What to Expect at Your Hair Color Appointment
Here's what your experience at Studio 285 looks like from the moment you arrive for a color service:
Warm Welcome & Color Consultation
Your stylist sits down with you to review your hair history, current color, regrowth, lifestyle, and the result you're envisioning. We discuss realistic outcomes, maintenance schedule, and the right service for your goals. Inspiration photos are always welcome.
Hair Assessment
Your stylist examines your hair's porosity, condition, previous color, and integrity to determine the safest, most effective approach — and to formulate the right products for your hair.
Custom Formulation
Davines color is custom-mixed for your specific service — never a pre-set formula. The exact shade, developer strength, and technique are all chosen for your hair, not the next chair.
Color Application
Whether it's balayage, foilage, full foils, a root retouch, vivid placement, or corrective work, your stylist applies the color with intention and precision, working section by section.
Processing & Monitoring
Color is monitored carefully during processing to ensure the right level of lift, tone, and saturation is achieved without compromising hair integrity.
Cleanse & Toning
A luxurious Davines cleanse removes the color, followed by a custom toner or gloss to refine the final tone, neutralize unwanted warmth, and add shine.
Restorative Care
For lightening or corrective services, a repair mask or bond-builder may be applied to support hair strength, softness, and integrity.
Haircut (if included)
If your service includes a haircut, your stylist completes the precision cut after the color is processed and toned.
Blowout & Finishing Style
Your color is brought to life with a professional blowout and finishing style that reveals the full dimension, depth, and shine of your new color.
Aftercare Walkthrough
Before you leave, your stylist walks you through how to maintain your color at home — the right shampoo, conditioner, masks, heat tools, and the ideal timing for your next visit.
Suggested Add-Ons for Your Hair Color Appointment
Elevate your color experience with one of our most-loved enhancements — designed to support hair health, shine, color longevity, and that extra-polished finish:
Glass Hair Lamination Add-On
Perfect for guests who want their hair to look extra shiny, sleek, and polished like glass. Adds softness and smoothness to color-treated hair that feels dull, frizzy, or rough on the surface.
Scalp Detox Scrub
A targeted scalp reset designed to deeply cleanse buildup and leave both the scalp and hair feeling refreshed, balanced, and renewed. Especially valuable before lightening or corrective services.
Intensive Conditioning Treatment
Ideal for hair that feels dry, damaged, or lacking shine — particularly important for color-treated, blonded, or vivid hair. Helps restore softness, strength, hydration, and healthy-looking radiance.
Head Spa Express
A luxurious scalp and hair treatment experience designed to relax, restore, and rejuvenate while supporting overall hair health. (Available with Signature Color Sessions)
Ask your stylist which add-on best supports your specific color service and hair condition.