Home Hair Colour: THE PIT FALLS.
Why is home hair colour such big business? Why is it in such demand? cost ? time? ease of use? yes of course. Consider advertising promotion celebrity endorsement products branded by brand name professional stylists. Daily bombardment of beautiful natural style you can create at home from this box of wonder.Hard to ignore right!
Archive for January, 2012
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Our love affair with home hair colour
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, home hair colour, Metallic salts, The colour wheelNo Comments » -
Natural Herbal organic hair colour.
Monday, January 30th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Blonde, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, home hair colour, Metallic salts, Qualification., The colour wheelNo Comments »I do not claim to know or have knowledge about. All there is to know about all the different hair colours on the market. I do however try and keep up to date I do try and get information on all products I come across. Or that seem new and exciting,
This revolution is now already in many of the home colour kits that promote quick fix Ammonia free colour! is this really professional? just because it’s say’s ‘Herbal’ and has a natural plant extract photo on the box does not make it healthier than anything else.
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Alkalinity and Ph. The process of hair colouring.
Friday, January 27th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Blonde, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective colour chart, Full head hair bleach and tone, hair chemistry, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, Metallic salts, The colour wheelNo Comments »As Hairdressers when considering doing hair colour . We owe it to our selves and indeed the client to do the best job possible, more than that give the best service and advise possible, suggesting colour that works with skin tone and eye colour. Work with the best products available, understand the chemistry of the product how it works reacts with hair, what condition with it leave the hair in. Spend some time reading the technical manual in the colour chart know and trust your product.
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Pre lighteners Blonde hair toning
Thursday, January 26th, 2012Blonde, Brunette to Blonde, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective colour chart, corrective hair colour charts, Full head hair bleach and tone, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Metallic salts, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »Bleaching and toning hair is a subject I have covered in the past but it seem’s to get researched for information constantly as stylist’s and client’s look for information on the subject
Full head bleaching or High lighting are a process that requires lifting or lightening the hair to a point of removing enough of the hair’s natural pigment. To then create a natural looking shade from light brown or copper to blonde depending on the natural level or colour of the hair . How do we achieve this?
As always it starts with a consultation with you client or as a client with your stylist. This is key especially with bleaching. Past history. Condition. Goal. Expectation.
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Pre lightening hair. Bleaching lift pigment tone.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Blonde, Blonde highlights, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, corrective colour chart, Full head hair bleach and tone, hair colour education, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, Hair lift and deposit, Multi tonal low lights, Natural Blonde. want it!, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, The colour wheelNo Comments »A huge topic with so many different answers options variables.
Above i found this information for bleaching a head maybe it was put up in jest if that was the case it’s in bad taste and dangerous in content or lack there of. If not in jest then very dangerous if taken seriously by some one. We should always consider the content of what we post and the damage bad information can do !
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Hair colour correction challenges
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, hairdressing education, Natural Blonde. want it!, Qualification., Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »I have decide this week to post topic’s on. Bleaching. Toning. and of course colour correction. Colour correction that journey into the unknown. That adventure that we have to be fully prepared for. the one that can and will at some point challenge us all.
To succeed we need. Knowledge.Skill. Technical ability. Good products and what? Communication and consultation skills. Colour correction starts with consultation!
An honest consultation who wants to end up with! An over processed shapeless mess!hardly an endorsement of ones skill or ability.
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New style new look cut colour reds and coppers
Monday, January 23rd, 2012Beauty hair salon, Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, Hair Colour, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Multi tonal low lights, Qualification., REDS HOT AND COLD, The colour wheelNo Comments »When we think of red hair colours tones and shades there are just so many shades to choose from. Hot reds, Warm controlled reds. Copper shades all the way through to cool blue mauve reds.
The red shades are the hardest to get to last the hardest to keep that rich true colour. why? because of the size of the colour molecule. Either we have to open the cuticle to much or the colour acts like a stain on the outer surface of the hair and it washes out. Finally the hair is over processed before we start. wrong formulation. many issues.
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Highlights and low lights techniques.
Friday, January 20th, 2012Beauty hair salon, Blonde, Blonde highlights, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, hair colour education, Hair colour techniques, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Level 6 to 9 natural blonde hair, Multi tonal low lights, Natural Blonde. want it!, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »The art of hair colouring is a passion to me. As it is with so many hair colour technician’s. True professionals know that. Having both the technical and practical skills are key to being successful. Maintaining standards and being current is also key.
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I would like to try and cover some points that relate to high lighting, with the various products available to us! when we think High lights we are naturally drawn to thinking Blonde. Consider adding more natural tone sand shades . Mixing low lights and high lights. -
Hair colouring and techniques idea’s
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Blonde highlights, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, Hair colour techniques, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, hairdressing business, Hairdressing colour style trends, Multi tonal low lights, The colour wheelNo Comments »Over the years hair coloring techniques have changed with the times with the demands. From. Fashion trends. The constant demands for new looks for individual looks requiring new techniques and skills, that allow us to create new looks to correct and possible camouflage poorly or badly done hair colour.
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In some cases colour that is so badly done or damaged. That the last resort calls for radical action maybe a perky cut or as a last resort a wig. Yes this can and does happen. but it should not it need not! how ever extreme a look it can still have a eye stopping edge and look great! -
Extra thoughts on. Lift deposit shade tone
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Beauty hair salon, Blonde, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, grey hair issues, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, Hair lift and deposit, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »PEA IN YOUR HAIR COLOUR:
Not a thing i might consider! But following on from recent posting a re visit to a topic that I have covered a number of times but one that I think generates much attention raises many questions.
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