for a touch-up!
This style of coloring really became more popular when Khloe Kardashian appeared on Keeping Up with The Kardashians, the color faded to a touch of blonde on the ends. However, if done properly, the process can create quite the bill at the check-out of Fine Artistik Salon, so here’s what you should know:
1. Consider your profession and future aspirations before you go with the bolder shades.
The A-listers have started a trend that essentially looks like “grown out” color, which, thankfully, makes it easier on those of us who just don’t have the time to traipse to the salon every few weeks for a retouch. However, remember, the more creative a person chooses to be with their color shading, the more attention they may acquire.
2. Choose shades that will compliment your skin tone as well as wardrobe choices.
A person can choose one to three colors to shade for the “Ombre” effect. In the warmer months, shoot for lighter, more vibrant shades and in the winter months, choose cooler, more ash tones. For a dark chocolate beauty: deep reds, coppers, and cool ash make for beautiful choices. For the caramel-coated lovely: rich browns, coppers, possibly even violets (depending on career character). For the fair maiden: ash tones, subdued blondes, golden caramel tones will add warmth to her olive skin. But of course talk to our color specialists and both can agree on the color that best suites you and your personality and accomedates your features.
3. If there has been a previous color, you WILL NOT be able to achieve the “Ombre” effect successfully without some color correction (or maybe even more drastic measures).
Vanessa Hudgens dips her toe in the ombre hair trend with soft blonde tips for her brunette waves. Enliven your hair with subtle highlights at the ends. Kate Beckinsale lightens her glossy chocolate locks and adds a glamorous waves. Cameron Diaz rocks a sweet and subtle dip-dye. See… Lauren’s been rocking this look for years: make her your style guide for success.
Best Keratin Hair Treatment NYC; Does Keratin Make Hair Straight?
Best Keratin Hair Treatment NYC; Keratin Hair Treatment to smooth your hair!
One of the newest…
Best Keratin Hair Treatment NYC; Does Keratin Make Hair Straight?
Best Keratin Hair Treatment NYC; Keratin Hair Treatment to smooth your hair!
One of the newest crazes in the beauty industry are keratin straightening or smoothing treatments. These processes take kinky, curly or frizzy hair and make it smooth and soft or straight depending on the treatment used. Women all over the world have tried this out and found that even the most hard-to-tame hair can be made soft, silky and manageable.
Wow, can keratin really do that?
Smooth and silky? Sure! But straight? Definitely not.
Remember, keratin is a natural protein that makes up most of your hair. The properties of keratin are amazing in that they can refresh dryness and damage, but if your hair is naturally curly, there is nothing keratin proteins could do to change that.
So what’s the deal with ‘keratin straightening’? To answer this, we need to get into the structural difference between straight and curly hair and exactly how chemical straightening works.
FIRST, WHAT CAUSES CURLY HAIR?
To put it simply: genetics. Your genes will determine how straight or curly your hair is. More specifically, your genetics determine the number of disulfide bonds you have within your hair proteins.
Wait, what?
See, every hair strand grows from a sac in the scalp called a follicle. In the follicle, keratin and other proteins are created. These eventually die and become the hair shaft (hair is made of dead protein cells being pushed out of the follicle by new, living cells).
The proteins in your hair contain sulphur atoms, which are called sulfides. When two sulfides bond (called a disulfide bond) they can create a bend in the hair fiber. Curly hair has a large number of bonded sulfides, while straight hair has very few.
HOW DOES CHEMICAL STRAIGHTENING WORK?
Chemical hair straightening works by breaking down those disulfide bonds in curly hair and resetting them so the hair is straight. This is done in three stages: relaxing, neutralizing and conditioning. Depending on the treatment, the relaxing, neutralizing and conditioning agents may all be combined into one cocktail, and the hair may be set with a blow dryer or straightening iron, but these are the chemical components:
First the bonds need to be broken down. This is called ‘relaxing’ and is done with chemicals that contain alkalis (do you remember high school chemistry? Alkalis are basic so they denature proteins, meaning they change the way proteins fold over onto themselves). These alkalis are designed to do a controlled amount of damage: just enough to break down the curls but not so much as to break the hair. The chemical is washed off when the desired amount of damage is done.
The second step is to restore the pH balance of the hair. Since alkalis are basic, an acidic neutralizer will be put on to stop the chemical process and keep your hair from further breakage. At this point, the hair will be straight, but very delicate. The final step is to apply a conditioner that will repair the hair damage and protect your hair from any additional damage.
SO WHY IS IT CALLED A “KERATIN STRAIGHTENING TREATMENT”?
You might have guessed by now that the role keratin plays in this whole thing is the conditioning stage of straightening. New developments in keratin hair products mean that damage can be repaired more completely than it has been in the past. Not that it’s a great idea to abuse your hair, but keratin does allow it to recover from some pretty harsh treatments.
What this translates to in the world of hair straightening is the opportunity to use stronger chemicals to break down the sulfide bonds. Formaldehyde, for instance, is occasionally used as an ingredient in the relaxer. The aggressive chemicals allow hair to be straighter for longer and the use of keratin can counteract any damage (though there have been reports of salons overdoing it with the relaxer and serious hair damage as a result—only get this treatment done at a reputable salon).
So while keratin is a major component of a “keratin straightening treatment”, it shouldn’t be confused for a straightening agent. The role keratin plays in a keratin straightening system is a positive one by conditioning and strengthening and reversing damaged hair.
Hair Color Correction NYC; Red/Bleached/Brassy/Dark
Hair Color Correction NYC; So you’ve had a hair color disaster.
DON’T PANIC!
One of the…
Hair Color Correction NYC; Red/Bleached/Brassy/Dark
Hair Color Correction NYC; So you’ve had a hair color disaster.
DON’T PANIC!
One of the best-kept secrets around is that Fine Artistik Salon is known for its iconic style and its clientele, is the salon of choice for hair color correction. When a hair color disaster strikes, either at home or in a salon, our salon has the hair color repair solution. A complimentary color consultation allows the colorist to select and describe the correction process with the client – no surprises and no disappointments here!
Many colorists can color hair beautifully when it’s the first time or when everything is going well, but once there is a problem very few know how to correct it. We are the hair color specialists in New York City and have been correcting hair color disasters for over 8 years. We have seen every hair color disaster that one can have from over-bleached broken hair to color that has become too dark or black to look beautiful and natural. Orange roots with dark ends, orange roots with light ends, brassy overall tone, ashy overall tone, highlights that are too bold and white or too bold and yellow-orangy; with their expertise and eye for subtle tones and shades, we can turn any hair color disaster into the beautiful hair color you’ve always dreamed of!
Whether the color is too brassy, too dull, too streaky, too light, too dark, too green, too red, or just plain horrible, we will absolutely fix it! Most importantly, at Fine Artistik Salon – the solution is never a part of the problem. While correcting your hair color, WE CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF YOUR HAIR! Many hair color repair jobs change or damage the texture and condition of the hair, making the situation much worse. We stand out because our color professionals repair hair color while improving the condition of the hair. If your color problem is too severe to correct in one appointment, we will gently and safely restore your hair back to health. This may take several months, but the end result will be beautiful, healthy, and shining hair with a gorgeous sheen. In short, Fine Artistik Salon is justly proud of its long-standing reputation as the best hair color corrective salon in NYC.
Hair Color Disasters – Repair Tips – Hair Color Correction NYC!
Red (ehhh, now this is a challenge!)!!!!!
You’ve decided you’ve had enough of red altogether. We could highlight the red away, while adding an ash-blonde shade to the rest of the hair. The result – the always popular blonde-on-blonde without a hint of red.
Bleached-Out:
The most common error – a result of wrong timing or just too much bleaching. The repair here would be low-lighting with warmer shades to add depth and dimension, a much more natural look.
Too brassy:
There are several ways to tone down brassiness, depending upon where you want your color to be. We could add deeper tones, resulting in a warm chestnut brown. Or we could add lighter highlights to turn you into a strawberry blonde.
Blackout Hair:
Very dark or black hair occurs when you have colored your hair too often.
The best fix here would be a double process:
1) finely highlight the hair to break up the black and 2) apply a soft glaze over the hair.
One-Color Highlights:
This look is always a dead give-away that you color your hair. A more natural look occurs when you combine highlights and lowlights in a range of shadings to impart just the right balance to give you that “This is my natural hair color” look.
These are just a few examples of what out hair color corrective experts can correct, but there are many others, including ashy color, dullness, and orange roots. We’ve seen them all and are here to help you. When you visit us, we will discuss all of the options available to you along with samples of the different shadings so that you have a better understanding of the process.
Fine Artistik Salon NYC - Best Hair Salon in NYC! 