Colour Keys 1 | Colour & Lightening Hair | L’Oréal Professionnel | $230.00 ex.GST

Build core hair colour knowledge. Perfect for hairdressers seeking to enhance services and master essential colouring techniques.

What You Will Learn

Enroll in Colour Keys 1 and gain foundational hair colour expertise to elevate your career as a hairdresser. This course is designed to help you master essential colouring techniques, strengthen your salon services, and deliver outstanding results for every client.

Course Details

Colour Keys 1 immerses you in the fundamentals of hair colour, from understanding how colour works on natural hair to mastering the lightening process and exposed undercoats. Whether you specialize in short hairstyles, long layered haircuts, or trending looks like 90s hairstyles and balayage, this course will give you the confidence and skills to succeed in the salon.

How It Works

Begin your learning journey online with a series of concise, self-guided video lessons. Next, participate in a live webinar (optional online classroom), and finish with a practical, hands-on training day. Complete both the video series and the practical day to earn your Colour Keys 1 certificate and boost your salon service expertise.

Skills Covered

• Understanding how hair colour works and the science behind it
• The lightening effect on natural hair and managing exposed undercoats
• Professional hair analysis for customized colour results
• Effective colour consultation to meet every client’s needs
• Strengthening your knowledge for a broader range of salon services

Taught By

Online: Min Kim – Global Artist

Offline: L'Oréal Professionnel Paris Educator

Ready to advance your hair colour knowledge and deliver top-tier salon services? Enroll in Colour Keys 1 and become a confident, skilled hairdresser!

Target: All stylists 

Price : 

$230.00 AUD ex.GST 

$230.00 NZD ex.GST 

In enrolling in this class, you acknowledge you have obtained all relevant consents and permissions to enroll this class on your L’Oréal salon account.

Cancellation Policy

Please log in to your ACCESS profile www.anz.lorealaccess.com to un-enroll to your booked program.

Please navigate to the MY COURSES in the user menu

If you cancel more than 4 weeks or 20 working days before a scheduled program, you can:

- Transfer to the next suitable program; or

- Receive a full refund

If you cancel less than 4 weeks or 20 working days before a scheduled program or if you or any  complimentary booking participant does not attend a program, you will not be entitled to any refund for the program.

If any complimentary booking participant does not attend a program, the participant’s attendance cost will be charged in full.

Please note that L’Oréal Professionnel reserves the right to cancel a program at any time – in which case L’Oréal Professionnel will contact you and arrange your full refund.

If we say colour spectrum, does that mean anything to you?

We start with three colours, blue, red and yellow... but with these 3 simple colours a whole world opens up to you.

Colour is an unlimited topic to play with. But it is still necessary to master these basics in order to exploit all their specificities.

In this episode, you will learn about the elements that characterize the colours such as saturation, exposition or transparency. As well as the classification of hair colour and the types of pigments found in the hair.

Key Learning : primary colours - complementary colours – saturation – exposition – transparency – colour classification - pigments in hair.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 7 min.

Want to know more about what causes hair lightening? Watch now “New Colour Keys 1 - Ep 02. Hair Lightening” to understand this phenomenon! 

Not yet enrolled into New Colour Keys 1? It's here to solve 80% of your clients' cases.

Have you ever had a customer with very dark hair ask you to be blonde?

As a professional you understand the complexity of such a change. To fully understand how colour works, you must first understand how the lightening process works. Starting from natural lightening at the beach to professional lightening in your salons.

In this episode, you will learn the elements that allow the natural lightening of your hair and how to reproduce the lightening process in your salon. Keep in mind that oxygen is the basis of everything. What is oxidation? But also understanding how undertones can affect the desired result. 

Key Learning :  Lightening process active – accelerators – lightening - pigments in hair – undercoats – undertones.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 8 min.

Want to know more about the numbering system?  Watch now “Ep 03. Fundamentals, reflects & numbering” to be unbeatable on the numbering of colour tubes!

Can you really tell the difference between an 8.3, 8.33, and 8.30?

Colour has also its own vocabulary. Let’s learn how to « talk colour » with L’Oréal Professionnel Paris, and you should be able to understand the formulation of hair colorant according to its numbering.

In this episode, you will learn about what are fundamentals? What are reflects? How to combine and choose the right base. Understand which shade to choose and when.

Key Learning : primary colours - complementary colours – fundamentals – reflects – numbering system - pigments in hair.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 6 min.

Do you want to use same products as Min in this episode? No wait longer: https://www.lorealpartnershop.com/home

Want to know more about which L’Oréal Professionnel product should you choose based on your client's needs?  Watch now “Ep 04. Principles of hair colour” to understand the colouring process! 

Not yet enrolled into Colour Keys 1, It's here to solve 80% of your clients' cases.

Why I didn't get the result I expected ?

As a professional you must be able to choose the most suitable products to achieve the desired result and for that you need to understand how colouring process works.

In this episode, you will learn about what’s inside a colouring tube and the colouring process. You will be able to identify the most suitable colouring product to achieve the desired result. Which developer to use ? How to formulate according to target shade ? Know all about L’Oréal Professionnel Paris hair colour products: iNOA, Dialight, Diarichesse, Majirel and Majirel High-Lift.

Key Learning : colouring process - lightening process – oxidation – colour products.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 9 min.

Do you want to use same products as Min in this episode? No wait longer: https://www.lorealpartnershop.com/home

Want to know more about how to neutralize the undercoats of your clients?  Watch now “Ep 05. Neutralization”! 

Not yet enrolled into Colour Keys 1, It's here to solve 80% of your clients' cases.

Are you able to control or neutralize the reflects that your clients no longer want?

Some clients want to neutralize reflects and others to accentuate them. With this episode you will be able to meet both demands.

Find which colour neutralizes which reflect and what are the perfect matches to create the desired reflects. How to differentiate between cool and warm colours? How to neutralize the undercoat after a lightening? Exercise with Min Kim's questions to be unbeatable on this subject!

Key Learning : neutralization – undertones – perfect match - cool colours – warm colours – compatible reflect.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 12 min.

Want to know more about how to cover your client’s white hair?  Watch now “Ep 06. White hair coverage” to to have all the keys to a perfect colourist! 

White hair clients are your favourite clients !

That's about 70% of all salon application. Indeed, white hair coverage is a critical daily service in your salons. Learn the white coverage rules to achieve the perfect result. Practice how to adapt your formulation between regrowth and lightening.

Thanks to this episode, white hair is no longer a mystery. Why does it become white? Identify the percentage of white hair on a client to adapt the formulation. You have to choose your fundamental according to warm or cool shade. Learning about taking through.

Key Learning : white hair – fundamentals – warm colours – cool colours – transparency - pigments in hair.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 7 min.

Want to know more about how to do your clients’ colour touch-ups? Watch now “Ep 07. Take through” to answer all these requests! 

How do you get a customer to come back to your salon?

For a colour service, most clients come for their colour touch-up. But it's how you manage their lengths and ends that will keep them coming back to your salon. Lengths and ends are to be cared about and most valorised to your clients.

You will play with hair colours and developers to make beautiful take through. Build customer loyalty with your colouring skills. Learn all about Dialight and why it's a great product for colour refresh.

Key Learning : colour refresh – regrowth – lengths - Dialight – lightening – developer – acidic pH - shine.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 9 min.

Want to know more about how to make the best colouring service ? Watch now “Ep 08. Colour application & diagnosis” to practice! 

How will your colour application make the difference?

A perfect diagnosis is what it make you stand-out. The way you professionally apply the colour too. Here's a video covering everything it takes to make it perfect.

In this episode, you'll learn about the process of a hair colouring service from diagnosis with Style My Hair Pro, to application of regrowth, take through to perfect emulsification. Benefit from Min Kim's advice as she performs the colour service in front of your eyes!

Key Learning : Style My Hair Pro – hair care routine - colour application – pro-tips – how to emulsify – Metal Detox.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Tutorial video.
• Timing: 8 min.

Want to know more about how to work healthy & safety with your client? Watch now “Ep 09. Health & safety” to work safety ! 

How do you manage the safety of your clients and of yourself?

Safety is serious matter. Refresh your knowledge on all these safety aspects, treat your customers and yourselves safely whenever you handle chemical products. Process of Allergy Alert Test.

In this episode, you will learn about safety and innovation. Allergy test is very important, so you need to know when to do it and how to do it to avoid any risks. Respecting the instructions is the basis of your job because you use chemical products. It is therefore necessary to know the products and those that cannot be applied to the scalp and skin.

Key Learning : safety – innovation – allergy alert test – instruction – risk - health.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series)
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Motion video.
• Timing: 4 min.

Do you have some questions about the episodes of the series New Colour Keys 1? Take part in our webinar to ask all your questions to a L'Oréal Professionnel Paris educator. 

You want to test yourself on the New Colour Keys 1?

You are on the right episode! Take the time you need if you want to re-watch some episodes of the series again and once ready test yourself!

In this episode, you can test your knowledge of Colour Keys 1. You will have questions that only concern what you saw in episodes 1 to 9. You must validate a total of at least 80% correct answers in order to be able to move on to the final stage which is the offline practice in the L'Oréal Professionnel Paris Academy. You can repeat the quiz several times. There are 6 themes that will be addressed: levels of depth, lightening process, colouring process, work cases, reflects and white hair.

Key Learning : Quiz – New Colour Keys 1 – online – open questions – closed questions - levels of depth - lightening process - colouring process - work cases - reflects - white hair.

• Certification : Yes (need to complete whole Colour Keys 1 series).
• Level: For all – from new to senior.
• Content type: Quiz.
• Timing: No timer.
• Number of questions : 24 questions.
• Type of questions : Open and closed questions.
• Number of possible answers : One answer (round) and several answers (squares).

You managed to get more than 80% of the answers right? So you are ready to practice offline and get your New Colour Keys 1 certificate!