The variety of hair dyes is deceptive. In fact, all paints can be divided into two large groups: persistent permanent and tinting. Ammonia resistant dyes lead to dryness and brittle hair. Toning agents, as a rule, do not contain ammonia, but they contain caring components. Thus, professional hair tinting allows you to get a beautiful rich shade and at the same time preserve the beauty and he alth of your hair. The article provides tips on choosing a composition for toning and a description of the procedure.
Hair tinting at home by professional means
What is toning? Roughly speaking, this term means the same as staining. Only a dye without ammonia is used, which also contains caring components. After hair toningusing professional means, the hair looks luxurious: shine, volume appear. Hair looks he althy and thick. Alas, this effect is rather short-lived: after a couple of weeks, the color fades and the quality of the hair returns to its original state. In order to prolong the effect of the procedure, you should use professional hair care products (this will be discussed below).
The recommended frequency of professional hair tinting is once a month. You can pick up a dye and care at a relatively low cost - for example, from Russian manufacturers of professional cosmetics. In this case, the hair will always be in excellent condition, and the financial costs will not be too high.
Tinting can give your hair a rich dark or noble platinum color. It all depends on which dye number in the palette you choose. Of course, if it is a tone from blonds, then the hair will have to be discolored beforehand. Some girls prefer to tint their hair with professional means in tone-on-tone to their native color. It gives hair shine, volume and vitality.
Professional hair toning for blondes
The tinting procedure for blondes is especially relevant. It helps to avoid the appearance of untidy yellowness, and also maintains hair in excellent condition after a traumatic bleaching procedure.
If you use professional hair toning products, there will be no trace of yellowness. They canbe sold not only in the form of dyes, but also in the form of shampoos, masks. An overview of these tools is provided below.
Without toning, the blond looks very cheap: the hair quickly turns yellow, the redhead begins to look through. As a result, instead of noble pearl hair, a cheap look is obtained. After toning, bleached hair is transformed: it looks shiny, well-groomed, the color becomes uniform.
The most popular shades when toning bleached hair:
- platinum;
- caramel;
- golden;
- pearl.
Hair toning in bright colors
For several years now, the fashion for unusual shades of hair has not passed. Today, tinting in pastel colors is at the peak of fashion, and such tinting should be done using the ombre or highlighting technique.
The most daring fantasies are used. Since tint dyes do not spoil the hair, you can experiment to your heart's content! Many girls choose truly extravagant looks for themselves, combining several shades in their hairstyle at once. This can be easily achieved with the help of tinting agents from TM "Loreal", "Estelle", "Londa". Toning your hair with professional products allows you not only to achieve a bright shade, but also to preserve the shine and beauty of your hair.
Do I need toning for dark or red hair?
Among people far fromhairdressing, there is an opinion that only blondes need toning to get rid of yellowness. This is a misconception: in fact, you can tint your hair in any shade.
If a girl comes to the salon for another haircut and complains to the master that her hair has lost its shine, the ends have become split, broken hair has appeared, then an experienced hairdresser will advise protonating her hair in a natural color. This will strengthen the strands, make them stronger and prevent breakage along the length. Both dark and red shades after toning look truly luxurious.
Do I need an oxidizing agent when tinting hair?
Toning can be done at home if a complex staining technique (ombre, highlighting, etc.) is not implied. This procedure is quite simple. To perform professional hair toning at home, you will need the following:
- composition for tinting (sold in regular tubes, like regular paint);
- oxidant to it;
- protective gloves for hand skin.
Which oxidizing agent to choose? Almost all manufacturers produce a special oxidizing agent with a low concentration, especially for tinting. As a rule, the bottle indicates that the concentration is 1.9% or 3%. Higher concentrations of oxidizers are used either when bleaching or when dyeing hair with permanent dye.
How to choose the best product for your hair?
Before choosing a tinting agent, evaluate the conditionyour hair. If they are thin and lack volume, pay attention to compositions enriched with keratin and collagen. If they are devoid of shine, then compositions enriched with oils will come to the rescue. If the ends are split and the hair breaks along the length, then it is necessary to choose formulations with keratin and plant extracts.
Professional hair dyes can be purchased at any hairdressing store. Do not be confused by the variety of companies and the abundance of palettes - a consultant will always come to the rescue and suggest the right tool. It is optimal to immediately purchase care for tinted hair - masks, concentrates, thermal protective agents.
Review of tinting paint from "Loreal"
As you already understood, the key to the beauty of hair is hair toning. "Loreal" - professional dyes with a huge palette of shades for every taste. The price category of dyes is different - from "Color Touch" for 300 rubles per pack to "Mazhirel" for 1400 rubles for a tube of paint. Also popular among hairdressers is the ammonia-free composition for tinting "Rishes", which ideally combines both quality and average cost.
Here are a couple of recipes for tinting bleached hair with a tinting composition from "Rishes":
- If you need a cool shade, use "Rishes" 9.01 + 9.02 + clair (30 g + 30 g + 60 g).
- If you need warm, then take "Rishes" 9.02 + 9.03 + clair (30 g + 30 g + 60 g).
It's pretty hard, buta well-functioning scheme for colorists. If you plan to carry out the tinting procedure at home, then you can purchase only one tube with the composition - for example, 9.01 (cold ash blond) and an oxidizing agent (clear) for it.
Review of tinting dyes from "Capus"
Kapus is a domestic company that has been producing inexpensive and high-quality products for professional hair care and coloring for ten years. To date, the company offers an excellent dye for toning Hyaluronic Acid with hyaluronic acid. The cost of one tube is about 350 rubles. Formulated with hyaluronic acid to intensely hydrate dry hair and help prevent breakage along the length.
The palette is very rich - there are many beautiful blondes (beige, ash, gold, pearl, etc.), there are many copper shades and, of course, dark colors.
Pay also attention to Magic Keratin tinting agents from Kapus. The composition of this line includes keratin. After tinting with this product, the hair becomes shiny, more lush, and overall looks much he althier than before the procedure.
Review of tinting dyes from "Londa"
Tinting products from the world famous company "Londa" have long established themselves as leaders in the hairdressing market. Masters are attracted by the relatively low cost and huge professional palettes of "Londa". Hair tinting can be done using the following tools:
- Extra-Coverage -dye without ammonia, but with a high degree of resistance. Colors even gray strands. Vitaflection's highly active color pigment molecules penetrate deep into the hair shaft, where they bind to each other and lock inside the hair, resulting in long lasting color. The dye is enriched with waxes and lipids that make hair shiny, full and dense. After the tinting procedure with this tool, it seems that the hair has become thicker, there are more of them.
- Londa Color is positioned by the manufacturer as a composition designed for professional toning. The palette is represented not only by the usual shades, but also by mixtones, adding which you can adjust the final color in cold or warm. However, if you use this tinting dye at home, then first try to carry out the tinting procedure with one shade and without adding a mixton. Do not forget to purchase an oxidizing agent for the dye right away.
Tinting dyes from the domestic company "Estel"
Estelle is a Russian company that has been developing and producing professional hair care products for many years. Toning agents offered by Estel to the buyer:
- Estel Prima Color - dye for toning, contains acrylic acids that nourish the hair along the entire length, from roots to tips. The disadvantage of this tool is a relatively small number of shades, there are only 10 of them. But the cost is pleasing - only about 200 rubles per jar.
- Estel De Luxe - due to the proteins included in the composition, it makes hair more fluffy, while not provoking dryness. The palette is very rich - many shades of blond, there are copper, golden, beige tones at different levels of tone depth. When buying a tube of product, do not forget to immediately purchase an oxidizer.
Tinting shampoos for blondes
Professional hair toning shampoos will be useful for blondes. The use of such a tool will retain a noble ashy cold shade. What effect is achieved? Shampoos for tinting contain special violet pigments that neutralize yellowness with regular use:
- Estel Curex Color Intense Cool Blonde Shampoo should be used two to three times a week. For the most pronounced effect of getting rid of yellowness, you should leave foamed shampoo on your hair for two to three minutes.
- Nexxt Professional Silver Shampoo for blond and bleached hair, neutralizes the yellow tint, gives a noble platinum color. The best product in terms of price and quality. Of the minuses - some girls complained that the shampoo stains the skin of their hands in a purple hue. When working with tinted shampoos from other manufacturers, this is not observed.
- Shampoo to neutralize yellowness Matrix Total Results Color Obsessed So Silver costs a little more than analogues, but the quality of this product is on top. Never stains the skin of the hands or head, acts directly on the hair. Gives a fairly durablesilver color for blonde and previously tinted hair.
What kind of care does hair need after toning?
After the toning procedure, to prolong the effect, adhere to the following hair care principles:
- use special gentle shampoos without aggressive components in the composition;
- after every hair wash, apply a mask with restorative and color-preserving components to your hair;
- apply a heat protectant to hair before styling or blow-drying;
- refuse to use homemade masks made from oil, sour cream, henna, etc.;
- if the tips are in poor condition - use a separate restorative concentrate for them.
How not to ruin your hair when using professional products
Rules that will help not worsen the condition of the hair during the toning procedure at home:
- carefully read the instructions for the composition, follow the time indicated there for holding the dye on the hair, and also carefully observe the recommended proportion of the oxidizing agent with the coloring cream;
- don't buy too high a concentration of an oxidizing agent - such use may not only not improve the quality of the hair, but also lead to dryness.
If necessary, warm up the mass of hair after application, but only if this method is recommended in the instructions.
