Why is so important to use your level finder
Is there anything more important than knowing the natural color of your hair when seeing your stylist? I don't think so... Well, as our experts say, how are you going to know where you want to go if you don't know what your starting point is?
The answer is straightforward, if your starting point is incorrect, your result will also be inaccurate, that is why in our column today we want to talk about the importance of using a level Finder and pigment chart when you are going to make your formulas, even using our App, this is a crucial step that you should not skip, since it will depend on this whether your formula is precise and perfect for your client.
As we have already mentioned on several occasions, a formula taken from Pinterest or Instagram is not necessarily your best source of confidence, since this result can vary if the main color or type of hair you are going to work with is not taken into account. Your best allies are two cards that you can get in many places, whose price is affordable, and are the essential tool of any stylist or colorist.
Our best tips for using this are universal rules but here we are going to tell you everything our experts do to have a more precise result when comparing hair with the Level Finder. One of the main mistakes that we have seen made is that they always believe that the client is a tone higher than they are, and the reality is that we also have to base ourselves on what we want to achieve with the client, if we want warmer, colder tones. or neutral in the result.
It is also important to take into account that the client's hair is not always the same as the hair type on the Color Finder chart, it may be thinner, so when this is the case, it is necessary to expand the hair sample on the chart and look thinner in your hand and compare it with that of your client. The same applies when you do a gray touch-up.
Sometimes we recommend calculating the color level separately since there are clients whose percentage of gray hair may be one color at the top but perhaps at the back they have less gray hair or simply no gray hair, this means that We recommend that you use two different formulas for the process and have results that do not affect or compromise the health of the hair.
Below we leave you the link to our latest tutorial where our expert Trish Smith talks briefly about how to use your color Finder correctly and we also leave you our link to the latest Instagram video where we talk specifically about the importance of having your level Finder and pigment Finder with you all the time.
