Archive for the ‘Hair Talk’ Category

Bleaching Virgin Hair

Posted by Amy On December 13 2009

by KimmyAKALady_Luna, modified by Faux Blondes What is ‘virgin hair’? This part is the most important because this focuses on a group of people who have never done this (dyeing and hair coloring) before. Virgin hair technically means that hair that has never been colored or dyed at all. I mean, nada or zippo. If [...]

The Science of Hair

Posted by Amy On December 13 2009

By Hair By Design The active ingredients of the vast majority of hair treatment chemicals raises the pH of the hair so that the structure of the hair can be altered by other ingredients of the treatment. PH is a scale of how acid or alkaline something is. A neutral pH on this scale is [...]

Highlights & Lowlights

Posted by Amy On December 13 2009

Known as “frosting” in hey days, highlighting mainly can be done with either highlight cap or foils. Both are different but have similar results. Most salons choose highlighting method for better distribution of color or bleach, add dimension to one color hair and less prone to breakage. Highlight cap is a plastic cap that has [...]

Natural Level & Contributing Pigment

Posted by Amy On December 13 2009

Contributing Pigment is the underlying warmth found under every Natural Level. It is exposed during lightening and effects the final color result. It can be either enhanced or neutralized. [ Clairol Pro Website ] If you want to be the lightest blonde, look at the right column to achieve that level: Level 10 blonde = [...]

Color Removers

Posted by Amy On September 3 2009

All color removers aren’t created equal. Labeled as color reducing agent, color stripper, color solvent, and so on, it is effective for most hair dye jobs. Depending on what kind of needs the person wants, color remover does the trick. For example, if a person, whose hair color is naturally blonde, dyed her/his hair black [...]