Colour Analysis & Hair Colour Class Chicago | RC Method™

RC Method™ Colour Analysis + Hair Integration Intensive

Barrington, Illinois | Sunday, August 23 | 10 AM–5 PM

Join Renée Colour, Beverly Hills–based Master Hair Colourist, Image Consultant, educator, and creator of the RC Method™, for an immersive one-day professional intensive designed for Colour Analysts, hairstylists, and beauty professionals who want to elevate the accuracy, confidence, and value of their consultations.

This class bridges the gap between seasonal colour analysis and professional hair colour.

You will learn how to stop looking at hair colour as simply a trend, formula, or inspiration photo and instead begin evaluating colour through the client’s individual visual blueprint.

The goal is to understand why a colour works on one client and not another, and how to make recommendations based on complexion, undertone, value, intensity, contrast, face shape, and seasonal palette.

For Colour Analysts, this training will give you the professional hair knowledge needed to make more sophisticated and accurate hair recommendations.

For hairstylists, it will give you a practical framework for incorporating seasonal colour analysis into the consultation and formulation process behind the chair.

What You’ll Learn

Assess Hair with a More Trained Eye

Learn how to evaluate the client’s natural hair colour beyond simply identifying “brown,” “blonde,” “warm,” or “cool.”

You’ll develop a stronger understanding of:

Natural level and depth
Underlying pigment
Temperature and undertone
Value
Clarity and chroma
How artificial hair colour can alter the way the complexion is perceived

This gives you a much stronger foundation for both colour analysis and professional hair colour recommendations.

The Three Core Colour Coordinates™

Learn to evaluate colour through the RC Method™ framework of:

Temperature / Undertone
Value
Clarity / Chroma

These three coordinates help you understand what your client can visually support and allow you to make more precise recommendations for hair, wardrobe, makeup, jewelry, and accessories.

Professional Hair Colour for Colour Analysts

Colour Analysts will gain a better understanding of the language and structure of professional hair colour so they can communicate more confidently with both clients and hairstylists.

You’ll learn how hair colourists think about:

Levels
Tone
Underlying pigment
Warmth and neutrality
Dimension
Placement
Lightening and darkening
The difference between what a client asks for and what will actually harmonize with them

Formulate Hair Colour Based on the Client, Not the Trend

One of the most valuable parts of this training is learning how to formulate and recommend hair colour based on the individual client’s complexion and visual characteristics rather than simply following what is currently trending.

You will learn to consider:

Skin undertone
Overall temperature
Value and depth
Intensity and chroma
Natural contrast level
Seasonal palette
Existing hair colour
Facial architecture

Instead of asking only, “What colour is popular right now?” you’ll begin asking:

What colour actually belongs on this client?

You’ll understand how to create hair colour that supports the complexion, enhances the eyes, works with the seasonal palette, and still feels modern and beautiful.

Translate Seasonal Colour Into Hair Colour

Learn how to take a seasonal colour analysis and turn it into practical hair recommendations.

You’ll understand how to determine whether a client may be better suited to:

Lighter or deeper hair
Softer or brighter colour
More neutral or more dimensional colour
Higher or lower contrast
Warmer, cooler, or more balanced tonal direction

You will also learn why commonly used terms such as “ash” do not automatically mean “cool,” and how to evaluate the total result rather than relying on a single hair-colour label.

Identify the Client’s Specific Contrast Level

Go beyond broad categories such as low, medium, or high contrast.

Learn how to assess the client’s individual contrast level and understand how that affects:

Hair colour
Highlights and lowlights
Dimensional placement
Wardrobe combinations
Prints and patterns
Jewelry
Accessories
Makeup intensity

For hairstylists, this can completely change the way you decide how much dimension to create in the hair and how strong or subtle that dimension should be.

Face Geometry + Placement Architecture

Learn how the client’s face shape and visual architecture influence the way colour should be placed around the face.

You’ll explore how facial structure can guide recommendations for:

Hair placement
Brightness around the face
Depth placement
Parting
Length
Shape
Balance and proportion

This allows you to create a more customized result rather than using the same placement technique on every client.

Best Practices for Seasonal Colour Analysis

Strengthen your ability to identify the colours that support the client’s natural colouring while understanding how hair can influence the analysis.

You’ll learn how to observe:

Skin response
Changes in clarity
Shadows and discoloration
Eye definition
Facial harmony
The effect of hair colour surrounding the face

This is especially important when a client’s current hair colour is significantly different from their natural colouring.

What You’ll Walk Away With

By the end of this intensive, you will have a much more comprehensive way of evaluating a client from head to toe.

You will walk away with the ability to:

Assess hair colour more accurately
Understand professional hair-colour terminology
Identify undertone, value, and chroma more confidently
Determine a client’s specific contrast level
Translate seasonal colour analysis into hair recommendations
Recommend hair colour based on complexion rather than trends
Understand how dimensional hair colour should relate to natural contrast
Use face shape and architecture to guide placement recommendations
Make stronger wardrobe, jewelry, accessory, and beauty recommendations
Communicate more confidently with clients and other beauty professionals
Increase the perceived and actual value of your consultation
Provide a more personalized, cohesive client experience

Most importantly, you will begin looking at the client as the blueprint™.

Rather than forcing the client into a trend, formula, or predetermined look, you will learn how to evaluate their individual colouring and architecture first and build your recommendations from there.

Who This Class Is For

This intensive is ideal for:

Colour Analysts who want to strengthen their understanding of professional hair colour and provide more valuable hair recommendations.

Hairstylists and licensed cosmetologists who want to incorporate seasonal colour analysis into consultations and create more personalized colour formulations behind the chair.

Image consultants and beauty professionals who want a more advanced understanding of how hair, complexion, contrast, and facial architecture work together.

Class Details

Sunday, August 23
10 AM–5 PM
Barrington, Illinois

A one-hour lunch is included.

Renée is traveling from Beverly Hills specifically to teach this Chicago-area intensive, creating a rare opportunity to experience the RC Method™ in person.

Regular investment: 1997

Special Chicago Intensive Investment: 1497

This is a special in-person rate being offered specifically for the Barrington intensive.

If you want to move beyond basic seasonal analysis or trend-driven hair colour and learn how to create recommendations based on the actual person sitting in front of you, this training is designed to expand the way you see colour, formulate colour, and consult with your clients.

Looking for advanced colour analysis or hair colour education in Chicago? The RC Method™ Colour Analysis + Hair Integration Intensive is a one-day professional training in Barrington, Illinois for Colour Analysts, hairstylists, cosmetologists, and beauty professionals who want to integrate seasonal colour analysis with professional hair colour.

Led by Beverly Hills Master Hair Colourist and Image Consultant Renée, this intensive teaches you how to assess undertone, value, chroma, contrast level, face shape, seasonal colour palette, and natural hair characteristics to make more accurate hair colour, wardrobe, and image recommendations.

You’ll learn how to formulate hair colour based on the client’s complexion rather than the trend, helping you deliver more personalized consultations and increase the value of your services.