The day I realized I was over-saturating my color bowls

Ngl I used to mix my color with way too much developer because I thought it made the application smoother. A client named Sarah came in for a root touch-up at my chair in Austin and her color turned out patchy. My mentor watched me mix and told me I was using almost double the liquid I needed. Has anyone else struggled with getting the right consistency on finer hair?

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simon_coleman1mo ago

Put down the bottle and back away slowly. I learned this the hard way when I was fresh out of school and tried to stretch a tube of color by adding more developer. Ended up with hair that looked like it had been tie-dyed by a blindfolded toddler. My mentor just sighed and told me I was basically painting with soup at that point. These days I measure everything with a little scale I got off Amazon, which feels ridiculous but keeps me from going rogue. Fine hair is especially unforgiving too, it just soaks up the extra liquid and laughs at you.

lisak261mo ago

Used to eyeball everything. Read this and bought a scale that afternoon @simon_coleman.