Coloring Hair : Hair Dye Secrets You Didn't Know

Initially the reason for coloring hair was to cover the gray hair; people dyed their hair only when it turned grey with age with both men and women, and the main sources for dying was plants ancient people used pants to coloring clothes later these were developed into dyes for coloring human hair henna, red ochre, indigo, and turmeric have been applied as color source, hair coloring is simply the application of artificial color pigments to change the natural color of your hair, the hair color also determined by the amount of a pigment called melanin in hair, large quantity of melanin, called eumelanin, provides people black or brown hair, another pigment, called pheomelanin, gives people red hair. Hair color has been a reliable beauty trend since the past time, hence methods and options have changed through time but the demand and interest of people highly increased, throughout the early and mid 19s, hair color formulas become advanced, and synthetic hair dye was developed now both plant-based or synthetic dyes is a part of the beauty and fashion industry.

There is no doubt hair plays a vital role in the overall appearance of men or women, coloring hair transform persons look totally and gives younger outlook, dying is not only about covering grays but it boost your hair's shine and depth, adds tones to your tresses and provides dynamic look and shine because colors designed to reflect light, they change the naturally dull hair to shiny and highlighting

Basically color has three main characteristics: Hue, level, and intensity, every color or hue exists from the result of mixing two or three primary colors in varying extent these mixtures creates the natural look to colored look or from the light to the dark, Level is the direct result of how these colors are mixed and finally the intensity refers to the strength, or saturation, of color. Hair colour has two well known categories and they are oxidative and non oxidative, these categories includes four classifications of hair colors type

1. Temporary color type, fade very fast because they are applied in the form of rinses, gels and sprays, this type of dye doesn’t contain chemicals and can be removed easily within few wash it’s also non oxidative type

2. Semi permanent days, lasts a bit longer than temporary color type and do not rinse off with water so it can offer better term of coverage for the gray hair, semi permanent dyes categorized with non oxidative type

3. Demi- permanent coloring, offers some coverage for small percentage of gray, but it may not offer complete coverage for someone with moderate to mostly gray hair, when coloring your hair with demi-permanent color, it will last four to six weeks this type of coloring is oxidative.

4. Permanent coloring, they cover gray hair more effectively and can be used to lighten hair color unlike other dyes, this type of color usually offers best result on grays and has best staying power until the new hair roots starts to grow, consequently, permanent dyes cannot be rinse out with shampoo easily.

Coloring has its own technique, the hair coloring techniques might be deliver the desired results and take care of your hair at the same time the most common hair coloring techniques are

Highlights, Lowlights, Foiling, Ombre hair or gradual fading, balayage, dip-dyed and so on,

Hence the color ingredients also has significant role to achieve the expected result these days the ingredients shown superior progress and well improved and many components considered safe ingredients in fact chemicals has their own effects, when we come to hair dyes most permanent colors are a combination of several chemicals, many hair dyes work using a system of ammonia or ethanolamines, hydrogen peroxide, and p-phenylenediamine are the main ingredients of most dyes cocamidoproylamine oxide also used in the formulation of hair dyes, the chemicals has their own contribution on the effectiveness of the result for instance,

Ammonia: provides the right chemical environment for the dye to take hold, ammonia also helps it become alkaline, to create a permanent change in color,

Pigments: Eumelanin and pheomelanin are both melanin molecules, hair color is a specific mix of these two basic pigments,

Alcohol:  alcohol increases absorption, meaning that your hair can take up more products, which leads to rich, seamless color, in general ammonia, alcohol, and hydrogen peroxide work together to set off a chemical reaction for the effective result of the dye.

Some types of hair color can make your hair dry and rough especially if coloring is not done correctly hair can fall out; in fact hair dyes cannot fundamentally increase or cause hair loss however the way we treated after dying can affect our hair status, consequently after coloring hair you should take the following actions to protect your hair healthy,

hair color lasts about 6-8 weeks, on this period to keep your color from fading and looking fresher, better, and more vibrant the most important point is avoid frequent washing, this doesn’t mean not washing at all but you should select shampoos and conditioners specially designed for colored hair and wash with cold water less frequently in addition it will be important to keep your blow dryer and straightening iron on the lowest possible heat settings, you should also use heat protection serums to protect color-treated hair from the tools and high sunlight exposure.