The Hair Color Mix Book: More Than 150 Recipes for Salon-Perfect Color at Home [Paperback]

Lorri Goddard-Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 19, 2008

For more than twenty years, Lorri Goddard-Clark has colored the hair of people from all walks of life—everyone from teachers and homemakers to some of the most famous heads in Hollywood. But while salon professionals like Lorri can achieve truly amazing looks, most women choose to color their hair at home. Now, in this inspiring book, Lorri shares her secret recipes for salon-worthy coloring and highlighting techniques for the first time.

The Hair Color Mix Book shows how to combine tints found in readily available home hair kits to create beautiful, vibrant custom shades such as:

• Dark Chocolate with Deep Caramel Ribbons
• Toasted Cinnamon with Buttered Lights
• Spiced Persimmon
• Gingered Toffee
• Amber Honey Dream with Lemon Blossom Ribbons

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Lorri Goddard-Clark’s talent is harnessed by skill and fueled by principles, and she performs all roles flawlessly.” (Guy Romeo, celebrity hair stylist )

“Lorri Goddard-Clark is the best hair colorist in the business! Whenever I leave her chair, my hair looks amazing.” (Carol Shaw, creator of Lorac Cosmetics )

“Lorri Goddard-Clark has gathered the secrets that make the stars look glamorous and explained them in simple steps.” (Tracey Cunningham, colorist )

Lorri is a genius! Combining her knowledge and wisdom with LA attitude, she invented the intelligent blonde! (Gela Taylor, cofounder of Juicy Couture )

“Are you ready for star treatment? Prepare to pamper your tresses with recipes, tips and tricks from one of Hollywood’s most popular colorists, [who] takes common coloring errors from disaster to fixed with little-known secrets that keep your favorite stars shining on the runway.” (Sophisticated Hairstyle Guide )

“Lorri has an amazing ability to create hair color that looks natural and beautiful and still remains shiny and healthy!” (Reese Witherspoon )

“Lorri Goddard-Clark is an impressionist of hair! No wonder everyone in Hollywood loves her.” (Merle Ginsberg, author and fashion and beauty journalist )

About the Author

Lorri Goddard-Clark is one of the world's most in-demand colorists. She works at the Neil George Salon in Los Angeles and travels the world to cater to her top clients, who have included celebrities such as Drew Barrymore, Raquel Welch, Tobey Maguire, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Heidi Klum, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Pfeiffer, Avril Lavigne, Sienna Miller, and many, many more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (August 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061147907
• ISBN-13: 978-0061147906
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't learn anything from this book, November 12, 2007

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Lisa Marie - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hair Color Mix Book: More Than 150 Recipes for Salon-Perfect Color at Home (Hardcover)

As a non-professional who has nonetheless colored her hair at home for many years, I didn't feel as if I got anything new out of this. Tips like, "prepare your area" and "use a protective cream around the hairline" are so basic, you'd have to be completely new to hair color not to know that. On the other hand, I've never been bold enough to attempt my own highlighting so I read through those sections to see if it was doable.

Unfortunately, the directions for various techniques were unclear and there weren't enough pictures to show what she meant. I still feel completely in the dark about how to highlight my own hair. The colors that you have to choose from are only a few for each shade range (dark brown, light brown, dark blonde, light blonde). If the color you want is not in the book, she won't show you how to achieve it. Also, your hair has to be virgin (not already colored) to follow her recipes. She does not even go into different options for coloring hair such as semi-permanent, demi-permanent, etc.. All recipes are for permanent hair color. I've actually learned quite a bit more about hair color reading and researching on the internet than by reading this book.

Overall, I am disappointed. At least the book makes a nice coffee table book for your girlfriend's to look through and I would recommend it to anyone who is completely new to coloring hair as it is definitely meant for the novice (except for the highlighting and advanced techniques which are suited only to professional stylists). Don't expect to find even a very basic explanation of the color wheel or underlying pigments. Overall, not what I expected. I was really hoping to find insider secrets but did not find them here.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not that helpful...., October 23, 2007

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Theresa (Kingman, AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Hair Color Mix Book: More Than 150 Recipes for Salon-Perfect Color at Home (Hardcover)

I bought this book with high hopes of learning how to color my hair at home. Read it from cover to cover, then went back to identify what I wanted, and how to do it. I cannot for the life of me understand how to do my "tab 4" hair in a "Milk Chocolate" color with the "Foil out" technique! I have read and re-read these two sets of instructions to try to bring them together into instructions that make sense, but they don't, so I won't attempt it. If any other readers of this book have any advice about this, I'd love to hear it! At this point, I don't know that this book will be useful to me at all, unless I decide to settle on some other recipe that actually makes sense. I'm disappointed.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Works better in theory than practice, November 14, 2007

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Elle - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hair Color Mix Book: More Than 150 Recipes for Salon-Perfect Color at Home (Hardcover)

I have never written a review in my life - but there's a first time for everything. I agree that this is a beautifully presented book. The photos look great and it all sounds so easy. It took me 3 days and visits to several stores to get all the equipment. Now, I am sitting here with the most obscene orange hair. I have an appointment tomorrow with a color correction specialist. Who knows what that will cost or how long it will take. So much for saving money doing it yourself. Take this book with a grain of salt. Be very careful as you proceed with her "recipes". I knew something didn't feel right when she said to buy Feria #100 "very light blond" in order to get "caramel" brown. I've learned my lesson. I will stick with the salon.