How Damaged Is My Hair?
| December 9, 2012 | Posted by Erika Brown under Hair, Quizlets |
If you feel like your hair isn’t as simple and soft as it used to be take this quizlet to find out how bad the damage is! I find that a lot of my clients have no idea that their hair is damaged until it’s too late! Everyone is so used to damaging chemicals and the effects of styling tools that we’ve become numb to the signs our hair is giving us! Don’t wait til it breaks!
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When I first started reading this I was amazed at how concerned the hairstylist was for her clients and how informative and knowledgeable she was. It made me think that the salon I had been going to for yrs. was not up to standards. I have not once ever heard my stylist mention any concerns for my hair nor has she consulted with me to see what would work best.
I have been highlighting and coloring my hair for the last 10-12 yrs. and it’s ALWAYS been in my local salon, but my hair is still in damaged condition. It is not healthy. It is frizzy, dry and feels rough and tangles easily.
I am now in my 40′s and I have quite a bit of gray around the forehead section and around the crown area. Even with salon coloring, the color will last “no longer” than 2 weeks, tops! I had grown my hair out for yrs. and just recently I had to chop off around 3 inches of it, because the ends were so “fried.”
I stumbled upon this web-page because I was searching for a good box hair color, because obviously, I have not been getting what I was paying for. I kept wondering why my hair color did not have staying power, after 2 weeks it is basically gone and I’m left with this piss burnt, brassy blondish-brown yucky, cheap color. It bothers me soooo bad, to the point of wanting to cut it all off or do a Brittany Spears to it.
I kept thinking that box color might stay on longer. Because I can’t figure out why I seem to be the only person that is having this problem with salon coloring. I am open to any suggestions, ideas and opinions as to what may be happening or going on with my hair.
There are a couple of possibilities as to what’s going on with your hair.
1. It’s been highlighted so much that it’s basically “empty hair”.
- Empty hair means that it is nearly translucent. It has been processed so much that it is like a hollow strand…there is nothing for pigment to grab onto. Coloring this hair is like trying to dye a white shirt to dark blue…it’s going to turn out light and bright until it’s been repeated several times. The difference with hair is that it needs to be “filled” when it is over-processed or too light. If I put red on your white-blonde hair it will come out a pinkish color. Filling puts pigment back into the hair before the desired color is used.
2. The formula was made for normal pigmented hair instead of for gray.
- I see a lot of stylists get confused when it comes to gray. It takes quite a bit of knowledge or trial and error to get gray coverage that works. If you want a medium-light brown hair color your stylist isn’t going to use the formula for the swatch you chose. It should be adjusted to your percentage of gray. I even use two different formulas on people who have very different types of gray.
3. Your hair is just over-processed.
- When dealing with very damaged hair coloring becomes a whole new game. I can’t put an all-over color on damaged hair like I can on healthy hair. It will take differently where the hair is more porous(damaged) than on other areas of the hair strand. Sometimes it will turn out really dark at first (damaged hair grabs color differently), then it can’t hold on to the pigment so it fades fast. You feel like it’s such a huge difference because it’s fading faster and starting out darker than it should.
I would suggest finding someone that cares in your area. You can call and ask if they offer free color consultations and just go in to chat for 15 minutes. I welcome consultations, I feel that it is my chance to tell you what I can do for you or what won’t work. As a client you owe it to yourself to do this….you should be interviewing your stylist…you are trusting them and paying for a service that you expect to be quality. If you don’t feel comfortable with the stylist after the consultation just say thanks but I don’t think we’re on the same page. Most stylists are either excited to talk to you about your hair because they want to help you….or they are just trying to get it over with because you’re sitting in their chair for free until you agree to LET them color your hair. You will know the difference and that’s how you find a great stylist.
Lastly, there is no such thing as a “good box color”….if you haven’t yet, you should read my article on box color. I hope that helps and let me know how it goes!
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