
These three must-have shades feature Redken's most-loved reflects and deliver true-to-level toning power, so you can achieve your brightest blondes without the risk of over-depositing. Redken has recently expanded the Level 10 shade family to include three new shades, 010T Platinum, 010P Ivory Pearl, and 010GI Tahitian Sand. These shades are ideal for neutralizing as well as cool or neutral blonde toning, 010VV Lavender Ice and 010N Delicate Natural are the perfect anti-yellow toners to use on the highest level blondes. Enter these two newbies, the Shades EQ Level 10 delicate toners.

Stylists had long requested shades higher than a level 9 to help tone and perfect their high-level blonde clients. Level 10 Shadesīorn out of popular demand, Redken created the Level 10 shades from Shades EQ.

Use the Color Fusion and Color Gels Lacquers Ash Brown shades to achieve 100% ultra-cool gray coverage at the root, and use the Shades EQ Ash Brown shades to neutralize extreme brass and refresh previous color. Read on to learn more about Redken's Shades EQ families and see how you can enter for a chance to win samples of Redken's newest Shades EQ shades! Ash BrownsĪvailable across Redken's Color Fusion, Color Gels Lacquers and Shades EQ lines, the Ash Brown shade family features a double-cooling blue-pearl reflect which makes it the perfect choice for creating trending Ash Brown looks, express services, and corrective toning. Shades EQ makes it easy because all of the families offer what you need, and all you have to do is check the swatch book to determine the tone and base you need, she points out. In this case, you wouldn’t need a base, just a tone to match up the ends, she says. The hair on the mid-lengths and the ends can easily become too cool, and not match up with a beautiful beige highlight. It all starts with basic color principles, says Lori: “When I determine which Shades EQ family I should be using, I ask myself if I need a base, or if I just need a tone-and if I need a tone, what tone do I need?” Take, for example blonde highlights, she says. Below, Lori shares her advice for selecting from the classics, plus weighs in on what she likes about a few of the newest SEQ families. “The fact that it’s been around for so long and is still at the top of its game is proof of that.” It’s fair to say there is clearly no shortage of Shades EQ options to choose from.

If a colorist has Shades EQ, they can create any kind of color,” says Redken Artist Lori Zabel.

There’s perhaps no other Redken color product more iconic than Shades EQ, a staple for more than three decades.“Stylists will say that as long as they have hairspray, they can create any style.
