What is the right product for you? How do you get all the answer to make an informed choice or decision! With so many products on the market so many manufacturers how on earth do you decide what company what product to chose? This is a big decision and a huge out lay for any salon so you have to get it right.
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Choosing a colour line for your salon.
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, chemical reactions, communication, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, hairdressing business, Metallic salts, Salon collaboration innovative thinking, Salon success, The colour wheelNo Comments » -
Hair colouring: Lift, shade, deposit and tone:
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, corrective colour chart, grey hair issues, hair chemistry, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair salon consultation, Hair stylist consultation, Hair Stylist standards, hairdressing education, Karendavid Salon success, Salon collaboration innovative thinking, Salon success, The colour wheel, The Hair SalonNo Comments »Lack of Grey coverage is normally a formulation and timing issue. poor assessment in the consultation process of amount of Grey so amount of N series required in formulation.Wrong choice of developer, correct development time. wash of to soon dye molecules that have not had time to develope and bond are washed away.Hair that is resistant to colour closed cuticle very resistant Grey hair. Pre-soften with a formulation using either Demi lotion or 10 vol with natural level N series. leave for 20 minutes wash off with cold water, before apply target formulation.
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Natural darker hair to sun kissed natural tones .
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, corrective hair colour charts, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair stylist consultation, Karendavid Salon success, Multi tonal low lights, Ombre hair colour, Salon success, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »Whilst with the Coffee barrister recently about her hair she informed me that she does like to lighten her hair but like so many has an issues with lifting beyond that orange brown hue. She is of Asian decent, so naturally very dark shade and tone hence the pigment issues.
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If your hair colour goes badly wrong. what to do!
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Beauty hair salon, chemical reactions, Colour correction, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, Hair lift and deposit, home hair colour, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »This is such a contentious subject:
A never ending issue for so many women. I thought it worthy of sharing below extracts from our exchange.
Below have posted the question raised in dark solid type. and have tried to respond to the question raised this.This was a real situation and exchange of idea’s with someone who contacted me on line via this blog.
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Misinformation Hair colour product knowledge
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, consultation, grey hair issues, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, Hair lift and deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, home hair colour, Metallic salts, Multi tonal low lights, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, Solid hair colour going lighter, The colour wheelNo Comments »A place to share thoughts review hair colour and products.
How confusing is it for both stylist and the consumer when you can go on line for advise and sound information and you get material such as below. quite shocking!What is written in the heavy print is my view ! I found this information in this article miss leading and quite scary to think it’s posted as informative educational material. Always research don’t trust all that you read as being correct.
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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 »Home Hair Colour: THE PIT FALLS.
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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! -
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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