Sunday 28 October 2007

Hair dye colors - graying hair

When looking at hair dye colors, often it is a question of covering roots and not really wanting to do much more.

Many women who turn gray don't do anything radical, prefering products a shade or two different than their natural color, designed to color only the gray. The result is a natural two-tone effect in which the gray appears to simply be a lighter shade of the natural hair color. Others decide that this is a good opportunity to find out what they'd look like with a completely different hair color and go from brown to blond, red or black. For more ideas see here

Gray hair is in fact one of the most color resistant types of hair. One of the reasons gray hair is so challenging is it is a different texture than normal hair. Gray hair usually grows in coarser than normal hair because it lacks pigment.

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The key to coloring gray hair is softening hair, this will help open the hair cuticle so color is more easily accepted on the hair shaft. One way to do this is by applying a 20% solution of peroxide to gray hair. You can leave the solution on for up to ten minutes. Once this step is complete, normally you can apply any color you like. Try here for more ideas

Gray hair does require a little more care than other hair types. For one, it can easily turn yellow if exposed to too many free radicals and pollutants from the environment. Fortunately there are a number of shampoos and other hair products you can buy to help minimize any yellowing that may occur. Gray hair also needs lots of moisturizing and conditions. In general you’ll want to stay away from products with lots of alcohol, which can dry hair and make it seem brittle.

When you find a hair color that you like, look at the swatches on the back of the boxes or read the instructions to see what results you can expect for your original hair color. Remember that all hair color results are determined by a user's own natural color.

For more ideas on managing hair dye colors for graying hair, try here





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Friday 26 October 2007

Hair dye colors - Breast Cancer awareness

I regulalry change my hair dye colors, but for this month have used pink as support for the breast cancer awareness.

The number of people who have recognized the link between my hair color and breast cancer awareness, is great, as it usually is. But I do think this year there seems to have been a greater awareness than usual, so all credit to those involved.



There are numerous pink hair dye colors available, one of the best being

hot hot pink, by Maic Panic, which is available from here


Hair dye colors for next month include red as part of the remembrance Sunday events





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Thursday 27 September 2007

Hair dye Colors - Manic Panic

I really need to get some new hair dye colors.

I have had various combinations of light blue and pink in my hair during the summer and I think it is time for a change. I think heading into autumn winter, it would be good to look at purple and red, something stronger and more in keeping with the season., so I need to have a look at some alternatives.

Crazycolors, do a great Red and aubergine and I am a great fan of crazy colors, which have been my main color supplier since the '70s, when I first started dying my hair as a London Punk Rocker. Can't believe that is 30 years ago. That said, aubergine isn't what I am thinking of this time round.



Special Effects also do some great colors and are a good brand for longer lasting colors, but I don't want to go with them this time.

http://haircrazy.com/images/virginrose.jpg

I think I am going to head over to Manic Panic and make some choices there and run with Purple Haze

Manic Panic Amplified Hair Dye/Cream

and Wildfire, from the amplified range

Manic Panic Amplified Hair Dye/Cream


I'll try and get some images up when I have the new colors in and update this section of the blog.

These are easy enough to get online, try here for great prices at the moment








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Tuesday 11 September 2007

Hair dye colors try before you dye

One thing that puts alot of people off hair dye colors, is the uncertainty.

I have spent quite a while wondering how to address this concern and looked at many of the alternatives out there.

I wanted to find something that was easy to use, gave a realistic impression and was personalisable.

After scouring the various tools available, both online and in salons, I found a great online site.

The site offers you the latest hairstyles from the world's top salons - ready to try on in unlimited colors! If you want to know what you'd look like with a short hairstyle, a curly hairstyle, or a different hair color, it is the fun, safe and affordable solution you need!




Color


Texture


Create


Try out thousands of hairstyles in the safety of your own home, without going near a pair of scissors!

Thanks to the Facial & Cosmetic Makeovers that are included inthe virtual imaging service, you can also correct blemishes, wrinkles and more to create a beautiful new YOU!.

Simply click & upload your photo and in seconds you will be browsing thousands of hairstyle pictures.

The simple, fun tools enable you to stretch, color, create & save your best hairstyles to print, email & share!

The hairstyles on this site are not a random collection - the site owners have owned salons for 28 years, and have always taken pride in helping their clients discover their own unique beauty. The trendsetting hairstyles come from the world's leading salons and hair stylists, and can be found in leading hairstyle magazines like Total Image Hair & Beauty Magazine.

It is a really neat site giving you the chance to try hair dye colors before you dye.

BeautyWorks





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Tuesday 4 September 2007

Hair dye colors for breast cancer

Cleveland family chooses pink hair dye colors for cancer.

Jennifer Peters, hair stylist and salon manager for New Design Aveda Concept Salon and Spa, styles Rachel Kuklinca’s hair Thursday after dying it pink. Getting their hair dyed with Rachel were her mother, Holly Hockenberry, and brother, Robert.

Holly Hockenberry and two of her children have dyed their hair pink, to help raise cancer relief funds.

Holly took part in the 60 mile, three day Cleveland Breast Cancer walk on August 17th.

Holly's grandmother lost her battle to cancer in 1982 and her mother is in remission after being diagnosed 13 years ago. Holly herself has had 3 benign lumps removed.


Since registering in February, the Euclid resident has raised $2 900 and she is still looking to raise more.

As a legal secretary, Holly checked with her employers and found them more than willing supporters of her fundraising idea. Her children were certainly the talk of High School. The Salon who were responsible for the hair dye colors transformation, are also trying to raise funds, by selling cookbooks filled with clients' recipes for the cause in October.

The walk which started at Thistledown race track and ended on Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland, benefits breast cancer research via Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.

If you are looking for something brighter in the way of hair dye colors, take a look here.


Special Effects Cupcake Pink Hair Dye





To help Hockenberry raise funds, visit this link.





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Sunday 26 August 2007

Can bleach be used as one of the hair dye colors

There are mixed views on this one, technically hair bleach is not a hair dye color, but a color strip.

It is harder to bleach red hair than dark hair and dark hair should be bleached in stages to avoid damaging the hair as much as possible. Dark hair goes through stages with repeated bleaching. Black hair initially becomes red, then orange followed by yellow and finally white.

Bleached hair has a yellow tinge to it because of the natural structure of hair, which is mainly a-keratin which is naturally a pale yellow.

The more frequently bleach is applied, the drier hair becomes, moisturising hair after bleaching is a must.

That is the technical bit. It depends a lot on the effect you are looking for in your hair, whether a color tint would be better, or leaving your hair stripped provides the effect you are after.

I personally never use a tint, when I am leaving white in my hair, but that is likely to do with the fact that I wear it against a vivid color. My partner on the other hand, likes a multi-toned blond 'natural' look and doesn't have her hair bleached before adding color, rather goes for a tint to the color.

So in short, whether you bleach your hair as a 'color' and leave it, or do as the majority would advise, tint your hair to a finish, is very much a personal choice. For a 'natural' look, then a tint is far more effective.


low-lighted hair



Bleached hair

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Tuesday 21 August 2007

Hair dye colors - Is organic any good?

Are organic hair dye colors effective? I have been considering this over the past few days and have done some more research on the subject.

Hair dye colors can contain a range of ingredients which may cause allergies in individuals and the debate at to their carcinogenic effect, rages back and forth.

The fact is, that hair dyes, in the main, do contain synthetic chemicals. That said, dyeing hair is an age old custom which shows no signs of lapsing in popularity, be it for vibrancy, change of mood, or a myriad of other reasons, the fact is, many of us put hair dye colors in our hair.

For those who are nervous of the synthetic products, all is not lost and I would expect the market for organic hair dyes will continue to grow, so the choices will extend.

A few brands to consider for now include:

Aubrey Organics

The information advises...
To make contact if hair is more than 20% gray and to select a color which is close to the natural color of your hair.

Creme Colorante

Who advise...
enhances and highlights the natural colour of your hair whilst softening and giving extra volume and shine. Suitable for permed and coloured hair, it also blends away initial greying. It will not lighten or permanently change your natural shade.

Light Mountain

Who advise...

A typical treatment will last anywhere from 6 to 12 week

Herbatint vegetal

Advice....
A range of true semi-permanent hair colours. These colours enhance the shine and clarity of your natural hair colour whilst greatly improving the condition of the hair. VEGETAL™ hair colour will not do more than mask any but the earliest few white hairs

To put it all in perspective.

"CERTAIN INGREDIENTS need to be in hair color in order for it to work," says Peter Matravers, vice president of research and development at Aveda. "

That's why there's no 100 percent natural way to dye your hair permanently," explains John Masters of the John Masters Organic hair salon in New York City. If you're dying at home, he advises looking for a formula with minimum PPD and ammonia and maximum conditioning.

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Sunday 19 August 2007

Hair dye colors - What should I consider?

Today, about half of all American women use hair dye colors and men are increasingly dyeing their hair.

Due to high salon prices, more and more people are dyeing their own hair. The best weapon against mistakes for the home hair colorist, is planning.

First off, ensure you don't need to go to a professional stylist, some people do and should.

While Hair dye colors are becoming ever easier to use at home, you would be best to get advice if:

Your hair is severely damaged - It breaks easily

You want to lighten your hair more than three shades

You want to darken your hair by more than three shades

You are trying to fix your earlier mistake

Second

How radical do you want to be.

The effect of hair dye colors can be graded in levels of the effect of the dye, regardless of color.

In order:

Highlighting, Highlights are usually permanent, and they are a great way to add texture and subtle color to your hair-whether they're red or blond or even blue-without dramatic changes. Can take a while to apply the hair dye colors

Semi permanent, semi-permanent products coat the hair with color that washes out after about 6 to 12 shampoos. You can only go darker effectively with semi permanent hair dye colors

Demi-Permanent, Demi-permanent hair dye colors last longer approximately 24 to 26 shampoos, but again can't be used for lightening hair.

Permanent, Permanent hair dye colors use both ammonia and peroxide, which enter the hair's cortex and create a change that cannot be washed out. Keep in mind that the end result is always a combination of the added pigment and the original pigment of your hair

Third

Hair dye colors

Shades are basically broken down into two categories: warm and cool. People with warm eye, hair, and skin tones should choose a warm hair color, and people with cool tones should choose a cool hair color. Any beautician at a makeup counter in a department store would be happy to help you figure out if you're a "cool" or a "warm"

"Cool" people should stay away from hair dye colors with reddish or golden hues and seek out the cooler colors, ranging from platinum to blue-black. "Warm" people should choose hair dye colors with golden and red highlights, from strawberry blonde to dark auburn. Remember, unless you're prepared for disastrous results, stay within a few shades of your natural color.

Fourth

Brand

There are simply too many brands on the market to go over the pros and cons of each, but professional stylists suggest that you use a popular brand name.

  1. Popular brands are usually popular for a reason. If L'oreal's hair products were known to turn hair green, you'd hear about it. But if you use the obscure "Bombshell in a Bottle," you might turn into more of a bomb than a bombshell.

  2. Popular brands usually have a help line that's listed right on the box. Although you're most likely not going to get hair experts when you call, you'll get answers to common problems you may encounter during the actual dyeing of your hair.
You are now ready to go to step Five, applying hair dye colors

There are two very important tests that you must perform with each and every hair coloring product you use: the allergy test and the strand test.

The allergy test will make sure that you don't get a rash all over your scalp after you apply your hair dye colors. dye your hair. Perform the allergy test at least two days before you dye your hair. If nothing terrible happens, you're good to go.

The strand test is exactly what it sounds like, and you can do it either while performing the allergy test or you can do it the day you dye your hair. With the teaspoon of dye (and a gloved hand), choose a hair strand, and completely saturate it with the dye. Leave it in for the amount of time you'll leave the dye on the rest of your head later, and then wash hair. Check out the strand.

Before you get started with your whole head, make sure you get everything together that you need before you apply your hair dye colors. You'll need:

  1. Rubber gloves.
  2. A comb.
  3. Old clothes.
  4. An old towel
  5. A large plastic bag and hair clip.
  6. A timer.

READ THE DIRECTIONS ON THE BOX AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE YOU BEGIN. Different products have very different instructions. For example, some require your hair to be dry, and others wet.

You will probably need to mix some bottles together (or shake up one bottle) follow the instructions exactly as they are written.

work the dye from the roots out, making sure your hair is eventually completely and evenly saturated.
You might want to use a comb to help you spread the hair color dyes through your hair and to smooth out the clumps
Put the plastic bag over your hair. Twist the bag tightly, and secure it with a hair clip. The heat will help the chemicals react better.
Set your timer for the amount of time stated in the instructions
.
Relax
When the timer rings, and follow the directions in the box.

Never try to dye your eyebrows or eyelashes. The FDA prohibits salons from doing it, as it can cause inflammations around the eyes, and even blindness, so certainly don't try it on your own.

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Saturday 18 August 2007

Hair dye colors - Auburn

Another of the common hair dye colors is auburn.

Auburn is a moderate reddish brown to brown. It is similar to burgundy and maroon, although these two colors have a more reddish tint, whilst auburn has a slightly more brownish one.


Permanent Hair Color #11 Medium Auburn

People with gold or red skin tones should choose colors that are similar to this, like gold and red and auburn.

Auburn hair dye colors suit any length or stlye of hair, giving a classical elegant and sophisticated appearance.

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Hair dye colors - Black

Black hair dye colors are used by disparate groups, from goths to aged grand-parents and not suprisingly either.

Black hair is the darkest and most common color of human hair. The vast majority of people of non-European descent have black hair. In English, people with black hair are usually referred to as "black-haired" or "dark-haired", rather than "brunette".

Outside of Northern Europe, where the blond mutation originated, most humans have black or dark brown hair.

Natural Black - Natural Hair Colour

Perhaps one of the most versatile hair color dyes, making changes in appearance from reble to the highest sophistication.

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Hair dye colors - Blonde

Blond hair dye colors, much favoured by European and North American women.

Blond (or blonde, is a hair color found in certain people characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. From degrees of almost light brown, to pale, almost white yellow, the various hues of blondness are found in a little less than 1.8% of the world's human population.

The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some sort of yellowish color, going from the very pale blond caused by a patchy, scarce distribution of pigment, to reddish "strawberry" blond colors or golden brownish blond colors, the latter with more eumelanin. True blonds have the thinnest strands of hair while the strands of tropical black hair are the thickest.

Blond hair dye colors come in many hues, sub-categories of blond hair have also been invented to describe someone with blond hair more accurately. Examples include the following:

  • Platinum blond and towhead - nearly white; found naturally almost exclusively in children, but occurring rarely among some adults
  • Sandy blond - similar to sand in color
  • Ash blond - usually quite fair, with some ashen (grey) tones
  • Dirty blond or dishwater blond - dark blond
  • Golden blond or honey blond - lighter, with a gold cast
  • Bottle blond or bleach blond - artificially dyed blond hair
  • Strawberry blond - reddish blond
  • Pool blond - with green undertones, from habitual exposure to chlorinated pool water
  • Hazy blond or zebra blond - streaked blond and brunette
  • Brownish blond - darkest shade of blond with sometimes looking light brown and at other times dark blond

Natural Platinum Blonde - Natural Hair Colour

Blond hair dye colors can be used as fllirtatious or deadly earnest.

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Hair Dye Colors - Brown

Brown hair dye colors arrive in a variety of shades.


Brown hair (also referred to as chestnut, cinnamon, dark) varies from light brown to almost black hair. Its strands are thicker than those of fair hair but not as much as those of red hair. People with brown hair are often referred to as Brunettes, the feminine form, and Brunets (silent t), the masculine term. Brown hair is commonly termed “dark” because of its darker characteristics than that of its blonde or red haired counterparts. Brunet(te)s from European countries often have pale skin and light eye color. Brunet(te)s can also have dark eyes with a relatively dark or olive complexion.

Natural Dark Blonde - Natural Hair Colour

Brown hair, is a natural looking Hair dye color for many people.

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Hair dye colors - Red

Red Hair dye colors are an extremely popular choice, with the rich and vibrant colors, which can be toned down, or highlighted, depending on the effect being sought, not for the faint hearted.

Less than 1% of the human population has red hair. It occurs mainly in western European populations, and their descendants, and at low frequencies throughout other parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Cultural reactions have varied from ridicule to admiration; many common stereotypes exist regarding redheads, and they are often portrayed as the “fiery-tempered redhead”.

Henna Red Flash Fashion - Natural Hair Colour

Red hair can portray you in the light you desire.

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Hair Dye Colors - Should I go organic?

I was reading an interesting article about hair dye colors in hair scientist and thought I would relay it here.

The first recorded references to hair dye colors relate to Henna obtained from the Egyptian privet.

Simple Hair dyes have historically been manufactured by the infusion of natural vegetation.

Other categories possess increasingly complex chemicals.

Modern Hair dyes can produce wonderful results, but some involve sophisticated chemicals which are capable of inducing hair damage.

Hair dyes may be classified as:

Vegetable hair dye colors: If pure are extracted from plants. Most vegetable dyes will wash out of the hair. Henna however is a 'permanent hair dye color', which may change the feel and lustre of hair.


Pure Vegetable hair dye colors are basically harmless and do not require allergy tests. It is unlikely that any adverse skin reaction or hairshaft damage would result from their use. Egyptian (Vegetable) Henna however can, in some people, make the hairshafts seem dry and lustreless. This is not injurious. This form of henna is used in some shampoos e.g. to provide auburn highlights.
Camomile is another of the vegetable hair dye colors, it coats the hairshaft adding a yellowish hue.

Some 'vegetable' hair dye colors may contain permanent oxidation dye ingredients, as an example, Tunisian Henna where available is not a vegetable dye as it contains metallic salts and is classed as an inorganic dye.

Inorganic hair dye colors: include hair color restorers, sulphide and reduction dyes based on metallic salts. These dyes produce permanent colour changes.

Synthetic organic hair dye colors are based on coal tar products. they include:

1) Temporary hair dye colors These dyes will wash out of hair.

2) Semi-permanent hair dye colors These dyes produce red yellow and blue colourings. These dyes wash out of hair after 6-8 shampoos.

3) Permanent oxidation hair dye colors They require an oxidising agent e.g. hydrogen peroxide to function.

Colours may fade with strong sunlight.
The process may change the feel of hair.

4) Quasi-permanent hair dye colors
are a mixture of semi-permanent and permanent oxidation dyes. The semi-permanent ingredient will wash out.

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