56 E Andrews Dr NW · Buckhead, Atlanta 30305
56 E Andrews Dr NW · Buckhead, Atlanta 30305
color correction
Box dye that went darker than the picture. Bands of three different shades from three different salons. Blonde that turned brassy, or orange, or a sort of green. Highlights that stopped blending two years ago.
Most of it can be fixed. Some of it takes more than one visit. All of it starts with someone looking at your hair honestly and telling you which.
how correction works
Correction is the one service where booking online and turning up is the wrong move. What’s already on your hair decides everything, and nobody can assess that from a booking form.
Box dye, henna, previous lightening, and layers of old color all behave differently and some actively fight being lifted. We need to see it, and sometimes test a small section, before anyone can tell you what’s possible.
Sometimes the shade you want isn’t reachable from where you are, at least not this year. We’d rather agree on a realistic target and get you there properly than chase a photograph and compromise your hair doing it.
Wefts need moving up as your hair grows, roughly every six to ten weeks. That’s a real recurring cost and we’d rather you know it before you commit than find out at the first move-up appointment.
services & pricing
Correction itself is quoted at consultation, because the work depends entirely on what’s on your hair. The services below are the pieces a correction is usually built from.
We look at your hair, talk through its history, and sometimes test a section. You leave with a plan, a realistic destination, and a price.
Which of these you need, and in what order, is what the consultation decides. Most corrections combine more than one.
Correction is hard on hair by definition. Bond work isn’t optional here, and it’s usually built into the plan rather than offered as an extra.
If your color is fine and you simply want a change, you don’t need a correction — see hair color.
what to expect
We look at the hair, hear its history, and often test a small section. This is where you find out honestly whether it’s one visit or three.
You get a written destination and a real number before anything starts. If it’s staged, you’ll know the sequence and the spacing.
Usually the heaviest lifting. Expect a long appointment and bring something to do — corrections are not quick.
Spaced far enough apart for the hair to recover. Rushing this is the single most common way a correction ends badly.
after a correction
Corrected hair is more fragile than hair that was never corrected, and the color is more precarious. A sulfate shampoo can undo weeks of careful toning in a fortnight.
We’ll be specific about what to use — usually a Redken bonding range, since that’s what we reach for on compromised hair — and about what to avoid. After a correction this genuinely matters more than the products themselves.
before you book
It’s quoted after we see your hair. The consultation is $50, and corrective work is built from services starting at $85 for color removal and $305 for bleach and tone — but a real correction usually combines several, sometimes across more than one visit. Anyone quoting a firm price without seeing your hair is guessing.
Usually, though box dye is one of the harder things to lift because it deposits more pigment than professional color and does it unevenly. It often takes more than one session, and we’ll be straight with you about that at the consultation rather than discovering it midway.
Correction is chemically demanding, so it asks a lot of the hair by definition. That’s exactly why we stage it, build bond treatments into the plan, and sometimes refuse to finish in one day. Protecting the hair’s integrity is the constraint the whole plan is built around.
Between one and three for most corrections, occasionally more if you’re going a long way from where you started. The consultation tells you which, and the sessions are spaced to let hair recover in between.
Yes, and a good share of our correction work is exactly that. There’s no awkwardness about it — we’re interested in where your hair is now and where you want it, not in relitigating what happened.
Going darker is often more straightforward than lifting, but it isn’t always as simple as it sounds — hair that’s been lightened can grab color unevenly and go flat or muddy. Still worth a consultation, but the answer is frequently better news.
ready when you are
Bring your hair and its history. You’ll leave with an honest plan and a real number.
areas we serve
Correction guests travel to LaBara from across the north side of Atlanta and well beyond it — this is the service people drive for.
