TO DYE FOR: Reflections On A Humble Genius

Celebrity colorist and “Humble Genius” Steven Tapp was famously unimpressed by fame. In this memoir, I reflect on a Hollywood hair legend who dyed everyone from Madonna to Me.

Let’s get the sad stuff out of the way: Steven Tapp, the brilliant Hollywood colorist, committed suicide in May of 2019. He was 55. It was his third attempt. Those who loved him, as I did, have spent the time since his death trying to comprehend how such a gifted, gentle soul could leave us so brutally.

Steven was the king of Hollywood color. An artist w…