That balance is what separates pros from hacks.

Exactly, it's that cycle of damage that kills me. They skip the twenty dollar treatment to save money, then need three hundred dollars of corrective color six months later. The math just doesn't work out for them, and we're left fixing a mess that was totally avoidable. It honestly takes the joy out of the job when you're just undoing damage instead of creating something new.

Mary_kelly, my phone just buzzed while I read your post.