Salon Guys' First Fanola Color Theory Class

Salon Guys is very excited to announce its first (hopefully of many) Fanola Color Theory class. It will be at the Salon Guys office in Sacramento on Sunday, January 24th, from 11 to 1. The class will be taught by Santa Rosa hair artist and salon owner, Sadie Gray, and will cover basic color theory, mix ratios, and foundation.

If you haven't heard of the Fanola hair color line yet, there are plenty of pictures and tutorial videos out there showing what it can do. But basically it's an Italian-made hair color line that's been igniting hair artists across the US with excitement over vivid colors, clean lifting, and even nice aromas. It's been especially popular for coloring Asian hair, as the particular tones of its hair dyes and the No Yellow Shampoo work very well for neutralizing the underlying warm tones in darker hair.

Photo: Sadie Gray’s Van Gogh-esque hair color creation

The class will be taught by Sadie Gray, who is a member of the Unicorn Tribe and a Master Colorist from Santa Rosa with plenty of media coverage including several features on Modern Salon and Behind the Chair. She's very skilled with ombre and balayage and ridiculously fearless with her fantasy colors (refer to the above picture). You can pretty much always find a steady stream of new and inspired work on her Instagram, meticulously planned out through diagramming and experimentation. And she has always been free with talking to other stylists about her formulas and techniques. She is a collaborator and educator down to her core. So it's especially exciting that she'll be coming to the Salon Guys home to start off our Fanola education.

Of course we understand not everyone can make it. Life gets in the way, or maybe you live on the other side of the country, but that doesn't mean you can't get a glimpse at what happens on the 24th or learn something about Fanola. Follow our Instagram @salonguys for updates on the class (and for future classes). And if you're interested in learning about what this hair color line can do, just check out Youtube channels like Josie Deseray where you’ll find tons of how-tos on coloring dark hair (often with Fanola) and look through the work of other hair stylists who use Fanola regularly.

We hope you can make it to the class this January, but if not, share it with your friends then read and explore Fanola on your own, and if you try Fanola for yourself, please, don't hesitate to share your creation with us.