Hair dye colors fall 2008

New season, new hair dye colors.

This seasons hair color trends are for a natural appearance - wide streaks are out and earth tones are in.

Blonde - One of the most popular blondes is achieved by weaving different shades of blonde, pairing with a low light. The blonde on blonde look is right on trend for fall 2008

Brunette - Fall 2008, sees a return to natural brunette, with subtle gold highlights. A warm brunette base, with the highlights and a lightly darker color to at the root and under layers, will add considerable depth to the effect.

Red - Fall 2008 sees burgundy, strawberry blonde and cooper brown as the hot reds, with the red off set by a warm golden highlight.

For more ideas on the latest hair trends, see our blog latest hairstyles

See you soon at the hair dye colors blog and thanks for reading.

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Hair dye colors - Caring for the hair

When applying hair dye colors, many contain chemicals and applying extreme colors, which require stripping hair using bleach is something that is best done in conjunction with a product that help rejuvenate this hair.

One such product is

Ojon restorative hair treatment

Ojon™ Restorative Hair Treatment is a unique, highly-concentrated and versatile hair rejuvenator containing 100% pure Ojon™ palm nut oil ~ the same oil used by the Miskito Indians of Central America for over 600 years. Ojon™ instantly hydrates and improves the condition of damaged, color-treated or processed hair without weighing it down. Fortifying, rebuilding and nourishing, it leaves hair extraordinarily shiny, silky and manageable. Ojon™ is color safe.

Ideal for dry, dull, damaged, natural or chemically-treated hair.

Ojon™ Restorative Hair Treatment is primarily used as a deep conditioning hair treatment, but it can also be used as a leave-in conditioner and as a shine enhancer.

Available here with world wide shipping. Priced in UK£ on the site, to work out the approximate cost in US$ double the number.

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Hair dye colors - What does your hair color say about you

Hair colors certainly create initial impressions, and hair dye colors can change that impression.


Brown

Brunettes are undoubtedly perceived as the responsible type. Brown itself is not a staid color, it is the even tone which tends to run with it.

To make brown hair far more interesting you should have lowlights, as they add a whole new dimension to the impression created.


Blond

Blonde hair immediately attracts the human eye, as it is drawn to lighter shades, and is associated with the sexy look. However blondes can also find it more difficult to be taken seriously.

Blonde hair can require higher maintenance than other colors.


Red

Red is the most popular hair dye color and accounts for only about 4% of the population are naturally red heads. The perception is one of being strong, opinionated and sexy. Conversley with pale lashes, freckles and an orange tinge, the perception becomes one of a homely person.

Red is the hardest color for the hair to absorb and can quickly fade giving a washed out look, it is also a good idea to apply highlights or lowlights to the hair to emphasise the color, which can look very flat.


Black

Tough, mysterious and exotic are common initial impressions.

To wear black hair well, it is essential you have great skin, as black hair focuses attention to blemishes. (see here for some tips)

Highlights in a strong color, or a blue black prevent the dullness which can appear in black hair color. It is also very useful to apply a shiner to the hair.

This site provides some great hair products

Find TIGI, Matrix and other salon hair care brands at great prices.

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I thought it may be good to look at the process of hair dye colors and how it works.

75% of American women color their hair, with red as the most requested color.

Men's home hair color sales have increased by 50% over the past 5 years.

Most hair dye colors can be applied easily. Depending on the product, this may be to wet or dry hair or applied like a shampoo followed by rinsing and conditioning.

There are three main types of hair coloring.

Semi Permanent color is generally used for adding color to hair, rather than changing the color of the hair. The dye contains color molecules, which enter the hair outer layer and cortex. They do not react with the natural pigments and generally wash out of the hair after 6 to 12 shampoos and the hair is the same color as it was prior to application.

Demi-Permanent color Molecules penetrate the cuticle and cortex then react with other color molecules, creating a larger molecule which takes longer to wash out, about 24 - 26 shampoos. The product does not contain ammonia, so the hair cannot be lightened, but generally does contain peroxide, which enhances color.


Permanent color is the coloring process, which will afford the greatest change in hair color. These dyes use both ammonia and peroxide. Molecules enter the cortex and react with the hair and cannot be washed out, hair has to grow out. The product lightens the hair, forming a new color base, then the color dye reacts with the new base, to create the desired color. Because the hair's natural pigment is lightened, it means the final effect will be a combination of your natural pigment and the new color, it means the final color will vary slightly between one person and another. Roots do grow back and touch up is generally required every 4 to 6 weeks. Hair can be lightened or darkened. Lightening hair always requires a bleaching process, which is strips color out of the hair.

There is a fourth group of hair dyes, which are the bright unnatural colors, (which I use in my own hair). These vary in strength and generally require the bleaching of hair prior to application, to achieve the desired effect, a far more aggressive color stripping process, than from the three mainstream groups.

This site provides a wide range of hair products and is well worth the visit:

Unique salon hair care, hair styling, and more

Please feel free top add your comments about hair dye colors

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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.

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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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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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.

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

and Wildfire, from the amplified range

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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