Proof Color
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Covering pesky grays, revving up your natural shade, or adjusting your color up or down a couple of degrees, can be accomplished with an inexpensive home hair coloring kit.
Mistake-proof, professional results can be achieved if you follow a few simple rules.
1. Determine your current shade. Hair color shades are categorized in ten levels, beginning with blue black at 1 and ending with extreme light blonde at 10. Once you determine your current shade, the new shade should be no more than two levels lighter or darker. For example, if you are currently an 4 – chestnut, you should choose a new shade no lower than 2 – soft black and no higher than 6 – dark blonde. Keep in mind that darker shades, once applied, cannot be lightened, unless you go to a salon. Consider choosing a lighter shade at first. If you are not happy with the result, you can always re-color with a darker shade.
2. Choose the correct tone. The ten hair color shade levels are further categorized into tones – warm, cool and neutral.
Warm shades enhance existing red tones; cool shades minimize existing red tones and neutral shades will not change existing tone. Most manufacturers use a coding system to identify the tone with (W) Warm, (C) cool and (N) neutral.
It’s easy to get confused by all of the tone choices within your range of color levels. Take heart, you can determine the right one for you. Your skin tone, natural hair color and wardrobe will guide you in this process.
Choose a warm tone if you are dark or olive-skinned, your natural color contains red tones and your wardrobe consists of mostly warm colors such as orange, rust, chocolate, or garnet.
Choose a cool tone if you have a pinkish complexion, your natural hair color does not contain red tones and you usually wear pinks, blues, greens and blacks. (A word of warning – cool tones can produce a green cast to existing hair. If you are considering a cool tone, do a strand test in an inconspicuous area.)
Choose a neutral tone if you have peach, beige skin or ivory skin and you can wear a variety of colors.
3. Trim split ends and apply color to unwashed hair. If you use styling products on a regular basis, you may want to use a clarifying shampoo the day before coloring to remove buildup.
4. Applying petroleum jelly around your hairline as a stain barrier. Remove any colorant that gets on your skin with an old wash cloth and hand soap.
5. Color root growth about every four weeks. Apply the colorant to roots first, wait 10-15 minutes, then apply to the rest of your hair. The ends of your hair absorb color more quickly, so do these last.
6. Colored hair has a tendency to be dry and needs to be kept in optimum condition to prevent breakage. Use a daily conditioner in addition to a weekly deep treatment to maintain rich color and manageability.
You will become more confident in your coloring skills with each application. Practice makes perfect and in no time, those inconvenient and expensive trips to the salon will be so over.
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