DJ Riggs created this color with meche strips rather than foil, “because they don’t conduct heat the way foil does,” he says. “They are gentle and maintain the integrity of the hair.” He and his team gave the model this cut to diminish her wide face. “My goal was to narrow the face to the chin,” he says.

Color steps

1. Section the hair as shown, with two rectangles from the front hairline along the parietal in a diagonal back to the parietal ridge. The rectangles are connected with a “V” shape to form a diamond in the center of the crown.
2. Begin the color below the rounds of the head. Outline the section and go into the regrowth in ½-inch sections working vertically. Permanent shade formula: TIGI Colour Creative equal parts 9/02 with 8/3, blended with 20-volume TIGI Colour activator to make a butterscotch shade.
3. Pull the color through horizontally with a golden honey shade: TIGI Colour Creative equal parts 10/0 with 8/34, blended with 30-volume developer.
4. Cover the lengths with Colour Meche strips.
5. In the rectangles at front, apply the butterscotch shade in back-to-back slices on regrowth.
6. Introduce a third shade (cream blonde) through the lengths and ends. Formula: TIGI Colour Modern Lightener with 20-volume developer.
7. Continue through the rectangles.
8. Fold the meche strips and place as shown.
9. In the diamond section at the crown place the butterscotch shade at the root.
10. Working diagonally, alternate the cream blonde and golden honey shades through the lengths.
11. Process at room temperature for 35 minutes; shampoo and condition.