A woman's hair color can be regarded as an indicator of her mood. Often, ladies change their appearance when they are happy, sad, or when there are any changes in life. And then the hands almost themselves reach for the clarifiers. After all, transformation in most cases is possible only with them. However, the correct selection of the mixture is often difficult. By what criteria are clarifiers selected? And what is the process that they run on the hair?
Clarification process
Why do you need hair bleach? The fact is that inside the hair there is a substance called melanin. It also gives the native color to the hair. The vast majority of brighteners contain hydrogen peroxide, which seems to evaporate its own pigment from the hair shaft. The longer the peroxide has an effect on it, the better the clarification occurs. However, do not overexpose the paint or overdo it with the oxidizer itself, because thisfraught with consequences - you can burn the skin, provoke an allergy.
Before you use any hair lightener, you need to test. After all, each of them is a potent chemical. To do this, you need to try a little clarifier behind the ear or on the crook of the elbow. The mixture should be left overnight. If there is no allergic reaction, then you can apply hair dye without fear of consequences. Most women neglect this test and thus risk their own he alth.
Types of clarifiers
The following types of substances can be used at home:
- Ammonia based paints.
- Ammonia-free mixes.
- Natural brighteners.
Regular dyes, which are classified as ammonia-free, lighten hair by 3-4 tones. The mass market offers a wide selection of such paints - for example, these are Syoss, Londa, Estel, Garnier, Fara, Palette, Wellaton. Which is the best hair lightener out of these? Often this can only be understood through experience. After all, all these colors will affect each person in their own way. Therefore, it is necessary to select the paint in accordance with individual characteristics. Despite the fact that there are a large number of clarifiers on the market, not all are effective. As a rule, more expensive products provide better results. You can expect anything from cheap ones.
You also need to carefully follow the instructions for the hair lightener. In most cases, it is impossible to predict the exact result of staining. Especially if a woman wears makeupfirst time. Hair can lighten a few tones, or it can become yellow. Therefore, it is often recommended to carry out such a procedure in the cabin. Especially if this is the first lightening.
Clarifier rating
By the beginning of 2018, professional hairdressers compiled a rating of clarifiers. According to them, this list looks like this:
- In fifth place is SYOSS, a fairly popular brand that allows you to achieve good results.
- Fourth position - GARNIER. The paint brightens the roots well and is perfectly fixed along the entire length of the hair. Another plus is the low price.
- Third place belongs to the brand Palette. This is a paint that has long been popular among consumers. This brightener is a recognized hair care product.
- The second place is occupied by Wella Blondor clarifiers. They can have a negative effect on the hair, but when used correctly, the risk of damaging the hair is minimal.
- First place goes to L'OREAL clarifier. It is a bleaching paste that contains beneficial ingredients necessary for he althy hair. During painting, there are no sharp odors, the skin is not damaged from it, there is no burning sensation.
Instructions for using Wella Blondor clarifier
Compliance with the instructions is the key to a high-quality staining result. Consider, using the example of this paint, the algorithm for working with clarifiers:
- Mix Wella Blondor Freelights Conditioner (B) with Wella FreeLights White Bleaching Powder (A) in a ratio of 1:1 to 1:3 (recommended ratio 1:1, 5) in a non-metallic container.
- Apply the mixture to dry hair. During application, it is recommended to keep the strands under tension.
- It is necessary to keep the paint depending on the initial condition of the hair and the desired level of lightening. Maximum time is 50 minutes.
- Rinse hair with warm water and shampoo.
Action of peroxide
Which is the best hair lightener can be understood by the level of oxide concentration in the kit. A large role in the selection of paint is played by the percentage of hydrogen peroxide. If you need to lighten your hair a few tones, use a paint with a high concentration of oxide in the kit. If you just need to dye your hair in a range not far from the current shade, a more gentle remedy is chosen. Hydrogen peroxide is the main active ingredient for lightening hair, as well as for coloring. It is often included even in the composition of ammonia-free hair brighteners. Peroxide is a good tool, although unstable. It easily decomposes into active oxygen and water during exposure to alkalis, metals, and temperature. Therefore, you can not dilute the mixture for clarification in metal containers.
Types of oxides
Oxide is one of the main components used in lightening hair. In the composition of hair dyes, hydrogen peroxide is supplied in the form of activators and oxides. As for professional coloring and lightening, oxides with3-, 6-, 9- and 12% content of this component.
- 3% conditioner is used when there is no need to bleach the hair completely - for example, if you need to make it a little lighter.
- 6% oxide is used when you need to dye your hair “color to color” or lighten the natural color of your hair by one level. This concentration of oxide is most often used in conventional household paints. After all, as a rule, the use of a stronger oxide can be completely unpredictable.
- 9- and 12% oxide is used for the most maximum clarification. In most cases, 12% oxide is not approved for use with powder.
- Activators for ammonia-free paints can contain oxides in the range of 1 to 4%. This is the most gentle hair bleach.
Wash
A wash is a product that removes pigment from hair. There are several types of washes - chemical, acid and natural. A chemical wash does a deeper clean. In one application, such a product can lighten hair up to 5 tones. Such a wash is sold in stores and beauty salons. These are Estel, Paul Mitchell, Brelil Professional brand products. Many manufacturers of coloring agents now offer their own products that allow you to get rid of paint. As a rule, such a wash is a gentle hair clarifier without ammonia, peroxide and other aggressive agents. The action of the wash is limited only by the removal of the active pigment. Your hair color stays the same.
You can see different brands of washes on store shelves:
- Color off paint remover emulsion.
- BACKTRACK system by Paul Mitchell.
- COLOR REVERSE by Salerm and other products.
Powders
It is believed that the powder gives a tougher color than ammonia paint. Therefore, before using a clarifying powder, you can first try to paint over one or more strands. This will allow you to see how the hair will behave under the influence of a hair clarifier. Currently, there is a large selection of such funds. These are Igora, Kapous, Blondor, Constant Delight powders.
Lightening powder, like paint, is designed to remove pigment from the hair. Its principle of action is also based on an intense oxidation reaction, leading to the destruction of the pigment. It is not the powder itself that takes part in this reaction, but its mixture with an oxidizing agent, which helps to start the process and increase its speed.
Apply powder
Immediately before applying to the hair, the powder is mixed with an oxidizing agent in the proportion indicated by the manufacturer. The hydrogen peroxide decomposition reaction starts. In this case, two elements are formed - water and active oxygen. It is active oxygen that directly interacts with the natural pigment of the hair, destroying it. In the event that the mixture is not applied to the strands, a similar process occurs in a bowl, althoughmuch slower - active oxygen interacts with air. Each of the powders also contains alkaline mixtures, which cause the hair to swell during the first 10 minutes of exposure. This allows the dye to get inside the hair.
Hair destruction
Powder is one of the most intense hair lighteners. When the composition is applied to the strands, but cannot penetrate the hair, then its action is directed to the destruction of their structure. Most often, oxidizers 9% and 12% sin with this. They damage the hair more than, for example, 3% and 6%. However, it should be noted that no matter how high-quality the powder is, it somehow spoils the hair. This is a permanent side effect of any hair lightener. Therefore, you should not hope that after using any remedy from this spectrum, the hair will remain the same. It's simply impossible.
Supra
In the middle of the last century, supra was considered the best hair lightener. At present, of course, products have already been invented that do not spoil the hair and have an effective lightening effect. Once supra was the number 1 tool in the arsenal of fashionistas. Now it still occupies a leading position - but already among those funds that belong to the economy class category.
Supra is a powerful hair lightener that comes in powder form. To speed up the chemical reaction, it includes not only ammonia, but also other substances, such as various persulfates. Supra with activator cream is used,containing oxide of one or another concentration. Under the action of this mixture, melanin is washed out of the hair structure. Supra is very damaging to the strands, so it is used by those for whom saving is more important than the condition of the hair.
Other options for clarifiers
It is impossible to dye your hair a lighter shade or become a blonde without the use of special chemicals. In addition to dyes and powders, there are many other substances that can bleach hair.
This is:
- Hydroperit. An inexpensive remedy that is available at any pharmacy. Its disadvantage is that it destroys the hair structure very much. Hydroperit allows you to lighten your hair up to 4 tones. Also, the substance evens out the color well on gray hair.
- Hydrogen peroxide. It is also an inexpensive drug that can be purchased at a pharmacy. The downside is that it can damage your hair. It is believed that peroxide can lighten strands up to 4 tones.
- White henna. Another economy class. White henna has nothing to do with medicinal henna, and its effect is due to the content of hydroperite in the powder.
- A brightening shampoo. He dries out his hair. However, it can lighten the hair a little. Its main advantage is that it hardly spoils it.
Currently, the choice of means for clarification is quite wide. However, when starting to dye your hair, it is also important to keep in mind the possible consequences. Therefore, it is better not to save here and choose a good and high-quality product. Alsodon't chase results. If the hair has lightened a tone or two the first time, it is better to wait a few weeks and then repeat the procedure. This way you can maintain he althy hair and achieve the desired shade.
