I saw a stylist in Miami do a full color correction with just three bowls

I was at a high end salon on South Beach last month and watched a senior stylist handle a major root melt gone wrong. She had a client with about four inches of dark regrowth and brassy ends, a total mess. Instead of the six bowls I would have set up, she mixed one for the roots, one for the mids, and a third for the ends, blending them on the fly with her brush. It looked so clean and fast, but it made me nervous about overlap. Has anyone else switched to a minimal bowl method for complex color?

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the_thomas3d ago

Watched a stylist do that once and it was all about her brush control. The method can work if you're really good at blending on the fly.

butler.mark3d ago

Sounds like my three bowl method would end in a disaster.

the_michael3d ago

That "disaster" comment hits home. I once tried to copy a similar fast method from a stylist I admired, using just two bowls for a full highlight. I was so focused on speed that I ended up with a hard line of demarcation right at the part. The client was not happy, and I had to redo the whole thing at my own cost. It taught me that some shortcuts only work if you have the exact same level of skill and experience, and even then it's a gamble.