On this video tutorial photographer Nathaniel Dodson (from the website tutvid) demonstrates a simple method to make complex selections using Photoshop CC.
The whole idea of this tutorial and the method that Dodson demonstrates in this video has to do with dividing your selection into more than one mask (in this case the body and the hair).
You start by creating one selection and working on it in select and mask and saving it to a new layer mask. Then you can re-select and go again to select and mask and work on the other parts (you can also father for strong edges on stuff which is typically not hair) and again save to a new layer mask. You can also call them specific names (in this case body/hair).
Now you can use the brush tool with a soft light blend mode in white to remove unwanted color from the hair mask (shut off the other layer) and you can use decontaminate colors. You will need to fill the non-hair part with black so this will not affect the nonhair parts. the non-hair should have the hair painted in black (both on the masks) so now you have body specific mask and hair specific mask.
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