The colour stage was back and more vibrant than ever at Salon International 2024, with attendees getting up close and personal with their favourite colourists as they showcased new techniques, inspiration and live transformations.
This year, the Colour Stage, hosted by Robert Eaton, featured some of the industry's best colourists who produced showstopping transformations, techniques, and inspiration across the show weekend. Guests were able to immerse themselves in education, ask questions, and learn from some of the biggest creatives as they watched the colour come to life right before their eyes. Here's everything we saw...
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The Colour Stage - Saturday 12 October
11.30 Vanity Dolls
13.00 Lydia Wolfe
14.30 Rachael Lomax
Vanity Dolls
The Vanity Dolls took to the HJ Colour Pod to create an upside-down sunset – which was later finished off with jungle-inspired extensions. While on the pod, the mother and daughter duo that run the family business talked to visitors about the importance of getting the base right when it comes to vivid transformations. Their model began with pre-lightened hair (achieved with a low peroxide) before utilising Directions Semi-Permanent Conditioning Hair Colour in the shades Bright Daffodil, Sunflower and Fluorescent Orange.
Lydia Wolfe
Lydia Wolfe demonstrated her talent with bleaching techniques while answering plenty of questions from visitors, ranging from her choice of lightening product (Yuv Cream Bleach) to her favourite K18 Products.
Rachael Lomax
Rachael Lomax aka the Copper Queen showcased a copper balayage, using a combination of tint and vivids for an added pop. Sharing more information about the specific colours, she said: "Through the roots, I applied a really rich, earthy copper tone, like a 6.4, mixed with double copper for the brightness. I'm also pairing a gold copper with a gold violet and 10 vol, and then for my vivid I combined a tangerine orange, apricot, sunflower and ultraviolet orange. It's so dimentional, incorporating different autumn tones."
The Colour Stage - Sunday 13 October
10.00 Jo Lomax
11.30 Georgia Bell
13.00 Jack Howard
14.30 Alex Lord
16.00 Suzie McGill
Jo Lomax
Jo Lomax took inspiration from her #BHA22 Trend Image winning shot, with a twist. She wanted to create a classic look but with a pop of colour to add her own unique spin. She began by creating a grey halo before adding pink to the top sections.
Georgia Bell
Georgia Bell demonstrated bright and vivid colours and gave the audience her top tips and techniques when working with colour.
Jack Howard
Jack Howard gathered quite the crowd as he focused on modern grey coverage. He highlighted the importance of creating a personalised experience for each client, as it's important "they feel seen", he told the audience.
The Colour Stage - Monday 14 October
10.00 Dean Lawton-Taylor
11.30 Goldsworthys
13.00 Orsolya Luca
14.30 Heffy Wheeler
Dean Lawton-Taylor
Dean Lawton-Taylor brought the autumn vibes to the pod, focusing on adding a touch of copper and burgundy.
Goldsworthy's
Goldsworthy's wowed the audience with a colour blocking technique.
Heffy Wheeler
Heffy Wheeler created a grunge-inspired look with lots of texture and an interesting colour placement that worked with the texture to add softness to the look. She created a stripy face frame before layering on the colour to create a rich copper.
The Colour Pods
Surrounding the stage were the colour pods, which featured some of the industry’s leading colour brands, who demonstrated timeless and trending colour across the three days.
Elgon
The Elgon Global Educarion team created a plethora of looks including rainbow brights, babylights, and root shadows.
Moroccanoil
Highlighting the Moroccanoil colour ranges, including Color Rhapsody and Color Calypso, the Moroccanoil Education Team debuted looks such as Coral Haze and Moonlight, a beautiful grey voilet shade.
KEVIN.MURPHY
We loved the Aussie-influenced shades on the KEVIN.MURPHY pod, it was all about natural-looking shades and techniques.
Megix10
We stopped by the Megix10 stand for a cocktail - a colour cocktail that is! The brand cocktailed Pure Shades, their semi permanent colour and toner range, and Synergy Mousse, ideal for colour and condition, and with a 10 minute developing time.
Revlon Professional
Revlon Professional put their Magnet Clay Bleach centre stage, specially designed for freehand techniques.
NXT
Holly Bullock, NXT Brand Ambassador demonstrated colour over the three days, including the brand's innovative product NXT Blonde FX. The team also teased techniques from their Advanced Balayage education course, which is launching next year.
