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IG: RokkitCristy (Now Qualified)
Hello. So basically my sister asked me to do this hair. I was doing it at home and so there was no access to a basin (I have just bought a portable basin over this actually)
In consultation we discussed;
- the colours I had (I didnt haven time to get more as she needed it by a certain time and it has been christmas season)
- her wanting dark roots and not quite as bright as fire angine red.
- Some light beliaging techniques
- the treatment I would be using
- How I would want her to wash her hair (this didn't work out well)
- Wanted a subtle beliage
She came in with this;
So first I did 4 foils shifted in the back, 2 on each side and 1 at the top of the head with thick weaving as a beliage technique with Bleach and 10 vol. Her ends processed to a level 9 and even some parts to a level 10.
I did her roots with 3.0 and told her to wash it out quickly and if it stained the foils then shampoo it out. She came out of the shower with her ends being blue. So I clarified it out of the ends in the kitchen sink.
After that I dried her hair off and coloured her ends with a RED pigment booster and 10 vol.
After that had processed she washed it out and I used Helis gold to treat her hair. I left that in for the duration of her cut.
Following that she complained saying all my hard work was making her hair not look right. This was the result (please note that this was incandecent lighting at 1am so the colour isn't as vibrant in the images);
Now I'm a still training. I do seem to be interested in colour and finished this at 1am in the morning after workign all day. I love doing hair but I was very clear on where I could get her. She has since started showing me images of hair she wants that are all dark base, red hair... but different tones and different levels. Some have longer beliage. Some have shorter beliage. Some have more of a root stretch and some dont. I mean I'm starting to feel she has an unacheivable idea and I am not sure how I can communicate with her on how this is.
Here are some of the examples of hair she is now sending;
So I have told her I can do more to her hair again. She doesn't want me to refoil as she feels foiling is unnessersary and makes the process too way long. I have told her I could stretch the root out but she is not understanding how the process works. I also asked her about the colours and explained one of these images has more plum tones and she sees it as black and basically is saying that isn't right and I'm seeing the wrong thing. I know I can achive the second photo easily with the use of some foiling and more root stretch whilst also boosting the colour because I know my skill.The first image, I would be worried for her hair.
I am paying everything out of my own pocket as I am an apprentice. I don't hate being able to practice at home but I do feel that I am struggling with the communication side on her end. I feel like I am struggling to get her to understand that to achieve any of the ideas she has had I need to be given full realm of steps to take. She feels its a process that shouldn't take too long when in reality we all know that isn't the case.
How do you guys get clients to understand the process of how long a colour can take? I only took 3 hours including cut, style and treatment all up which is similar timing for what my colleagues do for this process.
In consultation we discussed;
- the colours I had (I didnt haven time to get more as she needed it by a certain time and it has been christmas season)
- her wanting dark roots and not quite as bright as fire angine red.
- Some light beliaging techniques
- the treatment I would be using
- How I would want her to wash her hair (this didn't work out well)
- Wanted a subtle beliage
She came in with this;
So first I did 4 foils shifted in the back, 2 on each side and 1 at the top of the head with thick weaving as a beliage technique with Bleach and 10 vol. Her ends processed to a level 9 and even some parts to a level 10.
I did her roots with 3.0 and told her to wash it out quickly and if it stained the foils then shampoo it out. She came out of the shower with her ends being blue. So I clarified it out of the ends in the kitchen sink.
After that I dried her hair off and coloured her ends with a RED pigment booster and 10 vol.
After that had processed she washed it out and I used Helis gold to treat her hair. I left that in for the duration of her cut.
Following that she complained saying all my hard work was making her hair not look right. This was the result (please note that this was incandecent lighting at 1am so the colour isn't as vibrant in the images);
Now I'm a still training. I do seem to be interested in colour and finished this at 1am in the morning after workign all day. I love doing hair but I was very clear on where I could get her. She has since started showing me images of hair she wants that are all dark base, red hair... but different tones and different levels. Some have longer beliage. Some have shorter beliage. Some have more of a root stretch and some dont. I mean I'm starting to feel she has an unacheivable idea and I am not sure how I can communicate with her on how this is.
Here are some of the examples of hair she is now sending;
So I have told her I can do more to her hair again. She doesn't want me to refoil as she feels foiling is unnessersary and makes the process too way long. I have told her I could stretch the root out but she is not understanding how the process works. I also asked her about the colours and explained one of these images has more plum tones and she sees it as black and basically is saying that isn't right and I'm seeing the wrong thing. I know I can achive the second photo easily with the use of some foiling and more root stretch whilst also boosting the colour because I know my skill.The first image, I would be worried for her hair.
I am paying everything out of my own pocket as I am an apprentice. I don't hate being able to practice at home but I do feel that I am struggling with the communication side on her end. I feel like I am struggling to get her to understand that to achieve any of the ideas she has had I need to be given full realm of steps to take. She feels its a process that shouldn't take too long when in reality we all know that isn't the case.
How do you guys get clients to understand the process of how long a colour can take? I only took 3 hours including cut, style and treatment all up which is similar timing for what my colleagues do for this process.