Archive for the ‘Hair structure and Ph chart’ Category

• Health or wealth in your salon

  Monday, March 26th, 2012Beauty hair salon, chemical reactions, communication, consultation, hair chemistry, Hair salon service sales., Hair salon service's, Hair structure and Ph chart, hairdressing business, Keratin hair relaxer, Salon collaboration innovative thinking, Salon successNo Comments »

  Now we have a new challenge facing us! The chemistry of our products is changing at a rapid pace some of the manufacture are less than transparent about how these products work and any possible side effects.frankly this is worrying and we as professional have to ask more question and be either less trusting or hold the manufacture to account.

  The chemistry in many cases of our hair colour has changed Ammonia got gets a bad warp it seems an Alkaline derived from grain has a more natural quality to it so it must be safer and healthier! You decided MEA come from the ethanol family.

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• Grey hair Embrace it work with it!

  Tuesday, March 6th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, Blonde highlights, Brunette to Blonde, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, consultation, grey hair issues, hair chemistry, hair colouring lift deposit, Hair lift and deposit, Hair structure and Ph chart, Hair stylist consultation, natural level 7 to 9 blonde, Solid hair colour going lighter2 Comments »

  The one topic that is talked about by both men and women as this silver threads start to appear. Yes it can happen at any age to any one.Yet society tries to dictate via Media and social barriers that it’s unsightly ageing and must go. women of all ages dread the day the first one shows up!

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• Hair structure.The science the chemistry.

  Monday, March 5th, 2012Ammonia free natural hair colour, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, communication, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, Hair structure and Ph chart, Keratin hair relaxer, Metallic salts, Salon successNo Comments »

  To be a good hair colourist we have to know so much to understanding. How the hair structure works. What role it plays is key to successful colouring. In order to understand the dynamics of hair colour we need to look at the hair’s inner structure and understand how it is affected and changed in the colour process.or any chemical process we apply.We also have to keep up with the changing chemistry of the products we use.We have to understand how they react on the hair. What is the chemistry in that tube of colour pigment or that relaxer.Is it safe can i trust it! Blind faith or trusting the sales rep is not enough!

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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 »

  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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• Home based successful hair salon business

  Thursday, February 9th, 2012Beauty hair salon, Beauty hair style, Beauty tips, hair colour trends, Hair cutting, Hair cutting technique, Hair structure and Ph chart, hairdressing business, Ombre hair colour, Stylist's Certification2 Comments »

  At the time I was working as an educator and platform artist for a large North American hair product and hair colour company.Whilst really enjoying the shows. The travel. The events it had it’s down time and just doing salon hair colour education update was not challenging enough. I decided to set up a salon at home to fill in the down time and keep doing hair. This would be a small one man business built using my skills creativity and knowledge. My mandate would be to offer the highest standard of. Hair colouring. Colour correction, and razor cutting.

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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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• 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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• 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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• Hair colour History and useful facts

  Thursday, December 8th, 2011Ammonia free natural hair colour, chemical reactions, colour wheel laws of colour, hair chemistry, Hair Colour, hair colour education, hair colouring lift deposit, HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY, TIPS TRICKS, THOUGHTS,, Hair structure and Ph chart, hairdressing education, home hair colour, Metallic salts, The colour wheelNo Comments »

  Until the early 1900s, hair coloring was made from a wide range of herbal and natural dyes. Flying in the face of other chemists who found the development of hair coloring trivial and unworthy of their time, French chemist Eugene Schuller created the first safe commercial hair coloring in 1909. His invention was based on a new chemical paraphenylenediamine.{ has a petroleum ring to it does it not?} As does the newest colour delivery system MEA based from ethanol-Ammonia see a pattern.

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• semi permanent colour and other options

  Sunday, December 4th, 2011Ammonia free natural hair colour, Beauty hair salon, chemical reactions, communication, consultation, Hair Colour, Hair structure and Ph chart, Metallic saltsNo Comments »

  The key to using any product is to follow the instruction to the latter. Don’t take short cuts make sure you allow enough time to do this process correctly. This colour remving product is everything it claims to be I was very impressed. But remember it only removes artificial pigment if you have coloured your hair a number of times do not expect your natural colour to appear. If you have over time lifted your natural level with each colour application using permanent colour.you may be able to remove the unwanted pigment but your hair’s natural level will be lighter and in some cases very light if hair has been coloured over a long period. Remember none of these products are a miracle quick fix. So do your re search become informed if in doubt have a professional consultation.

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