The hair shaft is like a tube. The outside is the cuticle and inside is the cortex with the pigment. Any applied coloring goes through the cuticle to the cortex, but it may or may not interact with your natural pigment.
If you have dark hair and want it lighter, there are 2 steps: (1) your color is bleached and (2) the new color is added
If you have light-colored hair and want it darker, only step (2) is needed.
Hair coloring is thought of in 3 levels, based on how long the coloring lasts.
· Level 1, semi-permanent hair color – The color molecules are very tiny. They go through the hair’s cuticle into the cortex where your natural color is, but they don’t interact with your natural pigment. Because they’re so tiny, they leave the hair more easily and so this coloring level isn’t permanent. It lasts through about 6 to 12 shampoos. It also doesn’t lighten your hair because there’s no peroxide or ammonia present. Nor does it cover gray more than about 50%.
· Level 2, demi-permanent hair color – The color molecules are again very small and they go through into the cortex. Here, they combine with each other to form bigger molecules. Therefore they don’t wash out as quickly, lasting through a couple dozen shampoos. This type of coloring includes some peroxide, which enables it to subtly lighten the natural shade and blend better with existing gray.
· Level 3, permanent hair color – Again, tiny molecules enter the cortex but this time they react to the natural molecules and expand to a size too large to be washed out. Ammonia and peroxide are both used, so the hair is first lightened, and then colored to the desired shade. Since the final shade is a combination of your natural color and the added color, it will be unique to you.
“Hair coloring has become so popular because it’s so easy to customize,” said Jacquelyn, the office manager at Salon Cabochon in Sacramento, CA. “And so many more men have discovered the fun of changing your hair color once in a while. I mean, why just pay attention to the cut and style? Why not be creative with the color too?”
Selecting the best shade or highlights depends on various factors. It completely depends on facial shape, complexion, haircut, facial expression, eye color, hair length, as well as personal taste. These colors can be various shades and intensity. Depending on intensity or tone colors can be warm or cool. Warm tones are shades of oranges, reds and yellows and cool tones are shades of blues, violets and greens. People who are cool should not use warm tones because that might lower down their features. The best shades for cool people are purple orchid hues, burgundy and lipstick red. People who are warm by nature should preferably use simple gold highlights and golden blondes. Cool tones suit the people with olive complexion and a medium complexion with no pink to a faint pink at the cheeks. Warm skin types include individuals with medium brown skin with pink or gold undertones. Selecting a warm or cool tone also depends on the eye color. Cool eye colors are deep brown, gray blur and dark blue and warm eye colors are golden brown, green and hazel. These days even chart of hair colors are available in the market. These hair color charts can be used as guide to assist in color selection.
Different skin color also demands different colors to give a perfect look. Some hair coloring tips for different types of skins are as follows:
o Chocolate brown, dark blonde and bronze shades look good on natural toned complexions.
o Virgin dark brown color suits best to blonde skin.
o Brunette or rich red looks great on very fair complexion.
o For dark skin types black color is most preferred one.
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