20 Times This Hairdresser Encouraged Women To Ditch The Hair Dye And Embrace Their Natural Grey Hair (New Pics)
This hairstylist is an absolute magician when it comes to grey hair.
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When it comes to greying hair, a lot of people choose to hide it by using dye. However, dyeing your hair is time consuming and expensive as you need rather frequent touch-ups. That's why embracing your natural hair color is often the most sensible option - and hairstylist Jack Martin wants to encourage women to do just that.
The hairstylist regularly shares the incredible grey hair transformations that he does on his clients, and the results are simply stunning. See this hair magician at work in the gallery below, and if you want more, make sure to read our earlier articles here and here!
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Some ladies have heavy grey around their front hair line only the same as this beautiful client of mine so just frame her face with silver strands to blend her hair line grey roots with the length of the hair in an artistic way, this method wouldn’t take a very long time just about 3-4 hours and client will leave very happy. I used @guytang_mydentity shadow roots with 10 vol to tone her hair to match her natural charcoal roots then I created front grey strands to match her roots as well and baby silver highlights in the crown area for a better blending using @oligopro extra blonde with 20 vol and @olaplex for 40 minutes then toned with @wellahairusa blondor toner pale platinum with 6 vol for 20 minutes, Shampoo, cut and style
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This gorgeous client came to see me from Salt Lake City, she has naturally red head and she was coloring her hair red for years, she started getting grey and wanted to embrace het grey and stop coloring her hair completely. I tried to give her strawberry icy blonde silver to match her roots pattern and as you see in the photos she looks amazingly beautiful.
Products used:
Lightener: @redken flash light with 20 vol in foils
Toners: 1- to cancel some of the red stands that left out of foils and make it more of strawberry blonde I used redken gel lacquers 8NA with 10 vol developer.
2- to cancel the yellow used redken shade eq 3/4 10T + 1/4 10 VV with equal amount processing solution. Total service time: 7 hours
Image source: jackmartincolorist
Image source: jackmartincolorist
Lots of people wonder why I don’t over-style the hair for the after photo. I like the after style to be simple, natural, something that the client can do at home, I am a big fan of the round brush, not a fan of the curling iron or flat iron, if you master the round brush you can do wonders for the hair. I convinced lots of clients to switch from hot tools to a simple round brush and a dryer and they agree with me that their hair feels much healthier and their color stays for a longer time. If you ever have to use hot tools make sure to use heat protectant and lower your heat settings to less than 350
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A lot of people, stylists, and clients always ask me to post a photo of how my silver transformations look like after a few weeks or months, this beautiful client came to me for a silver transformation over 3 months ago then came back last week for toner and trim. The client was extremely happy with the way it’s holding, it looked very natural and you can’t see any line of demarcation between her natural roots and the rest of her hair that has been worked on previously, she got lots of compliments but she followed carefully all maintenance steps I asked her to do, purple shampoo, shampoo once a week with cold water, eliminate the use of hot tools, use a deep conditioning mask once a week, use @k18hair leave-in repair mask. I hope this post answers a lot of people’s concerns about the upkeeps and the fading process. I will do another post to explain the formula I used for toning
Image source: jackmartincolorist
Image source: jackmartincolorist
This beautiful client came to me with 4 inches of natural roots and a very dark 6 inches band and brassy middle to ends. I started the long process by cutting the hair about an inch from length and 2 inches from layers , then I used redken City Beats Color Remover to lighten the dark band, I was able to get it up to level 7 copper blonde, then I lightened the whole head starting from where her gray roots starts in foils using @redken flash light and 20 vol developer leaving her gray roots out for about 3 hours by taking random strands ( more stands in foils than leaving out hair) in foils in thin sections based on the pattern of her grey roots for better blending until I reached level 10 pale yellow blonde, at the same time all the hair that was left outside the foils ( which is very little ) I colored it with redken gel lacquers 7AB ( moon stone) mixed with 10 vol for about 30 min to create that salt and pepper look , during processing I had to open each foil and reapply a new lightener mixture to warm areas, then rinsed hair, toned with @redken shade eq 3/4 oz 10T + 1/4oz 10P mixed with processing solution for 20 minuets to cancel all the yellow from the hair, shampooed and conditioned, styled with round brushes.
Total service: 10 hours
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This beautiful client came to see me from Seattle Washington. I didn’t expect her hair to be a level 4 dark brown, when I did the consultation via text her hair appeared to be lighter.
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Dark boxed to white silver. This beautiful client came to me from Scottsdale AZ seeking white silver color to blend and match her natural white roots so she can stop coloring her hair dark color, total service was 8 hours, one day, one session. I started the long process by cutting about 2 inches of the length and gave her layered bob because I always believed in building the house then paint it, then I started removing the artificial dye using @joico color eraser for 20 minutes , then I bleach the whole head starting from where her gray roots starts in foils by taking very thin sections using @redken flashlight lightener with 20 vol for 4 hours, after hour and half I reopened each foil and reapplied a new lightener mixture on the warm areas until I reached the lightest pale blonde, rinsed hair, then toned with @pravana 10.07 mixed with zero lift developer for 30 minutes. shampooed, style with round brushes
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This beautiful client had almost black hair with lots of damaged areas due to previous over processed highlights that has been covered again with black color. Goal is to give her icy blonde color to blend with her 80% grey roots. First I cut about 3 inches from the bottom and relayered around the face. Then used @matrix color eraser to lift the hair to a level 8 golden blonde, then I lightened the previously colored areas by taking thin sections In foils using @lanzahaircare l'anza cream decolorizer which is an amazing lightener with an oil base that will condition the hair while it’s lifting it, mixed with 20 vol for 3 hours until I reached my desired light level. Rinsed hair then toned with @matrix color sync sheer acidic toner steel with 6 vol developer for 20 min, rinsed, Shampoo, condition and style with round brushes. Total service time is 8H.
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Image source: jackmartincolorist
Warm brassy brown to ash blonde Balayage. For this transformation I used @schwarzkopfusa blondMe with 20 volume to create my balayage strands using a combination of back combing technique slicing and babay highlights roots to bottom for the face framing until I reached level 10 pale blonde, while blonde processing I used @schwarzkopfusa igora royal 7.1 on the rest of the hair that was left outside the foils to tone the Cooper brown to more natural to ash brown. Rinsed hair and toned blondMe ice toner with 7 vol cancel all the yellow tone in the blonde strands. Style with round brushes. Total time for this transformation was 5 hour
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For this beautiful transformation, I used @schwarzkopfusa blondMe bond enforcing lightener with 20 vol by taking very thin see-through sections in foils leaving her natural roots untouched, after about 75 minutes I remixed another fresh lightener mixture and reapplied on the stubborn warm areas until I got an even lift pale yellow blonde level 10. Rinsed hair and toned with 3/4 igora royal absolute silver mixed with 1/4 blondMe lilac mixed with 7 vol blondMe cream developer for 30 minutes.
Image source: jackmartincolorist
Image source: jackmartincolorist
This beautiful client drove from Arizona to come for a complete transformation. For this transformation I started by cutting the hair and layer it to get it ready for coloring, I then used @schwarzkopfusa blondMe with 20 volume to create my balayage strands using a combination of backcombing technique slicing and baby highlights roots to bottom in foils until I reached level 10 pale blonde. Rinsed hair and toned blondMe ice toner with 7 vol cancel all the yellow tone in the blonde strands. Style with round brushes. The total time for this transformation was 6 hours.
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This beautiful client came to me Northern California with hair that had multi different light and dark brassy colors, she was seeking gray silver ashy color to blend and match her gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair every 3-4 weeks, total service was 8 hours and one session, I started the long process by cutting her length about 3 inches with layers and face framing, then I weaved the whole head starting from where her gray roots starts in foils using @redken flash lift power 9 with 20 vol leaving her gray roots out for about 4 hours by foiling the hair based on her root gray pattern very thin sections for faster and even lifting until I reached level 10 pale yellow blonde, at the same time all the hair that was left outside the foils I colored it with redken gels 1/2 5AB + 1/2 7Ab mixed with 10 vol for about 30 min to create that salt and pepper look. I Then rinsed hair, toned with @redken shade eq 1/2 oz 9b + 1/2 oz 9v mixed with 2oz Cristal clear and 3 oz of processing solution for 20 minuets, rinsed, shampooed, conditioned, styled with round brushes.
Total service: 8 hours
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Image source: jackmartincolorist
This transformation took about 9 hours, one session. The before hair was extremely stubborn and fragile but with patience, skills and good products I was able to do it
Image source: jackmartincolorist
Image source: jackmartincolorist
When fixing damaged hair color it’s very important to take very thin sections, then you can easily use a lower volume developer and no heat at all, that will save the hair integrity tremendously and the blending will become seamless.
Products used for this transformation.
Lightener: blondMe bond enforcing up to 9 with 20 vol.
Toner: BlondMe 3/4 steel blue with 1/4 lilac mixed with 6 vol.
low lights: igora royal slate grey mixed with 6 vol.
Total time: 6 hours.
#1
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Some ladies have heavy grey around their front hair line only the same as this beautiful client of mine so just frame her face with silver strands to blend her hair line grey roots with the length of the hair in an artistic way, this method wouldn’t take a very long time just about 3-4 hours and client will leave very happy. I used @guytang_mydentity shadow roots with 10 vol to tone her hair to match her natural charcoal roots then I created front grey strands to match her roots as well and baby silver highlights in the crown area for a better blending using @oligopro extra blonde with 20 vol and @olaplex for 40 minutes then toned with @wellahairusa blondor toner pale platinum with 6 vol for 20 minutes, Shampoo, cut and style
#2
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This gorgeous client came to see me from Salt Lake City, she has naturally red head and she was coloring her hair red for years, she started getting grey and wanted to embrace het grey and stop coloring her hair completely. I tried to give her strawberry icy blonde silver to match her roots pattern and as you see in the photos she looks amazingly beautiful.
Products used:
Lightener: @redken flash light with 20 vol in foils
Toners: 1- to cancel some of the red stands that left out of foils and make it more of strawberry blonde I used redken gel lacquers 8NA with 10 vol developer.
2- to cancel the yellow used redken shade eq 3/4 10T + 1/4 10 VV with equal amount processing solution. Total service time: 7 hours
#3
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#4
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Lots of people wonder why I don’t over-style the hair for the after photo. I like the after style to be simple, natural, something that the client can do at home, I am a big fan of the round brush, not a fan of the curling iron or flat iron, if you master the round brush you can do wonders for the hair. I convinced lots of clients to switch from hot tools to a simple round brush and a dryer and they agree with me that their hair feels much healthier and their color stays for a longer time. If you ever have to use hot tools make sure to use heat protectant and lower your heat settings to less than 350
#5
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A lot of people, stylists, and clients always ask me to post a photo of how my silver transformations look like after a few weeks or months, this beautiful client came to me for a silver transformation over 3 months ago then came back last week for toner and trim. The client was extremely happy with the way it’s holding, it looked very natural and you can’t see any line of demarcation between her natural roots and the rest of her hair that has been worked on previously, she got lots of compliments but she followed carefully all maintenance steps I asked her to do, purple shampoo, shampoo once a week with cold water, eliminate the use of hot tools, use a deep conditioning mask once a week, use @k18hair leave-in repair mask. I hope this post answers a lot of people’s concerns about the upkeeps and the fading process. I will do another post to explain the formula I used for toning
#6
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#7
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This beautiful client came to me with 4 inches of natural roots and a very dark 6 inches band and brassy middle to ends. I started the long process by cutting the hair about an inch from length and 2 inches from layers , then I used redken City Beats Color Remover to lighten the dark band, I was able to get it up to level 7 copper blonde, then I lightened the whole head starting from where her gray roots starts in foils using @redken flash light and 20 vol developer leaving her gray roots out for about 3 hours by taking random strands ( more stands in foils than leaving out hair) in foils in thin sections based on the pattern of her grey roots for better blending until I reached level 10 pale yellow blonde, at the same time all the hair that was left outside the foils ( which is very little ) I colored it with redken gel lacquers 7AB ( moon stone) mixed with 10 vol for about 30 min to create that salt and pepper look , during processing I had to open each foil and reapply a new lightener mixture to warm areas, then rinsed hair, toned with @redken shade eq 3/4 oz 10T + 1/4oz 10P mixed with processing solution for 20 minuets to cancel all the yellow from the hair, shampooed and conditioned, styled with round brushes.
Total service: 10 hours
#8
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This beautiful client came to see me from Seattle Washington. I didn’t expect her hair to be a level 4 dark brown, when I did the consultation via text her hair appeared to be lighter.
#9
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Dark boxed to white silver. This beautiful client came to me from Scottsdale AZ seeking white silver color to blend and match her natural white roots so she can stop coloring her hair dark color, total service was 8 hours, one day, one session. I started the long process by cutting about 2 inches of the length and gave her layered bob because I always believed in building the house then paint it, then I started removing the artificial dye using @joico color eraser for 20 minutes , then I bleach the whole head starting from where her gray roots starts in foils by taking very thin sections using @redken flashlight lightener with 20 vol for 4 hours, after hour and half I reopened each foil and reapplied a new lightener mixture on the warm areas until I reached the lightest pale blonde, rinsed hair, then toned with @pravana 10.07 mixed with zero lift developer for 30 minutes. shampooed, style with round brushes
#10
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This beautiful client had almost black hair with lots of damaged areas due to previous over processed highlights that has been covered again with black color. Goal is to give her icy blonde color to blend with her 80% grey roots. First I cut about 3 inches from the bottom and relayered around the face. Then used @matrix color eraser to lift the hair to a level 8 golden blonde, then I lightened the previously colored areas by taking thin sections In foils using @lanzahaircare l'anza cream decolorizer which is an amazing lightener with an oil base that will condition the hair while it’s lifting it, mixed with 20 vol for 3 hours until I reached my desired light level. Rinsed hair then toned with @matrix color sync sheer acidic toner steel with 6 vol developer for 20 min, rinsed, Shampoo, condition and style with round brushes. Total service time is 8H.
#11
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#12
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Warm brassy brown to ash blonde Balayage. For this transformation I used @schwarzkopfusa blondMe with 20 volume to create my balayage strands using a combination of back combing technique slicing and babay highlights roots to bottom for the face framing until I reached level 10 pale blonde, while blonde processing I used @schwarzkopfusa igora royal 7.1 on the rest of the hair that was left outside the foils to tone the Cooper brown to more natural to ash brown. Rinsed hair and toned blondMe ice toner with 7 vol cancel all the yellow tone in the blonde strands. Style with round brushes. Total time for this transformation was 5 hour
#13
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For this beautiful transformation, I used @schwarzkopfusa blondMe bond enforcing lightener with 20 vol by taking very thin see-through sections in foils leaving her natural roots untouched, after about 75 minutes I remixed another fresh lightener mixture and reapplied on the stubborn warm areas until I got an even lift pale yellow blonde level 10. Rinsed hair and toned with 3/4 igora royal absolute silver mixed with 1/4 blondMe lilac mixed with 7 vol blondMe cream developer for 30 minutes.
#14
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#15
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This beautiful client drove from Arizona to come for a complete transformation. For this transformation I started by cutting the hair and layer it to get it ready for coloring, I then used @schwarzkopfusa blondMe with 20 volume to create my balayage strands using a combination of backcombing technique slicing and baby highlights roots to bottom in foils until I reached level 10 pale blonde. Rinsed hair and toned blondMe ice toner with 7 vol cancel all the yellow tone in the blonde strands. Style with round brushes. The total time for this transformation was 6 hours.
#16
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This beautiful client came to me Northern California with hair that had multi different light and dark brassy colors, she was seeking gray silver ashy color to blend and match her gray roots so she can stop coloring her hair every 3-4 weeks, total service was 8 hours and one session, I started the long process by cutting her length about 3 inches with layers and face framing, then I weaved the whole head starting from where her gray roots starts in foils using @redken flash lift power 9 with 20 vol leaving her gray roots out for about 4 hours by foiling the hair based on her root gray pattern very thin sections for faster and even lifting until I reached level 10 pale yellow blonde, at the same time all the hair that was left outside the foils I colored it with redken gels 1/2 5AB + 1/2 7Ab mixed with 10 vol for about 30 min to create that salt and pepper look. I Then rinsed hair, toned with @redken shade eq 1/2 oz 9b + 1/2 oz 9v mixed with 2oz Cristal clear and 3 oz of processing solution for 20 minuets, rinsed, shampooed, conditioned, styled with round brushes.
Total service: 8 hours
#17
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#18
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This transformation took about 9 hours, one session. The before hair was extremely stubborn and fragile but with patience, skills and good products I was able to do it
#19
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#20
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When fixing damaged hair color it’s very important to take very thin sections, then you can easily use a lower volume developer and no heat at all, that will save the hair integrity tremendously and the blending will become seamless.
Products used for this transformation.
Lightener: blondMe bond enforcing up to 9 with 20 vol.
Toner: BlondMe 3/4 steel blue with 1/4 lilac mixed with 6 vol.
low lights: igora royal slate grey mixed with 6 vol.
Total time: 6 hours.DE
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