![]() ![]() A stylist manually adds a developer to the professional dye to give you the desired color and protect your hair from unnecessary damage. In a professional setting, your stylist controls the color process by factoring your underlying pigment, the porousness of your hair, the percentage of gray and existing dye in your hair. It does not change your color, it strips or adds color to your existing pigmentation. Most of us don’t think about the chemistry of color. Hair color is not a ‘one size fits all’ product, yet that is how box color approaches it. Seventy-five (75) percent of women who color their hair are either trying to cover gray, add some highlights or to make a complete color change. As we transition from light summer highlights, to warmer fall colors, some may ask if it is worth a trip to the salon or if store-bought box dye will do the trick? Well, let’s start at the very beginning. Professional Color? With Fall right around the corner, it means new weather, new style trends, and of course warmer fall hair colors. We will work with you to perfect your fall hair color, and will also assist you in making that color last for as long as possible! Box vs. If you would like more information on a professional line that will give you maximum results, visit our stylists here at illuminate. When you use the prescribed amount of product per application, it is actually very competitively priced PLUS delivers the healthy nourished hair that is going to hold onto your color! A small amount goes a long way with professional products because the formula is dense, not full of fillers. In reality, most clients use too much of the product with each application. One of the common themes we hear from clients about purchasing professional care and styling products is that they cost too much. If you are coloring your hair, the effect is compounded because the store brought care products are striping the color and drying out your hair. Sulfates are products that strip your natural oils and dry out you hair. A common filler used by store bought products is ammonium laurel sulfate or sodium laurel sulfate. In reality, an ingredient in professional products that creates a safe sudsing effect is sodium laureth sulfite. Waxes and animal fats can be used to deliver temporary softness. What are fillers in a hair product? These are ingredients that can deliver similar results but do not have the same healing properties. However they use smaller amounts and balance with fillers. They can promote they use the ingredient because it is present in the product. They do use the same or similar ingredients but they do not use the same quantity. Some store bought brands, like Herbal Essence or Suave, promote that they use the same high quality ingredients. Professional care and styling products deliver the highest quality ingredients to repair, smooth and moisturize your hair from the core. Just like making great food, it’s all in the ingredients. Our salon invests in Alaparf Milano hair coloring products, Aveda and Unite Eurotherapy care and styling products because we want what’s best for your hair. Let’s face it, our color and cut look best when your hair is healthy, smooth and shiny. Beyond color, a professional stylist wants to treat the health of your hair. Professional color is a custom preparation to deliver your desired color with your hair conditions. In our previous blog we talked about the benefits of professional hair color versus store-bought box color. Professional Hair Care: You’re Really Worth It Fashion week stylists combined this deep purple with a strip of matte. (OPI’s Cosmo-Not Tonight Honey is a perfect start!)Ī third look is similar to our first, but uses CND Shellac in Poison Plum. ![]() ![]() Try combining different shades of golds to create a unique color. OPI used Light My Sapphire in combination with a matte topcoat to give a bit of an edge to a classic, cold-weather color.Ī second OPI look was this beautiful, shimmery gold. In addition to tracking the fashion trends in clothing, we were taking a closer look at nail colors from New York’s runway shows so that we can advise on trends for the fall and winter. It’s officially time to say goodbye to the bright fuchsias, light yellows and pearl nail color shades that we loved for summer. Trending at NY Fashion Week: Fall Nail Colors ![]()
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