Hair Coloring Advice From Professional Beautician: Heather Anne Campbell II!
- Heather Anne Campbell II
- Apr 10, 2016
- 5 min read
There are limitless amounts of creativity when applying Hair Color Techniques and are ultimately some of the most wanted features that a Client will ask you to do on their hair. All of the following Hair Coloring Techniques have different supplies and tools that are needed and will have different outcomes. Here is the list of techniques for considering and learning so that you are familiar with them for when a Client is enthusiastic for you to do a certain Hair Color & Style on their hair:
Hair Coloring
Evidencial findings from Archaeologists have found that Ancient Civilizations such as: Neanderthals, Gauls and Saxons began dying their hair to show ranks and instil fear in enemies. The very first mixtures of hair dye were only to darken hair and later learned ways to lighten. We are truly blessed to have a full spectrum of colors to choose from these days, but it is important to appreciate the History and struggle through the years for the development for the perfect hair dye chemicals that are used in today's Beauty Salons to apply to Customer's hair. In the 1800's, Chemists discovered para-phenylenediamine(PPD) and hydrogen peroxide being good for breaching and then Eugine Schueller created L'Oreal. Eugine Schueller is known for developing the first commercial chemical hair dye.
In 1932 Lawrence Gelb created a hair dye that penetrated the shaft of hair and was known as Clairol. Then in 1950 he introduced the first one step hair dye product that lightened hair without the use of bleach. This was a great hit in the modern hair dying era and started making people interested to dye in their homes. People love to find great hair dye and there are a lot of dye brands to choose!
These days hair dying is also seen on people to fix old age and for general aesthetic purpose to enhance a Customer's beauty. It is remarkable how beautiful some Professionals can make Customers look and that is something that is worth striving for. Take notice of some of the beautiful colors and techniques as inspiration! Get familiar with the hair dye brands and colors that are available. Each brand may have different mixing techniques so it is important to become familiar with multiple brands so that it is not surprising when opening a new brand that we are not familiar with when it is time to use it on a Customer.
Root Touch-Up
A Root Touch-Up hair dye procedure is an on-scalp technique that adds color to the root of the hair when the hair has regrown and is different than the color that the hair is dyed to. The touch up will dye all of the root hair to match the dyed hair color and this procedure should be done every 4 to 6 weeks. Usually Root Touch-Ups are for Customers who are asking for the procedure due to gray or white hair from aging. This is a great procedure for someone who loves their dyed color and wants to touch-up so that it is all the same color every time their roots grow in.
All-Over Color
This procedure is an on-scalp procedure to dye a Customers entire hair to a solid color.
Block Coloring
The Block Coloring technique is an on-scalp procedure that applies 100% coverage with 2 or more colors that contrast.
Hair Highlighting
Hair Highlighting is an off-scalp hair dying technique that uses sections of hair that are treated with lighteners that create blonde streaks.
Hair Frosting
Hair frosting involves bleaching individual strands of hair, while leaving some near untouched.
Hair Streaking
A technique to add striking strips of very light colored hair.
Hair Bleaching
Hair bleaching is the process of removing the melanin from hair, which is responsible for giving the hair shaft it's color. This procedure will remove the natural pigments from hair and makes a blonde or orange hue.
Hair Stripping
Stripping the hair will make the hair more porous so that an unwanted hair color can be removed and usually is for when someone wants to dye hair a new color. This procedure removes dyes and returns hair to its natural color.
Hair Lowlighting
Hair lowlighting is an off-scalp technique where you apply dark hair dye to sections of the hair.
Hair Ombre
Hair Ombre dying is an off-scalp technique where you dye the crown dark and bit by bit the ends become lighter.
Hair Dye Application Methods
To dye hair you can do a number of things to apply the dye. One is just a simple application with a hair dye brush applicator. You may also add the foiling procedure, which is to add pieces of foil around the hair after applying the dye to strands of hair with the hair dye brush. Using foil will help to keep the hair protected from splashing dye around, which can be very helpful when dying multiple colors to hair or restricting some hair from being dyed. Another technique is with a cap. With a cap you will place it on the head and pull strands of hair through the cap with a hook. The cap method is rarely used modernly besides for short hair highlighting. Another technique for applying hair dye is balayage, which is where hair is painted directly into sections with no foil. The last technique that I want to mention is dipping or tip dying. This technique is similar to balayage but focuses on the coverage to the ends of the hair and not the entire thing.
The 4 Types of Hair Dye
There are 4 types of hair dye to choose and they are all different. Here are the types of hair dye:
1) Permanent- A permanent hair dye is usually made with ammonia and must be mixed with developer in order to permanently change a hair color. The higher of a volume of developer, the higher of a lift that will be off of the natural pigment. Timing to keep in chemicals will vary.
2) Demi-Permanent- A Demi-Permanent hair dye is a dye that contains something other than ammonia and you mix with developer. These dyes are less effective at removing natural pigment of hair than ammonia and do not lighten hair during dying. They can not color to a lighter shade than it was before dying and are less damaging than a permanent.
3) Semi-Permanent- has smaller molecules than temporary dye and only partially penetrate the hair shaft. Color will survive to only a certain amount of washes. Has been texted and found to be not toxic. This dye may make hair multiple shades depending on the original porosity of the hair. This can not lighten hair and sometimes a permanent color desire can be delayed from using a semi- permanent.
4) Temporary Color- Temporary color is available in rinses, shampoos, gels, sprays and foams. The temporary hair dye is usually brighter than a semi- permanent and is mostly used for special occasions like costume parties and Halloween. This dye does not penetrate the hair cuticle layer. The dye is absorbed to the hair shaft and easily washed off with one wash.
Advice To Maintain Hair Color
1) Use a color protecting shampoo and conditioner to wash hair
2) use sulfate free shampoo
3) use purple shampoo and conditioner to enhance the blonde hair color
4) use a leave in treatment with UV absorbents
5) get deep conditioning treatments to smooth and add luster
6) avoid chlorine
7) use heat protecting products before using styling appliances
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