Depth, tone, underlying pigment, peroxide strengths, toners, corrections: in the textbook it is all words and numbers. Here every topic fits on one page, with a drawing that shows what is happening in the hair. 70 illustrated pages, from the cuticle to colour correction.
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One topic per page, a drawing that shows what happens in the hair and short boxes with what you need to remember. Have a look inside:
You learnt it by heart: violet for yellow, blue for orange, green for red. Then the client sits down in your chair...
...and in that moment you cannot remember which one cancels which. They were just colours on a list.
Here, neutralising fits on one page: each pair from the colour wheel beside the hair it puts right. A violet tone takes the yellow out of a pale blonde, a blue-based ash calms orange, a green-based matt tone dulls unwanted red.
And behind it sits one rule: neutralising does not lighten. It only turns an unwanted tone into a neutral one at the same depth.
First you understand the rule. The right formula follows.
The hair, the theory, the mix and putting it right, with revision tables at the back: 70 pages, all illustrated
Picture this:
Instead of rereading the chapter and still not knowing what to mix for a natural 5 who wants a warm copper blonde...
...you see the formula worked through: two shades of lift from 5 to 7, the yellow-orange pigment that shows at 7, a copper-gold 7.43 that works with that warmth instead of fighting it, and 30 vol if the technical guide of the range agrees.
And depth, peroxide strengths, pre-pigmentation and the stages of lightening become diagrams you can read at a glance. You stop memorising and start understanding.
That is exactly what Hair Colour Made Visual does.
It is not “just another textbook”. It is 4 parts and 58 illustrated chapters, with revision tables and the common mistakes, each with its cause and correction, at the back.
Because what your brain sees organised, it remembers.
Cuticle, cortex and medulla, the two kinds of melanin, depth from 1 to 10, white hair and its percentage, porosity, elasticity, texture and density, regrowth and ends, and what the hair has already had: colour, lightener, henna or metallic salts.
The colour wheel, primary, secondary and tertiary, opposites that cancel out, neutralising a little at a time, underlying pigment, the International Colour Chart, the tones one by one, and why tint does not lift tint.
Types of colour, hydrogen peroxide in volume and per cent, mixing ratios with the sums done, four questions for every formula, covering white, pre-softening, pre-pigmentation, lighteners, toning, cool blondes, highlights and the skin, strand and incompatibility tests.
Gone orange, yellow or green, too red, too dark, not lifted, hot roots, banding and patches, seepage and staining, white still showing, fading colour, brassiness that creeps back and when not to colour.
At the back, the revision tables: depth and underlying pigment, tones and what cancels them, hydrogen peroxide strength by strength, gone wrong with cause and correction, and the book in twenty lines.
Worth: £17
The consultation, step by step: the questions to ask, how to record skin and strand test results, what to do after a positive skin test, and printable record cards.
Worth: £14
Printable cards to keep at the mirror: a depth and pigment scale, a tone chart and a peroxide guide, for a quick check while you mix.
Total value: £57.99
Your price:
£19.99
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One topic per illustrated page to understand colour theory and revise it for your Level 2 or Level 3 assessments.
Depth, peroxide, toning and corrections drawn clearly, so you can build your formulas with more confidence.
Why blondes go yellow, how to cover white hair, how to go much darker without it turning green: the reason behind every rule.
£57.99
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Right after you buy, you get an email with Hair Colour Made Visual as a high-resolution PDF, to read on your phone or print. The two free books, The Consultation and Record Card and Mirror Cards for the Colour Station, are sent to you by email too.
No. One payment of £19.99. No subscription, no monthly fee.
For learners on a hairdressing course, for stylists already in a salon who want to formulate with more confidence, and for anyone who wants to really understand colour. Have a look at the contents above.
No. The book starts from the hair and its depth and works up to corrections, one page at a time.
No. It explains depth, tones, peroxide and techniques without naming brands: you use the products you have, and your brand's shade chart and technical guide always have the last word.
No. It is written for learners on Level 2 and Level 3 hairdressing courses, such as NVQ, VTCT and City & Guilds programmes, and follows them in spirit, but it is not endorsed by any of them or by any colour manufacturer.
No. It is study material, to understand colour and revise it. Your course and the manufacturer's instructions always come first. Always do the skin test 48 hours before, exactly as the manufacturer's instructions say, and a strand test; if there is a reaction, do not colour and advise the client to see a doctor or pharmacist.
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own use. The PDFs are high resolution.
You have 30 days: if a file will not open, if the content is not what this page describes, if you were charged twice or the download never arrived, write to us and we will refund you.
You do not have to reread the textbook a fifth time hoping it finally sinks in.
You do not have to learn shade numbers by heart without knowing what they mean.
And you certainly do not have to find out at the basin that the colour has come out wrong.
There is an easier way. And it is one click away.
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