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This month, Tracey Cunningham launched her first book — Tracey Cunningham’s True Color: The Essential Hair Color Handbook — which is a mix of a memoir, detailed color, and healthy hair guide, as well as industry inspiration for aspiring stylists. Filled with stories from one of her first jobs as a nanny for Bette Midler’s daughter Sophie, to working her way through the salon industry in L.A., as a new mom to starting on the floor, and opening her first salon, MéCHE in the heart of Beverly Hills. Intertwined in her story, Tracey has a thorough color guide detailing past clients and inspirational images that will help any stylist or client find their true color. With excerpts from her devoted celebrity clientele and heartwarming advice from one of the industry’s greats, Tracey’s book is filled with originality from start to finish. 

If you scroll Instagram or peruse your favorite hair blogs, there are endless inspirations when it comes to new hair color ideas. All too often we get caught up in finding the hippest trends or latest formulations that we forget to brush up on our foundations. Breaking down some of the more basic functions, learning about what makes up the structure of hair, how to interpret hair color, color theory, and basic formulations are key to a successful season behind the chair. Read on to refresh your understanding. 

With the advent of social media and clients spending more and more time at home, product awareness and self-care have become a high priority for stylists and clients alike. As this develops, we’re seeing new trends surrounding both sustainability and the skinification of hair care. Paying attention to a brand's bottles, both inside and out – clients have become increasingly interested in treating their haircare routine much like their skincare regimens and learning about the brand behind the formula. From looking at the active ingredients to applying a multi-step regimen and paying attention to the sustainability of formulas and bottle design, the sustainability and skinification of haircare is here to stay and Redken is ready for it.