 So on today's video, we're going to focus on pre-lightening, creating a shadow root, and then I'm also going to show you guys a really cool color dread technique. I want to give a huge shout out to Joyco. Thank you so much for sending me all this color so we can have some fun on this video today. So here's your video. Here we go. So today what I'm going to be doing is one of my guests, Crystal's hair. I want to share with you guys just some tips on really lightning up the root area, getting a fresh palette pretty much consistent from root to ends, and then going in and overlaying it with multiple tones so that we can create a shadow root, create some dimension and movement in the hair color, and just get a more natural effect. So I'm going to start off using the Joyco verilyte lightning powder. It's on and off the scalp. It lifts up to eight levels. Really love this lightener for lift. I'm also only using 20 volume because Crystal, I know by doing her hair in the past, it lifts really, really well. So I just use the 20 volume gets me a nice consistent lift that's not too harsh on her hair. So I paint that right on the root, pull it through just a little bit, pass that root line just to make sure I don't have any lines of demarcation, and then later on I do something else to kind of brighten up the ends because she does have previous color on the ends. We've toned her before so I want to make sure that I get her ends nice and bright as well so that we have a nice even palette to work with. So the one thing I definitely want you to focus on on this root touch up because this isn't obviously a very complicated thing, but some of the tips that I would give you guys is just make sure that you have a good consistency, a nice light consistency, not too thick on the lightener. You'll notice that when I when I mixed the lightener together and I put the developer in, I didn't really measure it because I look for consistency with it. I'm looking for a wetter feel so that when I paint it on, I do nice thin sections and then I paint the lightener on and it seeps through because it's not too thick. Also if you make the lightener too thick it dries out really fast and then you don't get the lift that you're looking for. So I put that on her hair, run that through the root and just a little bit past and then I process it for 35 minutes. And then the last step that I did that I didn't even film was I took 10 volume developer, a scoop of lightener and an ounce of shampoo, shampoo cap you could call it from back in the day. I just ran that through her ends just for a couple seconds right before I shampooed her out and that pulled out some of that old toner and got her to a consistent base. Now I'm using two different formulas for her overlay which is eight NWB and a 10 NWB. And the thing I love about that formula is the fact that I wanted to create a rich warmness kind of a hazelnut tone to her hair. I'm going to play off of the fact that she's got some yellowy tones in this pre-lightened hair and then kind of use that NWB as a warm base. So I'm doing the level eight right now throughout her root area. I want to just kind of tone that down and make it more natural looking. And then I go through and I I'll work both formulas through the mid shaft and ends. So we get multiple different dimensions. So you can see right here I'll start working one formula which will say the lighter formula because it's right around the face and want to brighten it up. So I use the 10 NWB up there and then I'll go through and I'll just kind of we used to call it color dreads because I would just kind of work different pieces of the hair to create dimension and movement. So the other thing I want you guys to understand is that I'm using a level eight and a level 10. There's not a big difference between those two levels especially because I'm using the same exact tone in each level. So but the reason I'm using it is because I want to create a natural vibe, a natural look in the hair color. So I'm using the Lumishine. This is actually the dimensional deposit. It's a brand new section in Lumishine for Joyco. So they sent me a box of the products and I really love it. Here's the things I love about it. It's all about conditioning the hair. So in Crystal's case I pre-lighten her. I like to pre-lighten her because anytime you try to paint somebody's root with hair color you get tones that you're not looking for because of the underlying pigment in her hair, in her natural hair. So I like to pre-lighten her all over and then overlay it. But what you want to make sure is when you do that kind of process that you have something going over top of it that is going to take the hair back to a healthy state because obviously pre-lightening hair can create damage. So you want to make sure that you're using products that keep the hair nice and healthy. The DD series or the dimensional deposit series from Lumishine is conditioning. It stops fading. It creates depth and dimension. It blends gray. It's great to add low lights like so many different things to be able to overlay it onto the blonde hair to help keep the hair healthy and then also create dimension and shine at the same time. So see how I'm painting all of this on. I do a lot more of the depth, the deeper color on the bottom part but you can see how both things are kind of forming in there. So you can see the color dreads. You've got the brighter tones. You've got the deeper tone, that level eight, and you can see it kind of processing through. But I just like to kind of alternate through, keep it very organic and work my way through the hair color. Again, you can see I use the lighter tone on top and then in the bottom areas where it would be a little bit darker where she wouldn't get that sunlight on her hair, I use the deeper tone. So there's our color dread technique. So you can see that. Now I'm just going to kind of work that base into her hair. Let that process for 35 minutes and then we're going to rinse her out, shampoo her, and get her ready for the style and finish. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to add in the Joico whipped foam for the style. So I'm going to saturate her mid shaft to ends and then kind of saturate it through the root a little bit, but just really pull that through. Then I'm going to brush it through her hair to make sure I get even saturation. And then I'll go through using my Ergo paddle brush and blow dry the hair to get it nice smooth and finish. Now I go through and I just use an iron to soften the hair. Then I add in the Joico finishing spray. This has got a really nice hold to it. So anytime, especially like if you're trying to get photos for Instagram and stuff or you really like a strong hold, this is a great air spray because you can really separate the pieces and really show off the style of the haircut. So you guys can see the dimension in there, movement, but it's not too crazy. I think that was the whole purpose. You can see the depth in there, but it's still an overall blonde picture. Hope you guys find tips in this video to be useful in the salon. Thank you so much for watching. See you on the next one.