The short version: The color corrections Lincoln Park clients book most often are faded at-home box dye, grown-out balayage that pulled brassy, and stubborn dark bands from drugstore demi. We plan corrections across one to three sessions depending on the existing color load.
Lincoln Park stretches from North Avenue up to Diversey along the lakefront, with DePaul University at the south end and the Lincoln Park Zoo cutting through the middle. Our Lincoln Park clients range from DePaul faculty to young families on Burling Street to professionals in the rentals around Armitage and Halsted. They book color correction with us when whatever happened last time did not go the way they wanted.
Why Lincoln Park residents book color correction with us
The correction work we see from this neighborhood is rarely catastrophic, but it is layered: three years of mid-level color choices that need to be reset. A client who did a box dye in February, a salon balayage in June, and a gloss kit in September will have three different cuticle states across the same head of hair, and the plan has to account for that. We almost never do one-session corrections here; two visits across three to four weeks is more honest.
Lincoln Park clients also tend to want corrections that land at a recognizable, finished shade, not a creative color statement. We build toward that endpoint from the first session, even if the in-between visit lands somewhere less photogenic.
Our color correction process
The first appointment is a consultation plus a strand test. We map the existing color across the head and identify the bands that need to come down or come up, then build a session plan: usually two visits three to four weeks apart, sometimes a third when lifting from a darker base.
Every correction session uses a bond builder in the lightener, and we tone at the bowl rather than as a separate appointment. Chair time per session runs three to five hours, and you go home with a written plan for between visits.
Getting to 3rd Coast Salon from Lincoln Park
Take the Brown Line southbound from Diversey or Armitage to Merchandise Mart, about 15 to 20 minutes, then walk about four minutes to 223 W Erie. A rideshare from the Clybourn Corridor takes 10 to 15 minutes outside rush hour.
Who this isn't for
If you want a same-day correction from black to platinum, we will turn that consultation down: we will not destroy your hair for a single dramatic before-and-after. If your hair is currently breaking mid-shaft from prior chemical work, we start with a conditioning plan before any correction.
Frequently asked questions
One session runs three to five hours. Most full corrections take two sessions, three to four weeks apart; heavy darker-to-lighter work may take three.
Done correctly, the damage is manageable. We use a bond builder in every lightener mix and plan sessions across multiple visits so we never push lift past what the hair can hold in one day.
In most cases yes, but the more layers of box dye on the hair, the longer the correction. Bring the box from the last dye you used if you still have it.
Some can. Most cannot, and we will tell you that honestly. Two sessions is the most common plan.
It depends on session count and product needed, and you get the full estimate after the strand test, before any product is mixed. See our service menu for current pricing.
Book a color correction consultation
Book online or call (312) 929-2627. See our color services, or read about correction for Highland Park clients.