Formula Friday: Bold & Bright with O&M ORIGINAL.pigments

Enter the pigments playground with O&M’s NEW ORIGINAL.pigment collection!

This vibrant 12-color range of direct dyes puts you in control with completely intermixable formulas for customized, long-lasting color and shine up to 30 washes – no developer required. Native Australian ingredients like Lilly Pilly and Davidson Plum helps plump the hair and protect against oxidation and sun damage. Leave your dyes pure for maximum intensity or mix with CLEAN.tone Clear for a pastelized hue.

Check out featured formulas from O&M Artists!

Block Pop

By Sheridan Rose Shaw

1. Use SUPER.blonde 7 + 6% 1:2 mix on regrowth, process for 30 minutes. Then to clean out the mids and ends, use SUPER.blonde 7 + 6% through for 20 minutes. 

2. Rinse, shampoo and condition the hair in preparation for the ORIGINAL.pigment application.

3. Section hair from the forehead to the nape. Take a quadrant out through the front from the part line. 

4. Section off 4cm from the hairline back down to in front of the ear and on this section, apply 50g Clear + 8g Atonic Orange + 2g Queenie Pink.

For the Gradient Blue: On the root area, place 50g Clear + 5g Sapphire.

For Mids to Ends: Use 100g Clear + 6g Sapphire and process for 20 minutes.

5. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then lightly shampoo and condition and follow with a Smooth Shine Shot to lock in color.

Neon Sunset

By Sheridan Rose Shaw

1. Pre-lighten hair to a level 10 using SUPER.blonde 7 + 6% 1:2 mix, process for up to 50 minutes.

2. Rinse, shampoo and condition for the ORIGINAL.pigment application.

3. Section hair around the ears and begin color application using 40g CLEAN.tone Clear + 5g Vivid Pink at the beginning of year. 

4. Start with the lightest color and blend into medium and then out into the darkest color to blend as seamlessly as possible.

5. Leave a 1cm section to blend into 40g CLEAN.tone Clear + 4g Atonic Orange

6. Leave another 1cm section to blend into 40g CLEAN.tone Clear + 4g Golden Wattle.

7. Use block technique to section and color the hair and leave to process for 20 minutes. 

8. Rinse until the water runs clear. Lightly shampoo and condition and follow with a Smooth Shine Shot to lock in color.  

Jade Dream

By Leanne Kay

1. Lift the hair to a level 10 using SUPER.blonde 7 + 6% 1:2 mix and process up to 50 minutes.

2. Rinse, shampoo and condition in preparation for the ORIGINAL.pigment application.

3. At the chair, section hair from ear to ear. Apply the darker tone 100g CLEAN.tone Clear + 10g Emerald + 4g Golden Wattle from the crown, ear to ear to back. Always take fine sections and pat the color on.

4. Apply from ear to ear to front with fine sections using 150g CLEAN.tone Clear + 10g Emerald + 4g Golden Wattle. Let process for 20 minutes.

5. Rinse until the water runs clear. Lightly shampoo and condition and follow with a Smooth Shine Shot to lock in color.  

The Queen of Pink

By O&M

1. Using SUPER.blonde 9 + 3% 1:2 mix. Foil hair, concentrating on a face frame. Work through to the nape to add brightness through top and nape. Process for up to 50 minutes to achieve a clean level 10.

2. Rinse, shampoo and condition in preparation for the ORIGINAL.pigment application.

3. For the Shadow Root: Apply 40g CLEAN.tone Clear + 10g Queenie Pink.

For the Mids: Apply 40g CLEAN.tone Clear + 5g Queenie Pink.

For Ends: Apply 40g CLEAN.tone Clear + 2g Queenie Pink. Process for 18 minutes, then brush through and leave for an additional 2 minutes.

4. Rinse until the water runs clear. Lightly shampoo and condition and follow with a Smooth Shine Shot to lock in color.  

 

Explore the entire ORIGINAl.pigment collection — Now available!