Triple Threat

Take your darker shades to the next level with Matrix’s SoColor

Pre-Bonded Triple Blends.

This permanent colour line is now available in three new shades—3AA Dark Brown Ash Ash, 3RV Dark Brown Red Violet and 3RR Dark Brown Red Red—that are formulated with background dyes and double pigment reflect to provide up to 50 per cent grey coverage and its pre-blended formula allows for predictable results with visible reflect on dark bases.

Seeing Violet

Cool down your blonde tones with the new shades in Joico’s LumiShine

Demi-Permanent Liquid Color.

The three new violet-based shade families help eliminate unwanted warmth in your blonde clients while helping to get them to their ideal cool tone, ranging from pearl blondes to platinum and more. Now available in Blue Violet, Platinum Violet and Violet Gold shade families (with three shades in each family), each delivers twice the shine while neutralizing brassy yellow and orange tones. And that’s not all: the shades also help restrengthen and replenish the hair’s condition! Made with an ammoniafree and pH-balanced formula for optimal colour results, the new shade families are ideal for refreshing your blondes in between lightening services, adding dimension to cool blonde hair, counteracting warmth and more.

THE SHADES COMBINE JOICO’S BOND-BUILDING ARGIPLEX TECHNOLOGY, A BUILT-IN BOND BUILDER THAT HELPS PROTECT HAIR AND REDUCE BREAKAGE. IT’S ALSO POWERED WITH QUADRAMINE COMPLEX, WHICH HELPS RECONSTRUCT FROM THE HAIR CUTICLE TO CORTEX FOR HEALTHIER-LOOKING RESULTS.

Keep Your Cool

Create cool ash tones with Schwarzkopf Professional’s new Igora Cools shades.

Available in both permanent and demipermanent shades, Igora Cools is perfect for creating cooler tones and more natural-looking results while providing neutralization on every base. The brand’s eight new shades include five permanent (9-11, 9-19, 8-21, 7-13 and 6-31) and three demi-permanent (9-12, 6-23 and 4-33), each formulated with a specific pigment combination to help counteract warm undertones and optimize the level of neutralization from new growth to ends.

Sunny Days Ahead

Get your clients’ hair and skin ready for summer with three new launches from milk_shake.

Formulated with natural origin ingredients, the brand’s Sun & More collection features three pre- and post-sun hair and body products to protect your clients from the sun while keeping their hair and bodies nourished and hydrated. Sun & More Incredible Milk is a leave-in spray mask treatment that offers 12 benefits for your clients’ hair. From providing UV, heat and colour protection and repairing all hair types to preventing split ends and controlling frizz, the no-rinse formula features hibiscus oil, muru muru butter and quinoa proteins to help protect and treat hair. Sun & More Bi-Phase Leave-In Conditioner is suitable for all hair types and protects hair that’s been exposed to sun, salt and chlorine, leaving strands soft and healthy. Ideal for clients who are looking to hydrate and refresh their skin after a day in the sun, Sun & More Crackling Mousse is formulated with aloe vera and licorice extract, with crackling technology that allows for quick absorption into the skin.

Blown Away

Speed up your drying time without damage with Olaplex’s Volumizing Blow Dry Mist.

Formulated with the brand’s patented Bond Building Technology to help repair damaged bonds, along with ingredients to help plump, hydrate and style hair, the Volumizing Blow Dry Mist helps provide body and bounce while protecting hair for lightweight and healthy-looking blowouts. Ideal for all hair types (and especially for fine to medium hair), this reparative mist provides heat protection up to 450°F while speeding up blow-dry time and protecting hair from humidity and damage, leaving your clients’ hair full of body and volume.

Smooth Operator

With Kerasilk’s recent rebrand, learn about the benefits of its in-salon Keratin Treatment for your clients this season. Plus, we chatted with Kerasilk brand ambassador Harry Josh!

Kerasilk’s professional in-salon treatment is formulated to help transform unruly and unmanageable wavy, curly or frizzy hair into long-lasting smooth and shiny results. The brand’s Keratin Treatment features vegan biomimetic silk that helps replenish hair’s amino acids while reinforcing its strength and resilience, shea oil that contains fatty acids and antioxidants to tame and nourish hair, and thermal-active KeraShape Technology that helps lock in results and works to help build new bonds and cross-links inside of the hair structure. The Keratin Treatment is designed to be used for two services: the Control service, which is ideal for unruly hair types and textures and provides a shape transformation for smooth and shiny hair, and the Refinement service, which is ideal for frizzy hair and provides a natural-looking finish that’s more manageable. The cherry on top? Both services help speed up styling time!

In April, we were invited to the Kerasilk relaunch party in Toronto and had the chance to speak with the brand’s new ambassador (and Canadian-born hairstylist), Harry Josh.

What are some of your favourite features and benefits of Kerasilk’s in-salon Keratin Treatment?

I think the Keratin Treatment is one of the best products in the Kerasilk lineup. It’s very customizable, which is what makes it so great for in-salon use. It allows the stylist to control the level of stretch, depending on what the client wants for their hair. For example, if you have three clients who have identical curly hair but one wants to wear their hair natural all the time, the other client wants to use a wand to achieve beachy waves and the last client wants that traditional blowout look, the treatment is customizable and can give you each one of those di erent looks. It’s a no-brainer for stylists to sell this to almost every client that comes in.

What do you think hairstylists will enjoy most about Kerasilk’s new care and styling products?

There is no guesswork with these products. There’s a lot of segregated products in the market right now, meaning you have your anti-frizz lines and scalp-care lines, and sometimes it can be hard to find the right combination of products for your clients with multiple hair concerns. What Kerasilk has done with its collection is made everything interchangeable and lightweight, so you can use products from all the di erent lines, mix them together and you’ll know that they’ll work well together. The stylers are also very lightweight, and they are just enough to help the client’s hair without making them feel like they have product in their hair.

VISIT SALONMAGAZINE.CA TO READ OUR FULL INTERVIEW WITH HARRY JOSH, INCLUDING HIS RED-CARPET WORK, TREND PREDICTIONS AND MORE.

Bold and Bright

Add some “colour” to your clients’ nail looks this season with CND’s Bizarre Beauty summer collection.

Infused with holographic shimmer and inspired by colour-blocking and abstract patterns, CND’s Bizarre Beauty summer collection is designed to help you create bold statement nails all season long. Available in CND Shellac Brand Gel Polish and CND Vinylux Long Wear Polish, the six new shades include Clash Out, a kelly green shade with gold shimmer; All the Rage, a violet raspberry with holographic shimmer; Off the Wall, a taupe grey with chunky holographic glitter; Motley Blue, a cool blue mixed with deep periwinkle; Outrage-Yes, a strawberry red with fine gold shimmer; and Sundial It Up, a marigold yellow that features subtle green shimmer.

T3 Featherweight StyleMax Dryer and SinglePass StyleMax Flat Iron

Five heat and three speed settings, along with a Volume Boost switch for added texture and volume and Lock-in Cool Shot

LONGER AND STRONGER Help clients maintain stronger nails with OPI’s Repair Mode and new and improved Nail Envy.

When it comes to your clients’ nail health, maintaining strength is often top of mind. OPI has launched two new products to help repair your clients’ natural nails from the inside out.

Repair Mode

Digital T3 IonAir technology allows for a wide, ion-infused airstream for fast yet gentle drying

Comes with four attachments: Wide Concentrator, Narrow Concentrator, SoftTouch 3 Di user (for voluminous and defined curls and waves) and Smoothing Comb

— Custom-designed fan reduces heat exposure and optimizes airflow

— Contains a smart microchip that helps control heat and temperature

— Features the brand’s StyleMax technology, which customizes heat and speed settings for your clients’ hair texture with four styling modes (rough dry, smooth, volume and di use)

One-inch professional flat iron with CeraGloss ceramic plates with StyleEdge Design for a smooth, snag-free glide

This serum is formulated with the brand’s patented Ulti-Plex technology, which biomimics the protein structure of the natural nail to help repair and strengthen nails. The serum works by building new bonds while protecting nails from damage from day-to-day activities, such as cleaning and hand-washing. It also penetrates into the nail to repair 99 per cent of keratin protein and helps grow nails that are four times stronger in just six days. Best of all: it can be worn under nail lacquer or gel polish!

Nail Envy

Powered with StyleMax technology for customized heat settings based on hair texture and style needs, even and consistent heat delivery and one-pass smooth, frizz-free hair

SleekGlide Hinge allows for ideal arm tension and plate pressure for maximum styling control

Includes nine heat settings for every hair type and texture

Features Curl Mode, which is ideal for waving and curling the hair while reducing heat exposure

Nine-foot, 360-degree swivel cord

Now available in a new vegan formula that features the brand’s Tri-Flex technology to coat the surface of the nails to create a liquid shield while reinforcing the nail. The new formula also features biotin, vitamins A, C, and E and calcium to help nourish nails and protect against breakage and splitting. It’s also now available in six new colour formulas: two of the brand’s most popular shades—Alpine Snow (white) and Big Apple Red (red)—and four new exclusive Nail Envy colours, including Powerful Pink (shimmery pink), Tough Luv (dark red), All Night Strong (dark blue) and Double Nude-y (neutral).

FROM MICRO TO BLUNT, BANGS HAVE BEEN TRENDING ON RED CARPETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE CHECKED IN WITH TWO HAIRCUTTING EXPERTS TO GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON HOW ADDING A FRINGE TO YOUR HAIRCUTS (FOR ALL GENDERS) CAN HELP BOOST BUSINESS IN THE SALON.