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:
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 colou...
Customer Reviews:
2 of 2 found this review helpful:
If I can use this book successfully, anyone can, 2007-12-31
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.
2 of 2 found this review helpful:
pretty good, 2007-12-18
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.
3 of 3 found this review helpful:
Perfect, 2007-11-26
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.
5 of 6 found this review helpful:
Works better in theory than practice, 2007-11-14
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.
6 of 7 found this review helpful:
I didn't learn anything from this book, 2007-11-12
As a non-professional who has nonetheless colored her hair at home for many years, I didn't feel as if I got anything new out of this. Tips like, "prepare your area" and "use a protective cream around the hairline" are so basic, you'd have to be completely new to hair color not to know that. On the other hand, I've never been bold enough to attempt my own highlighting so I read through those sections to see if it was doable.
Unfortunately, the directions for various techniques were unclear and there weren't enough pictures to show what she meant. I still feel completely in the dark about how to highlight my own hair. The colors that you have to choose from are only a few for each shade range (dark brown, light brown, dark blonde, light blonde). If the color you want is not in the book, she won't show you how to achieve it. Also, your hair has to be virgin (not already colored) to follow her recipes. She does not even go into different options for coloring hair such as semi-permanent, demi-permanent, etc.. All recipes are for permanent hair color. I've actually learned quite a bit more about hair color reading and researching on the internet than by reading this book.
Overall, I am disappointed. At least the book makes a nice coffee table book for your girlfriend's to look through and I would recommend it to anyone who is completely new to coloring hair as it is definitely meant for the novice (except for the highlighting and advanced techniques which are suited only to professional stylists). Don't expect to find even a very basic explanation of the color wheel or underlying pigments. Overall, not what I expected. I was really hoping to find insider secrets but did not find them here.
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