Take control of your training with MHD

When it comes to hair colouring formulation there are a few golden rules that must be followed to ensure a successful outcome and happy clients. Whether you are just starting out or the company you trained with never helped you crack colouring hair, MHD’s 7 Golden Rules of Hair Colouring should help you feel more confident when it comes to creating bespoke hair colour to increase your clientele and improve your income.

Hair Colouring Rule 1: Be the expert on your Colour House

Before you walk near a client with a tint bowl and tint brush, know the colouring products offered by your Colour House inside and out! – read more

Along with the colour wheel, the lightening curve is an essential tool that the best colourists in the world refer to when formulating colour services. The lightening curve provides a colourist with a visual representation of the underlying pigments of each depth of hair colour.

How Hair Colour Pigments are Produced

Natural hair colour pigments are produced in the germinal matrix of the hair bulb.

Within the germinal matrix of each hair shaft are colour pigment producing factories called melanocytes – read more

Nothing gets a hair colourist’s artistic juices flowing more than a colour wheel. The best colourist in the world would not attempt a client consultation, never mind a colour formulation, without consulting the theory of colour science and colour mixing. And neither should you!

The colour wheel is the one “can’t live without” tool that I’d recommends every colourist adds to their kit. Read on for details on how to understand the theory behind your colour wheel as well as practical tips on how to use it to delight your clients – or, if you’re an educator, for ideas on how to teach this complex topic effectively – read more