Hair Dying Tips from the Experts
Looking for expert hair dying
tips? Then this article is just for you! Hair dying has been done for
centuries by both men and women to change color or to cover up grey
hair, or even to follow a certain fashion. As hair dye contains
chemicals depending on the hair color, dying is not always a safe or
damage-free procedure.
Dye can dry hair out and cause it to break. Unless you know exactly
what you are doing and how to combine chemicals and treatments, it is
better to leave the dying process to a trained professional just to be
safe.
Permanent and Semi-Permanent Dyes
Permanent hair dyes will not diminish in color due to washing the hair
or sunlight. The only way the color can be removed is by dying it in
another color or growing the old color out altogether. Semi-permanent
hair dyes will was out eventually.
Permanent Hair Dye
Permanent
products for hair dying usually consist of a package containing two
bottles and possible a small bottle or sachet of conditioning cream for
use after the dying treatment. One of the aforementioned bottles
contains a hydrogen peroxide solution (usually 6%) and the other bottle
contains the actual hair dyes dissolved in ammonia. Only when the
contents of these two bottles are mixed will the hair dye perform its
task.
- The bottle containing the ammonia and dye solution and the contents of the hydrogen peroxide bottle are mixed well.
- The
mixture is applied to the hair and the ammonia solution causes the hair
to swell up, after which the hair particles open and separate, enabling
the hair dye solution to enter the hair shaft, to change the color of
the hair.
- The dye and hydrogen peroxide need time to
develop the new color in the hair, explaining why you usually have to
wait for half an hour or longer before hair dye can be rinsed out.
- The hair dye is rinsed out and the hair is conditioned, after which it can be styled.
Semi-Permanent Hair Dye
Semi-permanent
hair dyes do not contain a developing chemical like permanent hair dyes
do. This type of hair dye is sold as a liquid, gel or foam and can
generally be applied directly to the hair without any mixing. As the
color does not enter the hair as is the case with permanent dye, the
new color will fade with time depending on exposure to the sun and the
number of times the hair is washed. The effects of dying hair with this
dye are equal when it comes to color, but cause less damage to the
hair. Continue to the next part for more hair dying tips
