Sculptoning is the name of the new coloring technique created by Davines, inspired by contouring and designed to enhance blonde hair
Davines presents the new Sculptoning technique, designed to enhance blonde hair and inspired by contouring. Let’s see together what it is, how it is made and the look ideas that we can achieve with this new way of coloring hair.
WHAT IS HAIR SCULPTONING
Created exclusively for Davines by the Hair Art Director of the Tom Connell brand, Sculptoning is an artistic hair coloring technique. The meaning of the term “sculptoning” is “sculpting”. In fact, blonde hair is sculpted using a darker toner to create volumes through the color applied freehand. Just like a painter, the hairstylist applies darker brushstrokes of toning in some expertly chosen points, to create plays of light and shadow that give a multidimensional effect to the look. Like Smoky Hair, it is inspired by a make-up technique – that of smokey eyes – Sculptoning draws inspiration from face counting and the basis on which to create lights and shadows are blonde hair.
Davines chooses the technique to create “pret-a-porter” looks that are easy to show off every day without too much excess. A wearable and not too eccentric art form. The Sculpure Prints collection, of which Scultoning is the heart, is in fact designed to be a versatile lifestyle line, to be easily replicated in the salon. A technique that reminds us of Shadowing, but taken to its extreme consequences.
LOOK IDEAS WITH SCULPTONING TECHNIQUE
There are two haircuts in particular on which the hair stylist intervenes, a long cut and a medium length cut. The one proposed by Tom Connell for Davines stands out among the more particular spring summer long haircuts, which is cut evenly on the lengths and then paraded. The look is completed by a line in the center in the style of the 90s and a slightly wavy crease that highlights the dark reflections of the Sculptoning technique. For those looking for ideas of glamorous and particular medium-sized hair cuts for spring summer, here is the long bob scaled and paraded with curtain or French fringe equally parade. In this case, the plays of contrasts are evident right in the central part of the fringe, but they are also present under and inside the hair, precisely to create a contouring effect which, creating the right shadows, defines and streamlines the facial features as we would do with a touch of bronzer.
HOW TO DO HAIR SCULPTONING: SCULPTURE PRINTS
In a specially made video-documentary, Tom Connell tells us all about this new hair color technique. In the words of the hairstylist, toning is one of the most important elements in the lightening process, with its reflections that give the final touch to the look. The hairstylist then asked himself, why not think of toning as a design tool and use it more precisely? The hair thus becomes a sculpture around which the hairdresser intervenes to create ad hoc plays of contrasts. The video shows how the cuts are made, using a combination of scissors and a razor to highlight every nuance and give movement to the look. For the color, on a blonde base, the hairstylist selects some sections on the fringe and other strategic points and applies a dark chocolate-colored mask in contrast, all freehand, like painting on the hair. In the second look, the base brown was lightened with bleaching to achieve a refined peach magnolia color on a slightly drawn cut. The hair is then collected in a ponytail and worked with different toners to color. By painting the hair just like a canvas, darker areas are created on the base. The result is a creamy and refined color with discreet shades that add dimension to the look in a sophisticated way.
HOW TO KEEP THE COLOR PERFECT
To preserve this effect over time, the brand has launched the Davines Heart Of Glass line for blonde hair, which includes shampoo, conditioner, strengthening treatment and heat-protective illuminating fluid. References specially designed to last and preserve the integrity of the shades despite washing. The specific line for blonde and treated or natural hair is also completely sustainable.
We recall that Davines was founded in 1983 in Parma by the Bollati family, starting its history as a research laboratory and production of high quality hair products. Ten years later the brand dedicated to professional cosmetic products for hairdressers was born and in 1996 the skincare brand [comfort zone] dedicated to beauty institutes and spas was also launched. To date Davines is an international company present in over 90 countries and one of its main focuses is sustainability.
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