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  1. Buttercup Honey

    How can I get out of doing her hair?

    I have done this clients hair twice. Full head of highlights and cut. The last time I did it, I spent ages, gave her a free treatment which I give to all my clients at Christmas and when I was finished her hair was fab. She just kept looking in the mirror and just kept hmmming and I felt really...
  2. Buttercup Honey

    Colour Geeks help please

    Hi all, I am doing a new client tomorrow eve and would really appreciate a second opinion please. She is between base 4 or 5 natural hair with scattered grey of 30% through back but 90% grey around hairline. Has very brassy blonde highlights growing out and reddy old tint regrowth. She says...
  3. Buttercup Honey

    Is there a secret I'm missing?

    Hi everyone, hoping some of you can help. I have a client 60% white nat base 6. She has always had bleach highlights and loves the bleah look. I have put a few lowlights through during the summer using 7/73 kp and they were lovely but I did her hair the other day again and she just wanted blech...
  4. Buttercup Honey

    Still very nervous

    Hi geeks, its been nearly two years since I got back to hairdressing after a long break of 17 years. I was working in a salon on Saturdays for about a year but found the atmosphere very tense and although it did me the world of good in some ways, it had a negative effect in others. I have a...
  5. Buttercup Honey

    Please help me pick a colour for this client

    Client is base 6, 60% grey mostly around hairline. Fine shoulder length hair. I have been using half 7/0 + half 7/4 6% koleston perfect. Thing is, she uses a garnier box colour herself between my visits and it gives her a much better shine than my koleston:( She puts it on the ends too and now...
  6. Buttercup Honey

    Colour Touch Plus question please

    Hi geeks, Please can anyone tell me if colour touch plus can be mixed with col touch? Thankyou xxx
  7. Buttercup Honey

    Dia richesse too orangey, at roots only

    Hi again, Can anyone advise what went wrong here please? Base 7 bleach highlights regrowth abot two inches. Used 8.02 and 7.23 with 9 vol diarichesse developer. Client didn't want it too dark. She happy enough but colour def has root glow:irked: Any ideas how to rectify without darkening...
  8. Buttercup Honey

    Hair up novice, any good tutorials?

    I have only recently started doing a bit of hair up but still terrified:eek: I have a regular client who needs her hair up to one side but not a bun, and curled really softly. Have been trying to google something for ages to no avail. I just need to know what way I'm going to approach it...
  9. Buttercup Honey

    Advice with colour, please

    Evening all;) Hoping someone here can help me a bit please. Client is base 6, 50-60% grey, more around hairline. Last time I used half 7/0 and half 7/4 KP, 6%. Good coverage but client feels it a bit dull and would like something bit more multi tonal I think. Its just a bit flat. Few highlights...
  10. Buttercup Honey

    Wella col fresh for pre pig, question please

    Hi geeks, hope someone can tell me that this is ok. I have a client in morning between base 6 and 7, waist length hair, bleach on about 4 inches on bottom. She wants a dark brown all over and likes all the cool browns base 6's in dia richesse chart. All I have for prepigging the bleach is...
  11. Buttercup Honey

    Strand test, left bleach on 3 hours, forgot!

    Did a strand test this morning for a teenager who has had "loads of colours" her words in her hair. Base 6 and mid lengths and ends brassy. Hair feels soft enough and she is mad for blonde highlights. Only thing I forgot all about it! Mixed blondor with 6%, applied to hair strand and then headed...
  12. Buttercup Honey

    Toni & Guy future classic DVD?

    Just got second chance offer for this on ebay. Has anyone here got it? Is it very basic or would it be suitable for refreshing cutting skills? I am a good cutter but always on the lookout to better myself:biggrin:
  13. Buttercup Honey

    Help with consultation, please

    I have been doing this clients hair for about a year now. She used to do her own colour and I was just cutting it for her. She is 100% white and the box colour she used was about base7 or 8. She then decided she did not want to use any more colours on her scalp (she fussy about fumes and has...
  14. Buttercup Honey

    Lowlight bringing up too much warmth

    Hi all, I used wella kp half 6/0 and half 7/73 on base 6/0. Lovely when done but faded up bit too warm for client. Anyone any suggestions for next time? She has no grey. Thanks x Sorry should ahve said bleach hilights in between. 2 bleach to 1 low. x
  15. Buttercup Honey

    Would you do something if you didn't like it personally?

    Hi all:p Theres a 16 year old whos hair I have been doing for over a year now. She has gone from full head highlights to darkening down and dip dyed ends. Spoke to her about her next app with me and she wants about 2 inches of red then 2 inches blonde above it on ends. I think it would look...
  16. Buttercup Honey

    Cleaning tongs?

    Have been doing a few vintage styles lately and using tongs a lot. The setting spray I'm using leaves a horrible residue on my new white tongs and is really hard to remove :0( Anyone any tricks how to clean them? Thanks x
  17. Buttercup Honey

    Tint question for brain dead me, please?

    This is a ridiculous question I know :o but I'm doing a few lowlights over a tint which I did last week on very porous hair and it just didn't cover properly (fade ends and grey). My dumb question is will it be ok to tint again 7 days later shade darker? I know A semi would be better for fade...
  18. Buttercup Honey

    Help me sort out this colour, please

    Client has nat base 6, 40% grey hair. Hair very resistant and wirery. Did her tint last time and used half 6/0 and half 7/7 and 2 inches 7/75 Wella Koleston perfect.(6%) She was happy with colour and would def not like it any darker but really liked it. All good :0) However the ends have faded...
  19. Buttercup Honey

    Client phoned me yesterday, Sunday

    Is it just me or would you be mad at a client phoning you on a Sunday? At nearly 7 in the eve, I answered my phone to a blocked number. "Hi, sorry for calling on a Sunday. I would like you to do my highlights this week?" I have never done this persons hair although she lives close by. Would...
  20. Buttercup Honey

    Really nice base 7 semi mix please

    Looking either for recommendations in wella or loreal for a really nice natural looking base 7 onto a base 6. Will use col touch or dia richesse Few old bleach highlights will also be covered. It's just that I am finding these semis coming up quite dark and client doesn't want it dark. No grey...
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