Choosing The Hair Color That Is Right For You

Written by Marquetta Breslin


Coloring hair has become a common fashion these days. You may use colors to add shine to your hair or for gray coverage. You may use either use a home color or go for a professional color. Professional colors offer solution for a wide variety of requirements, while home colors are usually for gray coverage and one to two levels of lightening. There is a wide variety or professional hair colors available inrepparttar market. Makingrepparttar 113668 right choice may become quite difficult.

Depending on your requirement, you can choose from different types of hair colors. The first category is temporary hair color, which usually last for 1-2 shampoos. Such color is often temporary for Halloween and some "rinses". However, it may last longer on blonde hair or porous and chemically treated hair. Temporary hair colors come in both spray and liquid form. They usually contain FD& C dyes.

Semi permanent hair colors arerepparttar 113669 second category of hair colors. They usually last for 4-6 weeks. You can use these colors to blend gray hair without lighteningrepparttar 113670 color ofrepparttar 113671 other hair. Some semi permanent hair colors contain strictly food grade dyes or FD & C dyes with an alkalizer. Some use oxidative dyes with an alkalizer.

Botanical hair color henna is another form of semi permanent hair color, which comes in red tones. However, it is not suitable for porous hair. Manufacturers use different ingredients including metals, oxidative dyes and other plant pigments to alterrepparttar 113672 shade ofrepparttar 113673 henna.

10 Tips On How To Get Great Hair Days

Written by Marquetta Breslin


10. Ten Tips on How to Get Great Hair Days

One dream that every woman cherishes is of fabulous hair. She wants all eyes reverted and all heads turned towards her hair in awe and jealousy.

If you also want to have that ‘just out ofrepparttar salon’ look then update yourself aboutrepparttar 113667 commandments of control and you will berepparttar 113668 one whose hairlooks will make all women go green inrepparttar 113669 eyes!

1. Use Rollers Right

Rollers, such as hot rollers, Velcro or self-adhering ones, arerepparttar 113670 in-thing these days. Use unheated rollers on damp hair. Wait forrepparttar 113671 hair to be barely damp, roll up rollers, keeping broadest ones atrepparttar 113672 top. Letrepparttar 113673 hair dry and then unwind rollers carefully.

In case of hot rollers, allowrepparttar 113674 rollers to cool. Now gently remove them. Withrepparttar 113675 help of your fingers, gently comb your hair to openrepparttar 113676 curls slightly. This will give a more bouncy and curly look. Lastly add a small measure of hair or finishing spray and you are ready with that sexy style!

2. Get Regular Trims

Regular trims are essential to avoidrepparttar 113677 bad hair day. Gap between two trims should not be more than 3 to 4 weeks. Do not go lazy on trimming even if you growing your hair longer. Gel smoothens and flips up ends of hair, which have lost their shape inrepparttar 113678 process of growing.

3. Start with a Great Cut

Falling right into place and simple to style - this isrepparttar 113679 definition of a great cut. The more timerepparttar 113680 hairdresser spends in finishing your hair,repparttar 113681 less chances you have of re-creating that look on your own.

A good cut complements your hair texture and type, manages your hair even on windy days and surely controls that irritating frizz. Another way to recognize a good cut is that even after six weeks, it still is easy to style. Result - gap between trims becomes longer. Informrepparttar 113682 stylist aboutrepparttar 113683 drawbacks of your hair. Educate yourself aboutrepparttar 113684 solutions.

4. Think Roots First

Concentrating most ofrepparttar 113685 products atrepparttar 113686 roots and blow-drying root area first give you more volume and height.

5. Don't Fight Nature Too Much

Do not try to fool nature. Perming and bleaching finally do affectrepparttar 113687 hair because of presence of chemicals inrepparttar 113688 bothrepparttar 113689 processes. So, be a little innovative and look for alternatives to such harmful processes.

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