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The Hair Color Mix Book: More Than 150 Recipes for Salon-Perfect Color at Home
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Manufacturer: Collins Living
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.724
EAN: 9780060839802
ISBN: 0060839805
Label: Collins Living
Manufacturer: Collins Living
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2007-10-09
Publisher: Collins Living
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Studio: Collins Living
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For more than twenty years, Lorri Goddard–Clark has colored the hair of people from all walks of life – including everyone from teachers and homemakers to some of the most famous heads in Hollywood. But while salon professionals like Lorri can achieve truly amazing looks, the truth is that most women choose to color their hair at home. Now, for the first time in this inspiring book, Lorri shares her secret recipes for salon–worthy coloring and highlighting techniques. The Hair Color Mix Book shows how to combine tints found in readily available home hair kits to create beautiful, vibrant custom shades such as: Dark Chocolate with Deep Caramel Ribbons Toasted Cinnamon with Buttered Lights Spiced Persimmon Gingered Toffee Amber Honey Dream with Lemon Blossom Ribbons You'll also learn professional techniques such as threading, ribboning, and balayage that add a whole new level to your home colouring efforts, funky special effects like dip tipping and peek a boo punk, and insider secrets–from which new shades would be most successful with your existing hair colour, to how to make your gorgeous colour last, to how best to cover those stubborn greys ...
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Summary: Not for everyone
Comment: This book is a very fun read, and I can't wait to try a recipe or two over time. My only criticism is that there are no recipes for redheads - there is a recipe for those who want to become redheads, however if one is a natural redhead who wants to color his or her hair, I fear one is out of luck. Thankfully (in this case), I'm a brunette, so I can actually use the book. If I were a redhead I'd have been very disappointed.
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Summary: If I can use this book successfully, anyone can
Comment: I am mixed race (1/2 black, 1/2 white)with tab 3 hair (dark brown). I've used this book 3 times. Once to get the caramel color. Even though it wasn't recommended for my tab, I followed the directions *exactly* and got a beautiful color, soft and warm. Now it's winter, so I went darker, and did the milk chocolate with vanilla threads recipe. Once again, a beautiful result. Tonight I did my husband's hair, using the "Frosted Secret Sauce" on his tab 7 hair. He looks amazing, and perfectly natural. To achieve good results, this book absolutely *must* be read all the way through first. No turning straight to the recipes and jumping in headfirst. Successful hair coloring and insistence on instant gratification do not go hand in hand.
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Summary: pretty good
Comment: first, i wanted to reply to Elle, who said that she got orange hair from using the 'light blonde' dye reccomended to get 'caramel'. i also did the same thing, but with different results. though my hair didn't end up a perfect caramel, it did lighten it up nicely to a color that i've been getting lots of compliments on. i never would have used that store-bought color otherwise, as my hair is too dark to go 'light blonde'. but, since my tab was in the right section, i did. perhaps your hair was too dark or you left the color in for too long?
so, while it worked alright for me, i did find the book less than thrilling. again with the protecting your hairline, etc... very basic. i wanted insider tips, not the ABC's.
that being said, i liked all the different color options and will certainly experiment with other recipes in the book.
overall, it's a good thing to look at in the bookstore if you want new ideas, but i wouldn't exactly run out to buy it.
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Summary: Perfect
Comment: For the people who got bad results from the book, it is because they didn't carefully choose the right color for their original colored hair. You have to read the book carefully or else you will get the horrible results that they did. Like it says in the book, you have to find your OWND SHADE first. Anyways, if you read it carefully and have a little bit of imagination, it shares so many secrets. Lorri's recipes are brilliant.
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Summary: Works better in theory than practice
Comment: I have never written a review in my life - but there's a first time for everything. I agree that this is a beautifully presented book. The photos look great and it all sounds so easy. It took me 3 days and visits to several stores to get all the equipment. Now, I am sitting here with the most obscene orange hair. I have an appointment tomorrow with a color correction specialist. Who knows what that will cost or how long it will take. So much for saving money doing it yourself. Take this book with a grain of salt. Be very careful as you proceed with her "recipes". I knew something didn't feel right when she said to buy Feria #100 "very light blond" in order to get "caramel" brown. I've learned my lesson. I will stick with the salon.
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