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8 The Colorist | MARCH/APRIL 2015 | thecoloristmag.com color story PHOTOGRAPHY (FROM TOP RIGHT): COURTESY OF L'ORÉAL PROFESSIONNEL; COURTESY OF LOTUS ABRAMS Lotus Abrams EDITOR IN CHIEF labrams@creativeage.com From top: Me on the day I fi rst colored my hair; a more recent selfi e, taken at Graceland Hair & Tattoo in Brooklyn, NY—color and cut by Gunther Allspach A llow me to introduce myself. I've been a beauty editor for nearly a decade, but a beauty junkie for a whole lot longer than that. My obsession with hair color began at age 15, when I fi rst colored my own hair. I remember the day clearly, feeling excited as I walked into my local Peninsula Beauty Supply in search of the perfect semi-permanent shade of magenta that would complement my all-black wardrobe and bobbed hair—I was completely obsessed with T e Smiths, T e Cure, and Siouxsie and the Banshees back then. In my bathroom, I nervously mixed the ingredients, applied, waited patiently for the color to process, rinsed, blow-dried and voilà—I was transformed, and totally hooked on color. I spent the next several years as a redhead, experimenting with various shades, until eventually transitioning to a brunette. T inking of myself as somewhat of DIY hair color expert by my mid-20s, I readily accepted when my younger brother, who was in high school at the time, asked me to dye his hair blonde. He'd had blonde hair when he was younger, but it had gotten considerably darker since then. "No problem!" I thought, and we headed over to the local drugstore so he could pick out a box of color. He picked out a shade that was pretty light, and I remember feeling just a teensy bit of doubt at that point about my abilities. Nevertheless, we headed home and I got to work. T e result? Yep, his hair turned orange—not what we were going for, but the experience did make me realize that there was a lot more to learn about hair color than what I knew. When I could fi nally aff ord to get my hair colored professionally in my late 20s, it was a real eye-opener, and I realized that coloring hair is part artistry and part science. Fast forward to today: I now stick to writing about beauty and leave my own hair color to the pros. I feel privileged to talk to and learn from some of the most talented hairdressers across the country every day, and look forward to sharing their techniques, go-to products and business strategies with you in every issue of T e Colorist. upf ont