Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's the story...
You get your colour done at the salon, you love it, you pay and you go on with your day. You get compliments at the coffee shop, your coworkers love it, and you’re feeling good.
Now, take your new colour into a bathroom, a dark room, or somewhere with multiple competing light sources and suddenly you start to think your colour has magically faded and your colourist is out to get you.
There is a reason for that and it's simple. Your lighting isn't designed with your hair colour in mind. Every light source, including daylight, affects colours differently.
To help us explain this phenomenon, Master colourist Jessica, took Autumn's hair the ashiest she could in one session to act as a blank, neutral canvas for this experiment.
Her formula:
root: 15g 5/1 colour touch + 25g 7/89 colour touch with 6 vol 2:1
melted into: 20g 9/01 + 20g 10/01 colour touch with 6 vol 2:1
In simple terms: ASH BLONDE
We can see her in several lighting scenarios all giving off a different look to her hair. The most accurate reading is in window light in the morning, where the colour looks truest to the colour formulation above.
NOW, this isn't to say that there aren't mistakes, toner issues, or formula discrepancies. No, that still happens from time to time. A great salon will gladly book you in for adjustments with the stylist to look at any issues. But 9 times out of 10, it's a lighting issue.
*Special thanks to Capital Espresso and Pastries and Crown Flora Studio for letting us use their spaces to shed some light on this topic.
*Super Special Thanks to Autumn for her help with this project! She is an interior designer in Toronto, so she understands the importance lighting has on colour.
You can find her at autumnhachey.com and check out her vintage shop @makemovesvintage on Instagram if you're in the mood for some mid-century inspo.
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Thank you to our beautiful model, Autumn Hachey, for experimenting with us! She is an interior designer from Toronto and is the owner of the amazing vintage shop @makemovesvintage. Check out her website autumnhachey.com for more.
THANK YOU for watching! If you liked this video, share it! And feel free to leave your comments and opinions below, we LOVE to hear what everyone is thinking, but remember to keep it clean.
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel, and stay tuned for updates!
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Here's the story...
You get your colour done at the salon, you love it, you pay and you go on with your day. You get compliments at the coffee shop, your coworkers love it, and you’re feeling good.
Now, take your new colour into a bathroom, a dark room, or somewhere with multiple competing light sources and suddenly you start to think your colour has magically faded and your colourist is out to get you.
There is a reason for that and it's simple. Your lighting isn't designed with your hair colour in mind. Every light source, including daylight, affects colours differently.
To help us explain this phenomenon, Master colourist Jessica, took Autumn's hair the ashiest she could in one session to act as a blank, neutral canvas for this experiment.
Her formula:
root: 15g 5/1 colour touch + 25g 7/89 colour touch with 6 vol 2:1
melted into: 20g 9/01 + 20g 10/01 colour touch with 6 vol 2:1
In simple terms: ASH BLONDE
We can see her in several lighting scenarios all giving off a different look to her hair. The most accurate reading is in window light in the morning, where the colour looks truest to the colour formulation above.
NOW, this isn't to say that there aren't mistakes, toner issues, or formula discrepancies. No, that still happens from time to time. A great salon will gladly book you in for adjustments with the stylist to look at any issues. But 9 times out of 10, it's a lighting issue.
*Special thanks to Capital Espresso and Pastries and Crown Flora Studio for letting us use their spaces to shed some light on this topic.
*Super Special Thanks to Autumn for her help with this project! She is an interior designer in Toronto, so she understands the importance lighting has on colour.
You can find her at autumnhachey.com and check out her vintage shop @makemovesvintage on Instagram if you're in the mood for some mid-century inspo.
-
-
-
-
Thank you to our beautiful model, Autumn Hachey, for experimenting with us! She is an interior designer from Toronto and is the owner of the amazing vintage shop @makemovesvintage. Check out her website autumnhachey.com for more.
THANK YOU for watching! If you liked this video, share it! And feel free to leave your comments and opinions below, we LOVE to hear what everyone is thinking, but remember to keep it clean.
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel, and stay tuned for updates!
parloursalon.com
parlour beach.
--------------------------
2086 Queen Street East.
416-699-4247
beachinfo@parloursalon.com
parlour ossington.
---------------------------------
6 Ossington Ave.
647-345-6663
ozinfo@parloursalon.com
follow us on social media.
------------------------------------------
twitter.
------------
@ParlourSalonInc
bit.ly/23mLv7g
facebook.
-----------------
bit.ly/1Z8IaaM
instagram.
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bit.ly/1SK8R5g
