How to Use colorist in a Sentence

colorist

noun
  • The key to the look is all in the way the colorist applies the foils.
    Lottie Winter, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2021
  • To get the look, ask your colorist for a full balayage.
    Janae McKenzie, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Did Tamaris have access to a colorist for pink touch-ups?
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The spa’s salon space is helmed by renowned British colorist Josh Wood.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But she’s researched it and saved her money to have a colorist do the job, so props to her for that.
    Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Matt Hollingsworth is the colorist and Clayton Cowles does the lettering.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Take a quiz online and a colorist will create your mix.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 July 2023
  • Chaz Dean is a hairstylist, colorist, and founder of Wen Hair Care.
    Chloe Metzger, Allure, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Kim Vo, Spears’s colorist, went out to dinner with her in 2012 in Las Vegas.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Letting gray hair flourish can also be done with the help of a colorist.
    Natalie Johnson, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • That has since changed, of course, and some women put a trip to their colorist at the tippy-top of their post-lockdown To-Do lists.
    Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Miguel outlines the letters and images, and Carlos is the colorist.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Monaé Everett, hair colorist and stylist, founder of the Texture Style Awards.
    Jessica Prince Erlich, Allure, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Racist and colorist posts about Davuluri came from all over the world following her win.
    NBC News, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Reds can easily go south—the line between not red enough and too red is a fine one—so don’t skimp on a colorist.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Unlike many hair-brand founders, Pressly is not a stylist or colorist.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Your hair stylist or colorist may be a genius, but the support of good color care habits, locks will fade or bronze fast.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • Courtesy of colorist Tracey Cunningham, the trend creates a glow to her hair.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • To get the look, Schaudt says to ask your colorist for two-dimensional color.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 21 July 2021
  • His father, a hair colorist, died when Mr. Elbaz was 15.
    Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Namely, her blonde hair hue (the work of colorist Jacob Schwartz, with straight-from-the-box styling by Bryce Scarlett) and a luminous glow.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 11 July 2023
  • To get the shade yourself, Smith says to ask your colorist to include your gray hair into your highlight pattern.
    Glamour, 21 May 2022
  • Indeed, apart from anything else, the show confirms Munch as a superb colorist.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • Still, the 150-plus examples of Katz’s deftness and style, both as a portraitist and as a colorist, yield certain standouts.
    Gabé Hirschowitz, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2022
  • His mother, Alegria, was a painter, and his father, Meyer, a colorist in a hair salon.
    New York Times, 25 Apr. 2021
  • But the colorist had little experience with gray hair and failed to match her color.
    Natalie Johnson, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • In fact, the older man was only a colorist’s assistant.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Sometimes, ends need some extra help after a visit to a colorist.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Among the intimacies shared between colorist and client, one of the most closely guarded may be the topic of gray hair and how to conceal it.
    New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • All this contributes to making Munch much more vivid and relevant as a painter, not to mention as a colorist.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 27 July 2023

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