Today I want to talk about hair color. Just had a call from a lovely young woman who had her hair colored at another salon, was unhappy and wanted to see if I could fix it for her.
After asking a few questions I learned that the stylist has been dying her base color brown, THEN highlighting it after. This is a very dangerous way to go because one can not dye hair, then dye it lighter. Once it has been dyed, only bleaching will lighten the hair and it has to be strong bleach which not only damages the hair but can result in many off colors such as fushia, orange, even extreme red. In this case the stylist performed this service several times, making it even more difficult to get color out.
I had to tell this caller that even though there may be people out there who will say yes they can do her, she needs to leave her hair alone for at least 6 months, then perhaps it can begin to be corrected.
Once the dye is in the hair, it has to grow completely out before it can be done properly. At the rate of growth of 1/2 inch per month in 6 months we only have 3 inches of new growth. EVEN IF YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE THE DYE it is still in the hair, and needs to be accounted for.
Recently I had a client tell me she had not dyed her hair for over 1 year and wanted highlights. I processed it and checked the color near the scalp. When it looked the appropriate color I shampooed and during the styling phase I realized she had lied, her hair had been dyed about 4 months previous.
What we ended up with was beautiful highlights on the new growth and the same black ends where the hair had previously been dyed. Had I known she had dyed it 4 months ago, I could have adjusted my formula to account for this, Because she was not truthful we now had a mess. Luckily in that case I was able to recolor and the ending result was what she wanted, but it took 2 complete applications and I needed to charge her for that. So not to mention the extra time this took, the client paid twice to get the look she wanted.
Always tell your stylist the truth, and be accurate about previous colorings. Your hair will thank you...
After asking a few questions I learned that the stylist has been dying her base color brown, THEN highlighting it after. This is a very dangerous way to go because one can not dye hair, then dye it lighter. Once it has been dyed, only bleaching will lighten the hair and it has to be strong bleach which not only damages the hair but can result in many off colors such as fushia, orange, even extreme red. In this case the stylist performed this service several times, making it even more difficult to get color out.
I had to tell this caller that even though there may be people out there who will say yes they can do her, she needs to leave her hair alone for at least 6 months, then perhaps it can begin to be corrected.
Once the dye is in the hair, it has to grow completely out before it can be done properly. At the rate of growth of 1/2 inch per month in 6 months we only have 3 inches of new growth. EVEN IF YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE THE DYE it is still in the hair, and needs to be accounted for.
Recently I had a client tell me she had not dyed her hair for over 1 year and wanted highlights. I processed it and checked the color near the scalp. When it looked the appropriate color I shampooed and during the styling phase I realized she had lied, her hair had been dyed about 4 months previous.
What we ended up with was beautiful highlights on the new growth and the same black ends where the hair had previously been dyed. Had I known she had dyed it 4 months ago, I could have adjusted my formula to account for this, Because she was not truthful we now had a mess. Luckily in that case I was able to recolor and the ending result was what she wanted, but it took 2 complete applications and I needed to charge her for that. So not to mention the extra time this took, the client paid twice to get the look she wanted.
Always tell your stylist the truth, and be accurate about previous colorings. Your hair will thank you...
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