What Brand of haircolor Do You Use?

A question that I am asked again and again is: what brand of hair color do you use in the salon? Although I do think that a top quality luxury brand of hair color can make a difference in your final product, to me a great hair colorist could work with almost any brand of hair color and still have a beautiful result. I think that when people have had a bad experience with haircolor they assume that it must be due to a brand of inferior haircolor, instead of actually realizing that the problem is they have a stylist or colorist that does not know how to use the haircolor itself to get the desired result, and may not realize the limitations of hair color.When I was in my early 20s and decided to pursue a career as a hair colorist, I imagined that I would work for a few months and train and almost immediately become an amazing hair colorist. Before I started training I had no idea of how much chemistry I would need to learn and what a deeper understanding I would actually need to have in order to produce consistent, beautiful, healthy hair color. In order to be a great hair colorist you need to be able to anticipate what a clients hair is going to do with the particular shade and to be aware of what processing they have done before hand, what color is on the actual hair shaft, and the condition of the hair. Truly, it is not as simple as picking out a shade and having the hair develop into that shade.When people ask me what brand of hair color I use, I tell them that in my salon I carry many different lines of haircolor because there are several different manufacturers that make the best product in each category. To me it's like shopping for make up… I don't always buy one line because someone makes my favorite mascara, someone else makes my favorite foundation and yet another company makes the best lipgloss.So basically in answer to the question what brand of hair color do you use? I always explain that haircolor is 80% skill 20% product. If you don't have the proper skill set, experience and artistic eye you could take the most expensive, most researched hair color and have atrocious results. The best way to get a great hair color is to search for someone with extensive training and experience not your favorite brand of product.