Hair Color in Houston

History of Hair Color

American’s love hair color and Houston is no exception.  Currently, 70% to 75% of American women color their hair.  Some go to hair salons.  Some buy box color from their grocery store.  To be honest, coloring your hair is nothing new.  Around 1400 BC, Egyptian women started using henna to tone down their gray.  The Greeks and Romans follow shortly thereafter and added indigo to the color mix.  Black hair ruled the fashion scene until turmeric burst on to the scene around 700 AD which gave blondes a color boost.

Colorants remained plant based until 1907 when Eugene Schuller, the founder of L’Oreal, developed the first commercial hair dye. The hair color industry took another step forward in 1931 when Jean Harlow’s film, Platinum Blonde, debuted.  While not a box office smash, Platinum Blonde secured Jean Harlow’s legacy.   It also sent women all over America running to their local hair salons asking to be a blonde.  Unfortunately, up until 1950, becoming a blonde required large amounts of bleach which often damaged the hair.

Hair Color Today

Fortunately, much has changed since the 1950’s.  Today, healthy, shiny, and fast color services are available in a variety of services.  One color, balayage, ombre, sombre and highlights are just a few of the available hair color options.  Clients are also not limit to shades of brown, black or blonde either. In fact, one of the hottest current color trends involves the color wheel’s most vibrant colors.  We are truly living in an exciting time, if you can dream it, we can do it.  This includes everything from the natural, sun drenched look of balayage to ombre‘s dynamic color transitions.

Why The Upper Hand

With so many hair color options available, how do you decide? We recommend scheduling a color consultation at one of our three Houston hair salons.  We have more Goldwell Master Color One stylists than any other salon west of the Mississippi River.  CitySearch also gave us their prestigious Best Hair Color and Best Highlights awards in their annual Best of Houston contest.  Lastly, The Upper Hand has also been named as one of the top salons in the world by Hey, Hey Gorgeous.  So what are you waiting for?  Take a look at our service menu and give us a call, you will be glad you did.