1. Always ALWAYS use ph bonders or olaplex or brazillian bond builders in your lightening formulas. Why? Because this dramatically changes the outcome of the hair. The hair feels, looks and is so much happier and healthier if you do. Going blonde does cause damage and no using those will not make it 100% damage free but it sure does help it be way way WAY less damaging then if you didn't use any of those.

2. Start in the BACK ALWAYS! Why? Because if you are doing something that requires lots of foils or it just takes a long time to apply in general, if you started in the front and did the back last, there is no way to rinse out the front sections without rinsing out the back and if you wait for the front section to finish, odds are the back hasn't even been finished being foiled or it hasn't had enough time to finish processing.

So always foil the back first so that way you can easily rinse it out whenever it needs it. That way noting over processes or gets uneven.

3. When foiling the front, ALWAYS start with the section that has more hair. If you start with the section that contains less hair, by the time both sections are done, the smaller section has sat on way too long and has probably over processed but if you foil the big area first and then move to the smaller area, the foils will finish at the same time.

4. Always foil on a diagonal. This does take some practice to get down but if everything is foiled diagonally, it will be much more soft and blended.

5. Gloss Gloss Gloss. Every single time. Always use a semi permanent color. Formulate your gloss correctly and make sure that if you want an ashy look you need to add a tiny bit of warmth and if you are wanting a warmer look, you need a tiny bit of ash in it so it doesn't go insanely warm to the point where its yellow.

When glossing, you need to leave it on for more then just a few seconds. Remember that the number of minutes that the gloss is left on is the number of washes that it will stay. And honestly, the longer the gloss sits on, the better it turns out. So let that sit on for 10-15-20 minutes. Believe me it works wonders!