Conversations on colour: siobhan jones

Siobhan Jones is colour ambassador for Headmasters and L’Oréal Professionnel Balayage Ambassador for 2015. Her role consists of heading all colour education throughout Headmasters as well as trend predictions and formulating new techniques and concepts. Siobhan is also a member of the L'Oreal Professionnel 20:20 Colour Collective; an elite group of colourists from across the UK. Here, we find out more about her life in colour. What do you love most about being a colourist? I love that with colour you can totally change and adapt someone's look without necessarily making drastic changes. Consumers seem to be more open to regular change and experimenting these days. I also love the power of colour, how it can adapt the style, texture of every haircut just with bespoke placement. What do you think are the biggest challenges facing professional colourists in 2015? I think that with box colour and low commitment colour trends becoming much more popular, it’s really important for colourists to keep their clients engaged in colour. By introducing services like our Micro Wand colour service, this has allowed us to keep colour clients returning to the salon for subtle changes, with the view to advise them to try other colour services. What do you think is the most exciting thing about being a colourist in 2015? Colouring in the UK has developed so much in the last 10 years. It has become much more bespoke, experimental and tasteful. People were less experimental in previous years and what is exciting now is that techniques and placement have improved hugely and the consumer press focus surrounding colour has created a real buzz. It’s also exciting that even backstage at fashion week colourists are working their magic, which has never been seen before. That's opening doors for exciting prospects for the future. What colour trend or technique are you most excited about for 2015? What excites me is there is a definite break away from the traditional weaving method being the sole technique for colour. The use of global colour, using panels, different angles and shape have become much more prominent even within celebrity and runway trends which were previously known to be quite safe with colour. What one piece of advice would you give to trainee colourists who would love to be where you are now? Research has always been my key to success. You must live and breathe research. This will not only help with inspiration but if you do it enough, will help you to spot future trends naturally. It is also important to work and assist with a variation of inspirational colourists you look up to. This will not only help to improve your skills and help you to grow but it will give you the opportunity to use these attributes you admire most from all and develop yourself as a colourist.