| Salon Professional Velvet 28 says… Thanks mags! |
| Mags, (and everyone on this site) I just wanted to say thanks again for the awesome website! I have been doing hair for 10 years and when I first started, I was deathly afraid of doing colors. I would sometimes call in sick if I saw a color on my books. I would get panic attacks right before a color. Now, I am the go to person if someone needs help on a color. I have learned so much from this website its amazing. I have also learned by messing up some colors when I first started and I am so glad for that experience because it taught me about corrective color. I usually don’t have a day of just haircuts cause I do alot of colors now which I love. The most important thing I have ever learned about color is from you mags. And that’s to … ALWAYS REMEMBER THE UNDERLYING PIGMENT!!!!!!!!! They do not stress or teach that enough in school. We had a color class at my salon last week and the instructor was talking about underlying pigment which I knew about from mags. Well anyways most of the salon did not take the class so I was curious about what they new about underlying pigment. In the class she gave the formula(socolor): natural level-4, desired level-6, desired tone-neutral. I asked this to a couple of stylists, one being someone that thinks she’s the stuff. She said to use 8N with 40vol. Yeah right. Another stylist said 8W. Yeah right. When I told them 8A with 20 vol. they didn’t understand why and I had to explain about the underlying pigment. And yesterday a stylist wanted to break the base and take a NL-3 to a level 10. The stylist helping said to use logics 12V. What the heck! Then the original stylist asked me why her client only got to a level 7. I said only bleach with take you from a 3 to a 10 and probably 2 applications and toner. I explained how color can never do that. I am not one to brag cause I definitely don’t know it all, but it just kills me that there are stylists that have done hair for 15 years and don’t know that you can’t take a 3 to a 10 with color. Any there are stylists that think they know it all but dont know about underlying pigment. Anyways, just venting and saying thanks for making me smarter! |
| Salon Professional Rocky says…. |
| After 18 years I had decided to get back to doing hair, and I was extremely hungry to learn as much as I could. I was so intimidated because so much had changed. I would spend hours on the internet looking on every message board I could find to help me learn what I needed to know. I to was on the Matrix board about the time people were asking “Where is irishroyal?” (I think that was the name Mags went by). Askmags was mentioned, and I typed it in. My life changed from then on out!! I thank God, Mags and all of you for this wonderful place! I haven’t been this excited about anything in a very long time, and there hasn’t been a day go by that I haven’t been on “AskMags” since I found her! |
| Stylist/Salon Owner Jord says…. |
| I bought a salon a few years back, jumped into it, did have the old owners formulas for clients (Matrix) and, I was the same as Rocky, I had done hair for 20 years, but had gotten so out of color & knew I had to do something, to get back to the times. I think I may have went on btc, but some people werent very nice, or had big chips on their shoulders, then I discovered there was a message board on the Matrix site. I asked a question (feeling very stupid if I remember correctly) and the nicest person answered & encouraged me & made me feel not stupid, of course it was Mags! I remembered thinking back then, that this wonderful caring person was going to teach me, and I could “do this.” Mags, you have made me what I am today in my career. |
| Salon Professional Jamie says…. |
| I was getting into a rut about 2 years ago and my kids were getting bigger and I wanted more from myself in this career. I honestly was just getting by before. Winging it! Didn’t know how to foil (I can still do a mean cap hilite) …never used bleach Then I found Mags and all of you and I have learned more from this place than any class I have ever taken! I am grateful every day to every single one of you. Now I have so much confidence and understanding! Thank you :: thank you :: thank you!!! |
| Stylist/Salon Owner Kimber says…. |
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Not to sound like a broken record, but I was on the Matrix site too. I had specialized in haircutting for over 20 years and then opened a new place and got back into color. I was so rusty! Mags answered a question I had posted and even gave me her email address and told me about this site. I have learned so much on here from all of you. It has become many times a day habit for me to check in here 🙂
~Kimber |
| Salon Professional Ashmerx says…. |
| I went online searching for education. I found the matrix board and saw Mags answering a question and it had her website link underneath. I thought to myself-who is this woman?. Wow, what a kind and helpful woman creating this amazing site. I love this site: Mags and everyone has been such a tremendous help. I’ve only been on here since Feb 07 and I have learned more than I could imagine. Thanks Mags and Everybody! |
| Salon Owner (Home Salon) Mushie says…. |
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I practically LIVED on the Matrix board starting back in 2002 I think it was. I had been teaching school part-time but like Jamey, got in a rut, my kids were getting a little bit older, and I was sick of doing everyone’s hair for FREE!
I then decided to make my home salon and get on with business….not knowing ANYTHING about colour after being out of the loop for so long. I’d never FOILED, and I hadn’t mixed a colour in 10 years! I literally prayed for guidance….and guess who I found…..our Mags. Five years later I’m successful and I truly owe it to Mags. I couldn’t have done it without finding her. And I still need her!!! LOL And all of you, whom I consider my friends even though we haven’t met in person. I look forward to checking in each day to see what’s new. love ya all!
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