Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Nonoxidation
• Ideal for:
– Introducing haircolour services
– Blending or covering gray
– Refresh faded colour
– Colour corrections
Permanent Haircolour
• Used to match and lighten hair, and to cover gray
hair
• Contains ammonia, oxidative tints, and peroxide
• They require a patch test 24 to 48 hours prior to
tints.
• Contains aniline derivatives
• Combine with H2O2 to form larger molecules
• Removes natural pigment while adding artificial
color
• Best to cover gray
Permanent Haircolour Action
Natural Haircolour
• From leaves or bark of plants
• No lightening
• Cream
– On-the-scalp lightener
• Powder
– Off-the-scalp lightener
Summary and Review
• Haircolouring offers you the opportunity to exercise
your creative talents and bring great pleasure to
your clients.
• Enjoy your work, but most of all, enjoy and
appreciate learning now and in the future.
Haircolour techniques, fashions, and formulations
are constantly changing.
• Professionals who specialize in haircolour must
constantly learn new techniques to keep up with
those changes.
Chapter Review Questions
1. Why do people colour their hair?
2. How does the hair’s porosity affect haircolour?
3. How many types of melanin are found in hair?
Name each.
4. What are the categories of haircolour? Briefly
describe each one.
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Chapter Review Questions (continued)
5. What are types of colours?
6. What are lighteners?
7. What is the purpose of toner?
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