Hair is an important "accessory" for both women and men. Their color, structure, length, shape and grooming can say a lot about the owner. Hair has been given special attention since ancient times.
A little about coloring
For many modern people, the hair care system is limited to washing and combing, someone adds nourishing and moisturizing procedures and, of course, painting, others cherish their natural color and look at tubes with chemistry warily.
Modern girls start experimenting with hair color from the age of 13-14. First, colored crayons, tinting shampoos are used, and then a full-fledged permanent paint.
You might think that it is difficult to dye your hair with a ready-made substance? There are women in Russian villages who solved this problem very easily: they mixed the components in a bowl, put the bowl on their heads, and then combed their hair. Done!
Someone approaches the dyeing process too responsibly: having prepared the space and the necessary containers, they start painting, carefully enveloping each hair. To such scrupulousaction takes a lot of time, and instead of a saturated color, they get an overbaked dull look.
Hair coloring is a delicate matter
How to dye your hair at home, every girl knows who had to help out a friend or make a "marafet" on her head herself. But in many nuances, we often make mistakes.
Don't dirty everything around
Don't forget to protect your clothes and space from possible contamination. It is better to use a cape or dress in old clothes.
Use ceramics, plastic or wood
Do not mix paint in a metal container or with a metal object. All improvised tools should be either made from natural materials such as wood or ceramics, or from cheaper plastic counterparts.
Don't forget cream and gloves
It is better to lubricate the skin around the perimeter of hair growth, as well as the ears and neck with a fat cream.
The gloves that usually come with paint are very uncomfortable and complicate the process itself. It is better to purchase rubber or latex medical gloves at the pharmacy in advance.
Remember warm and cold zones
When coloring gray hair, first of all, I want to apply paint to whitish areas. This is, as a rule, whiskey, forehead, area behind the ears. Having qualitatively and evenly smeared them with paint, women proceed to the rest of the hair. It is not right. First you need to paint over the crown, and only then the hair that grows around the perimeter.
Toothbrush - last century
For dataprocedures, it is better to purchase a special brush, since dyeing your hair with an old toothbrush is not only not solid, but also more traumatic for the bulbs. The best option would be a brush with natural bristles.
Let your hair breathe
Don't cover your head with a plastic bag. The dyeing process requires oxygen, but a warm room temperature is recommended.
Keeping the rules
You need to keep the substance on your hair exactly as long as it is written in the instructions. Chemical dyes have a strict plan for penetrating the hair, so interrupting it will simply prevent the scales from closing, after which the hair may look unkempt and shaggy, and not more well-groomed.
After you have washed the dye from your hair, you can not use shampoo.
Moon phases and hair coloring
You can deny or accept this information, but, regardless of our attitude towards it, the Moon continues to influence our planet and the human body in particular.
It has been noticed that if you cut your hair on a growing moon, they grow back quickly, if on a falling one - slower. Some women claim that after a haircut for the old month, they constantly have a headache. Obviously, this applies more to weather-dependent people, who, oddly enough, are 75%.
Cutting hair is a cardinal method, but what about coloring? Both dyeing and cutting hair are recommended for the growing moon. So their he alth and color fastness will be at the highest level.
Everything you need to knowmeasure. If the hair needs to be dyed before an important event that is about to take place, it is better not to look at the lunar calendar, but to do it, contrary to all written rules. Self-hypnosis, as well as self-punishment for non-compliance with the canons, harm the body much more than the phase of the moon.
If our grandmothers flipped through calendars or directly looked into the night sky in order to find out the phase of the month, then modern girls ask search engines: when to dye their hair in February, March and April? And you just need to know: if there is a moon in the sky, and it is not full, and does not look like the letter C, then you can safely proceed to the painting procedure.
Hair coloring and women's cycle
Many girls are wondering: is it possible to dye their hair during these days? Experts say the following: of course you can, because hair is dead matter and the body can no longer affect the ends of the hair, the maximum that it has power is the root zone up to 5 centimeters.
Indeed, during this period, the production of sebum (sebum) increases, and its excess on the hair roots may prevent the paint from penetrating properly.
Specialists say that such an opinion is nothing more than a rumor. If you trust the hands of an experienced master, he will surely do everything right, but you should not dye your hair yourself, as these days are characterized by total dissatisfaction and pass at the peak of psychological stress. Perhaps this is the very reason.
Coloring during pregnancy
DespiteDespite the fact that every few months there are revolutions in hair coloring, and the components of coloring products become less harmful, many girls still wonder: should I dye my hair during pregnancy?
Let's start with the fact that ammonia paints are not harmless even for non-pregnant women and often cause allergic reactions and burns of the mucous membranes. The resorcinol and nonoxynol contained in the paints are also of little use, especially for the fetus in the first three months of development, when the child absorbs all substances like a sponge.
On the other hand, if the thought of having to look like a girl from a village in the 60s of the last century is horrifying, then you need to find a compromise in this situation. During pregnancy, all the nutrients from the body of a woman flow away, therefore, first of all, hair, nails and teeth suffer. What you definitely shouldn't do is lighten the strands, especially the roots.
If you need to dye your hair during pregnancy, then you can pay attention to the aqua dyeing procedure, which uses only organic ingredients. The only drawback is the price, as this pleasure is not cheap.
So, you can dye your hair while pregnant, but you need to use the least aggressive formulations.
Mistakes when dyeing hair at home
- Trial coloring should be the rule. The specified color on the package does not always correspond to reality, and the shade is a delicate matter. In addition, the manufacturer does not know whichyou initially had a hair color, how many dyes were there. You need to take an inconspicuous strand at the back of your head and look at the result. If it does not suit you, then painting over one strand is much easier than repainting the entire head.
- Don't be lazy to do an allergy test. Who will need your beautiful hair if your face is swollen, reddened or covered with pimples?
- In order not to wipe the paint off the ears and forehead two days after painting, use a greasy cream (maybe for children) or petroleum jelly. Lubricate the skin around the hairline, ears and neck with them, so as not to be branded as a "painted motley cow".
- Many have heard that before permanent dyeing hair is not washed. Someone takes it too literally, they suffer for several days, or even a whole week. As a result, the curls are covered with such a layer of sebum that the paint in front of it is simply powerless. It is enough to wash your hair the day before the procedure.
- Do not use conditioner or styling products on the last hair wash before dyeing.
- It is not recommended to keep the paint longer or less than it should be. If such a sin was, then in the future do not repeat it. The color will not become less or more intense, but the quality of the hair will deteriorate.
- You don't need to use shampoo when washing the color out of your hair.
- Dandruff products most aggressively wash out the pigment. Use shampoos labeled "for color-treated hair".
- The paint should be applied to the hair immediately after thorough mixing. It is not worth waiting for some time for the product to infuse.
- As statedabove, do not touch the finished mixture with metal objects. Use plastic, ceramic or wood.
Step by step instructions
- When we wash our hair for the last time before dyeing, we do not use balm, we also refrain from styling products.
- Choosing the right shade is an important moment of preparation. Choose a color that is as close as possible to your natural color. Entrust the cardinal change of image and color to professionals.
- Immediately before washing, choose clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
- Lubricate your skin with oily cream or petroleum jelly to make paint stains wash off faster.
- Get your clips, comb, ceramic or plastic bowl, coloring brush and gloves ready.
- Squeeze the ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly.
- Start to apply the dye to the roots of the hair in the crown area, then move to the perimeter, paint well on the frontal part and behind the ears. It would be better if someone could help you.
- At the very end, apply dye to the length of the hair and comb the entire hair well.
- Make a bun and secure with a plastic clip or crab. If the hair is not long, the whole design will hold on its own.
- Time for 30-40 minutes (as directed).
- Choose a warm place and brew delicious tea to warm up your body from the inside.
- After the time, wash off the mixture without using shampoo. The kit should include a conditioner balm, do not forget about it and do not confuse it withshampoo.
- To keep the result longer and the color does not fade, use a shampoo for colored hair.
How to choose hair dye?
For any person, the best shade of hair is their own natural color. But during the year, this indicator can also change: after the cold weather, the hair becomes dull, and in the summer it burns out, which also affects the perception of their shade. When choosing a paint yourself, you need to choose a color that is as similar as possible to yours.
How to do this if the information on the package is not always reliable? In this matter, your photo, where the hair color is revealed most fully, and a palette of hair colors of the brand that you plan to purchase can help you.
If the palette is made of artificial dyed loops, then you can attach the ends of your hair and choose the color to match yours (remember that the ends are lighter than the roots).
A good way is reviews on the Internet. Usually on such sites, girls post photos before and after dyeing.
It can be advised to focus on your skin color, but the question is not which shade to choose, but how to find it yourself among the abundance of goods on the store shelf, if you have not had such experience before.
So, if you are a blonde and cannot choose between two colors, then opt for a lighter shade, if a brown-haired woman - on a darker one, if a redhead - on a less bright one.
For the first coloring, we do not recommend taking a permanent product, semi-permanent is better, becausehow after a month it will wash off, and in case of a miss, you will not suffer for a long time.
