 what's up guys welcome to today's vlog so what we're gonna do is I'm gonna start off this vlog just telling you guys about a couple things the first thing is I announced the contest on the last vlog that was gonna give away the palmatial neuro angle iron now that giveaway is gonna happen this week so if you'd like to join in on that contest all you have to do is post in the comments below right in this video and say that you would like to get the iron tell me why you want the iron and so on so forth so what we're gonna be going over today in the video is I'm gonna do a block coloring technique for you guys and then also finish it with a really unique hair cutting technique that's gonna create a lot of texture we're also gonna cut a straight bang and it's gonna be on longer hair so I think the combination of all those things you guys will be able to use in the salon the block coloring technique that we did I took a mannequin that had really yellow blonde hair so basically the scenario that I'm looking at in this video is when you have that guest it's been kind of over processed is super blonde you want to take them down add a little bit of dimension to their color this is a great technique for that so we did a block color technique which is basically adding different shapes to create movement and depth within the hair color so this is the mannequin that we used you can see underneath here you can see some of these deeper tones that we created I wanted this to have a more earthy feel to it I use palmatial Demi hair color now the reason I chose Demi hair color is because it's got a nice opaque feel but it's also not permanent and any time I'm putting color on blonde hair I never want to use permanent hair color because I don't want to have to color over that to try to lighten it later on so the colors that I chose for this technique are all about creating depth and more earthy tones I think you guys are gonna like the color technique and then also remember I got a bonus hair cutting technique coming up at the end of the video as well so I hope you guys like the video make sure you subscribe to this channel right away so you never miss the new videos that I'm coming out with all the time let's get started with this step-by-step video here we go all right guys so we're gonna start off by mixing palmatial the Demi 7PA with palmatials processing liquid so that the reason I wanted to do the 7PA it's an ashier tone so it's gonna have a little bit more depth to it you can actually see on this chart how deep it is so it's a great color to overlay on blonde hair to add that depth so I did that mixed it two ounces to two ounces equal parts palmatial sent me this 20th anniversary sparkly bowl so I figured I'd show you guys that so I put that in and I mix it up with my brush and then my second formula is gonna be the 9MT which is their matte series it's got a little bit of a green undertone and then the 7N which is a natural tone natural brown so I put that in as well so I do equal parts of the 7N and the 9MT I'm looking for a level 8 that's about where the mannequin is anyways so really what I was trying to do is just take that kind of yellowy tone of the blonde and give it a little more of an earthy feel to it so I mix that up and then I start my sectioning my sectioning is pretty simple it's just using a lot of different triangles and circles so I take a circle right out of the crown area and just follow that completely around this is going to be based on the density so if you think about how a circle is going to fall over the head it's going to fall kind of overlaying everything so that's going to be my lightest tone that level 9 level 7 in there then I go through I draw a diagonal backline to the ear and then I draw a diagonal forward line from the back of the circle and just meet it about an inch above the ear then I draw another diagonal backline and then another diagonal forward line so I'm creating different triangles that intersect with each other and the reason I like doing that with this block color technique is it kind of it mixes every tone together without creating a stripey effect so as opposed to doing something more vertical straps or something like that you'd get really stripey color this overlays using more diagonal patterns diagonal partings and that's going to give you a more diffused look so right around the circles where I start I paint the first triangle with my 7PA you can see that purple kind of deep base to it it's going to be really ashy tone I love this formula also for anyone that you're trying to kill that real warm brassy tone in hair color you just put this on there work it through I use the permanent color back at the sink for maybe even like five to ten minutes on wet hair and it takes that warmth out as well but it is pretty deep so just be aware of that now I go in with my level 8 which is the mixture of the 9 and the 7 and I put that right along the face so I wanted to keep it nice and brighter on the face I don't want that the deep darker tone coming through the other thing about block coloring that I think a lot of people should understand is that it can look a little stripey if you don't pick tones that compliment each other and are also really far in level difference so right now I'm working with a level 7 and a level 8 so there's not going to be a big difference in the hair color so that's just going to give me movement but it's not going to really show up like wow look at all those different triangle shapes that he put in the head so I like this for keeping it nice and subtle you could also do it levels 4 and 5 if you wanted to create some dimension I think that block coloring is really cool because it's a technique that you can use on any guest that comes in the salon to create more movement and more natural look to their hair as opposed to just painting their hair all one color so definitely try this technique try it with all different levels not just with blonde so you can see I definitely wanted that deeper color at the the very bottom and again it's not like I'm putting a level 3 at the bottom and then painting the top of 10 so it's not going to make it a dated look it's just giving it that depth it's it's like if the Sun came down and naturally lightened her hair it would lighten the top the most and then by the time it got to the underneath it would be a much deeper tone because the Sun doesn't get to it so it's this is why it's a natural look to it so finishing up that's the 7PA as well I put the level 8 in between there to kind of break it up and then around the face and the bangs I do the level 8 as well so again this doesn't take much longer but I would charge about 20 $30 more because I'm going in and artistically putting in the different placement does take me maybe 10 more minutes to do this type of application so it makes it worth it to just charge a little bit extra money and your guest is getting the full benefit of a more natural look on her hair so just finishing up on the top I'm going to paint that also the level 8 so we'll just work my way through there I paint all the way around the circle first and then I just take vertical straps across and work small sections because obviously this is also the most important part it's the thing that's going to veil over the whole look so you want to make sure you get everything fully saturated with the color. The thing I like about the Demi it does seem to I haven't used it a lot because I use PM shines for for a very long time this is a newer product with Paul Mitchell maybe a year or two but I really love the opaque-ness I if that's a word of this color I love the coverage that I get but also the wet feel of it it saturates the hair really really well so I never really have a problem getting it saturated and having any spots on the hair so that is the technique so I'll spin around you can see all those different sections create that dimension now we're going to pop right into the haircut so we've already smoothed it I've already done all of that work if you guys want to see any smoothing videos check out the other ones that we've done so I go through this girl how to bang already but I wanted to bring it up give it a little bit more of a hard line to it and also get it out of her eyes so what I do for that technique and you can also see the color popping through there is I lift the hair up with my scissor the tip of my scissor I'm using the Mizutani puffin dry cutting scissor I really like this one for obviously dry cutting but having a different scissor for dry cutting is so important because it keeps your scissor from getting dull and also if you look at the puffin has super thick blades which makes it really strong for dry cutting as well so I lift the hair up with the tip of the scissor I place it in the comb and then I go through and I cut my blunt line then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go through and do a technique called stroking and what I do is I start the mid shaft and I slide my hand out and I create all these different layers and texture within the cut what that's gonna do is open up the top part of the haircut and expose that underneath depth that we created with the 7PA so that's really my goal is just to go through this and use the stroking technique to create kind of not uniform layers more textured layers and expose that depth and show off the peaceiness of the cut now what I'm doing for this cut I'm going to show you guys the breakdown of the stroking technique in a second but my over direction is coming right in front of the face so you'll see how those layers kind of start to work their way a little bit longer towards the back so I go straight out from the head and bring everything to a stationary guide at that point now here's the stroking technique a little bit slower you can see I come down I close on the hair and I release it up and kind of throw that hair off of it that's basically the easiest way to do it I have my thumb halfway in the scissor so I'm not trying to hike my elbow up too high and I just let the scissor kind of bounce down onto the hair and close as I hit down and release up you could also elevate this way up and do a really deep point cutting technique but I just like the stroking technique I think it looks cool and it's also it gives me that kind of more lived-in result than point cutting does so same thing vertical parting and then I over direct everything right to the side of the head to the eye in the front and that's going to give me that push of weight towards the back this is the Paul Mitchell neon sugar dry cleanse and sugar dry conditioner these are two new products from Paul Mitchell I'm not going to use them on this mannequin but I do think for this kind of look or something that's looking for texture this line of products is really great and also the sugar tease it's a texture and hold spray so it does have a little bit of a wet delivery and a pretty firm hold what I realized when I was spraying it in there so what I did I really love the texture it gives the hair so I spray it in and then what I do is I brush the product through and that kind of broke it up and then when I put my hands into it the texture really comes to life so I liked that you could if you like a firmer spray you could just leave it the way it was as well but also check out that depth in the different movement that you get from the hair color I hope you guys like that look I hope you guys can use this in the salon let me know if you have questions in the comments below here is our finished result thank you so much for watching I'll see you on the next video thanks all right guys like always if you like the video and you liked this color technique and cut then make sure you hit that like button also subscribe to this channel if you have not done that already I would really love to have you part of this community I'd love to hear your comments below as well so we can start up that conversation and one other thing I want to mention to you guys before I go is that Paul Mitchell is having a hair coloring contest on the internet go to color outside the lines dot Paul Mitchell dot com and you can get all the details on there but they're doing a natural makeover contest and also a creative makeover contest the thing it's awesome about this contest is that you get to win tickets to their big hair show in Las Vegas called the gathering it's something I love going to I will be there this year so hopefully we can meet each other but all you have to do to enter the contest is go to color outside the lines dot Paul Mitchell dot com you'll get all the information and you can submit all of your work and everything to it so go check it out I'll link in the description below also don't forget to go to free salon education dot com to get any of these tools combs clips scissors all that stuff you want to purchase and we have tons and tons of more free salon education videos on there that you can watch for free so go check out free salon education dot com thank you guys so much for the support I appreciate all of you and I will see you guys on the next video thanks