Hair Color

 One of the most important elements of haircoloring is determining the hairs' "underlying pigmet" (the hairs' natural color.) When you chose a color in a swatch book, your hair may not come out that color because of the underlying pigment in your hair.

After choosing a product and shade for coloring your hair, buy one or two boxes depending on your hair's length and thickness. Be sure you do the patch test and strand test before you color your hair. Even professionals will do a strand test if they are not sure of an end result. You should too.

If you choose to recolor you may make it next to impossible for a professional colorist to correct the problem. If you choose to see a professional make sure they do corrective work. If you do decide to correct it at home, keep these tips in mind. Permanent color is not made to remove or lighten permanent color or demi-permanent color. There are products made to remove color and they should be used. Using a permanent color that contains ammonia and/or peroxide, to lighten permanent color will only increase the porousity of your hair and can cause further colorings to fade quickly and/or go dark.