Make Every Day Your Perfect Hair Day.
Hair Color can be a fantastic way to give your hairstyle a complete make over.Be it a global color to cover those grey hairs that you don't like to see.Or by having a partial color to add interest and liven up your own natural hair shade. Such as Hi lights,Balayage or one of the many partial color techniques available.
Semi, Demi and Permanent are the three main color types used today. Each will come in many depths and hue's from natural shades to attention grabbing florescent colors. Therefore the type you choose will depend upon your desired result.
In this category I write about hair colors and techniques. As well as tips on the best ways to take care of your hair color.
Balayage a French word meaning to sweep or paint. Your hairstylist will view your hair in much the same way as an artist would look at his canvass. Then in sweeping strokes color will be applied in sections to your hair.
Looking around you can see where the idea for this type of effect came from.
Mother Nature has many species of trees and plants that produce a natural balayage effect on their leaves. Or a strobe effect of different color veins running through their length. [Read more…]
Hair color contouring is making a pretty big splash. Especially as it has become far more noticeable on favorite media personalities. The likes of Kim Kardashian West, Sarah Jessica Parker and Chrissy Teigen just to name a few.
Hair color contouring sounds odd doesn’t it. How does it work you think. The only time you have heard the word contouring was when a makeup artist discussed your face make up. Well now the word contouring has now crossed over into the world of hair.
Based on a similar principal to the use of light and shadow as used in photography or make up. Your favorite hairstylist can now by carefully selecting the right colors and the position in which to place them. Change the illusion of your face shape. [Read more…]
Having very dark hair whether it is black or dark brown looks nice when fresh and shiny. Yet can become a pain when the white hairs start to gain control.
First you start to notice just one or two and that’s no problem. Then before you know it there seems to be quite a few more sprouting up. Time to make them disappear you think.
So you pick up a dark hair color from the store and apply this yourself at home or you run along to your hairstylist for a dark color tint. Happy with the results now everything seems fine. [Read more…]
Organic hair color does it really exist? According to the latest update from your friend on her Facebook page it does. Her post reads”how pleased she is to have changed to an organic permanent color system having found a hairdresser that carries a professional organic hair color range”.
Now it is only natural and human to trust a close friend. What they say whilst also at the same time to trust a product by its labeling. Add this someone else who happens to hear something about a permanent organic hair color and thinks that it is fantastic.
Whats the first thing she will do ? pass it on and then on again. Soon many unsuspecting people will believe that there is a permanent organic color on the market.
There is only one big problem the very first message about this product was a lie.
Unfortunately there is a lack of certifications and standards on what is organic when it comes to hair products. As well as some not so truthful manufacturers out there.
Grey hair shock comes when you suddenly realize from looking at the regrowth of your hair color that you now have a lot more grey hairs than not growing out from your scalp.
A few of my clients have been asking how they could grow out their colors and embrace their natural grey hair. Without ending up looking like a grandmother. My first response was “with patience” my second “it can look unforgettable if worn well with a great haircut or look”
We all like to stay looking younger but for some reason Mother Nature just hasn’t got the message that says “hold off the grey hairs for another decade or two as I don’t need them just yet” [Read more…]
