Spent two hours at a beauty supply warehouse in Gardena and walked out rethinking my color bar
I drove down to a wholesale spot in Gardena on Tuesday to restock foils and got there while a class was wrapping up in the back room. The teacher had her students swatch every level of one color line on those clear plastic sleeves so they could see the underlying pigment before it ever touched a client's head, and it was such a simple setup that I felt silly for never trying it. I've been mixing by eye for 11 years and still get surprised by how much warmth sits under a level 7. Does anyone else keep a swatch book of their own mixes, or do you just trust your eye at the bowl?