Posted by Shadowplayers721 on August 16, 2004, at 21:05:26
In reply to Haircolor experts?, posted by tabitha on August 14, 2004, at 23:21:41
I am not an expert by any means. What I know about some highlighting kits - it's almost pure peroxide Most are for someone with dark blonde going blonder. Peroxide is really hard on the hair. Hair color is achieved in stages of what they call lifting power or how much peroxide is in the mix. It depends on how much peroxide is in the mix and how long it was on the hair to get to a certain level of lift. Also, in hair salons they will put someone under a hair dryer to speed up the time it takes for the hair to turn lighter. Once you lift color out of your hair, you hair will be more delicate. You will need to use color treated shampoos and conditioners. A deep conditioner should be used directly after lifting color from the hair.
Today's latest tread of styles are calling all colors even the darkest of brunette to put pale streaks in their hair. A brunette with darkest hair coloring would need a high lift to get a pale blonde streak. They would strip the color from the hair. The color goes through all the brown, reds, red-oranges, orange, yellow, yellow-oranges, then to the pale blonde.
But even with lets say Pamela Anderson's hair, her hair is a two step process. They lift her color to the lightest they can get her natural medium brunette hair, then they apply a blonde toner. Her hair color would be hard to achieve at home.
It it common for singers like Britney Spears to have highlights and color. In other words, they color all of her roots one color and then put in hightlights on top in other areas. Of course, they use hair extentions of an another blonde shade woven in for depth and length.
You mentioned your hair has red in it. Now, I don't know if your hair is red-brown? But, if you are trying to get to a blonde, a hairdresser is going to lift the red out of your hair until they get to a blonde level. That may be 3 levels or 5. It depends on how dark your hair is. Also, they choose a base color to put in highlights - (ash), (yellow) or (neutral). The bases are mixed with the percent peroxide (lifting power) to blend in with your particular skin tone. Some hairdressers just say, "I am going to mix up your hair color". What they are doing is picking a color like you wanted. They mix it with a percent peroxide lift depending on how dark your hair is. They may add a little color with a gold, ash, or neutral base to get the shade just right for you. They come out with it in a bowl. If it comes out okay, they right their receipe down on a card for you. Sometimes, you can get a hairdresser to tell you the name of the color and the lift they used. But, not usually.
I would go to a hairdresser to get the look you desire. I don't care for those comb in kits, because they can bleed through to other areas. The foiling that the hairdressers do prevents that.
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