How to Create Successful Single Process Blondes

How to Create Successful Single Process Blondes What do you think of when you envision a beautiful single process blonde? Do you envision a soft buttery blonde, that has a hint of golden sunshine to it, or an ice cool blonde that has that Nordic – Swedish look? These images conjure up thoughts of what I call: Successful Single Process Blondes. This is what we think will be achieved when we look at them on the color charts from the manufacturers, but the reality is usually quite different. Oranges, blondes, bold gold blondes, brassy blondes, greenish blondes and grayish blondes are many times what we end up with. And what about the client that you have been highlighting very heavily for some time now and one day says to you - “You know I like my blonde highlights so much that I think I want to go solid blonde all over”. And you figure that maybe she’s right. I mean, if a little blonde looks good, a lot of blonde should look better. So, you mix your favorite shade of blonde and put it on. In 30 minutes, you have a yellow canary"Book Antiqua"""> sitting in your chair that looks as though she has seen a ghost. To make matters worse, you suddenly discover the big black bushy eyebrows that you never realized that she had when the hair was just highlighted. All of these situations stated above are just a few of the horrors that can happen when we start to dive into the world of single process blonding. To begin with, let’s define the term Single Process Blonding. When I discuss single process blonde/blonding, I’m referring to one shade of blonde tint (not lightener, not highlights, not lowlights) that is applied to the hair from re-growth to ends. Who are the Best and Worst Candidates for Single Process Blonding Like all the haircolor that we do, we’ll always have a best and worst candidate for any particular shade and single process blonding is no different. As a matter of fact, this is one category of color where choosing the right candidate is absolutely essential in order to achieve success. And as you will soon see, there are very few really good candidates from which to choose. If you try to make a single process blonde out of anyone that is a natural level 1-6, you are going to get very warm tones and produce an orange/brassy blonde. This does not mean, however, that we cannot make them blondes in other ways, such as a double process blonde or a slightly warm single process blonde with highlights woven in to defuse the warm tones That leaves us with natural levels 7, 8, 9, 10. If you think about it, why would anyone with a natural level 9 or 10 want or need to color her hair blonde? The only reason that I can think of is if she has gray in her blonde hair and wants to re-color it blonde.yes""> This will actually be darkening, not lightening, the hair. So that leaves us with only two natural levels to chose from, 7 & 8. Yes, that’s right, believe it or not, out of all the people in the world the only clients, in my opinion, that will become beautiful, successful single process blondes are the ones that are already starting out with a light natural base color such as natural levels 7 & 8. Having said this, here is the exception to this rule - there are a few level 6 clients that you may be able to make successful single process blondes. These are clients that have very light color skin tones and light cool eye color such as light blue, light gray or light green. The light skin tones and light eye color will usually indicate that they have very light Pheomelanin (red-yellow) color pigmentation and, therefore, usually will not pull too much gold as you lighten their hair. Go ahead and give them a try. That's it for today, have a Great Week! David