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3 Step Colour Consultation

Every new customer should be encouraged to have a full colour consultation, whether they are looking for a different hair colour ...

Applying Colour Products

The method of applying a hair colouring product will vary depending on the desired effect, product used and hair type. There are ...

Artificial Pigments

Developed Pigments All semi-permanent hair colours contain developed pigments (see image General Ingredients in Semi-Permanent ...

Bleaching

Bleaching (bibliography 1) involves partial or complete de-colouring of the existing natural melanin content of the hair. The mo ...

Blonde Products

Bleach Bleach does not technically colour the hair but removes existing colour to create a lighter result (see image The Influe ...

Client Consultation Checklist

Use the following guidelines to ensure an accurate colour consultation result. In theory you should perform a colour consultatio ...

Colour Psychology

White light is absorbed or reflected based on the chemical composition of the object, and our eyes detect the reflected wavele ...

Colouring Porous Hair

Care in the context of colouring hair usually refers to condition of the hair. Chemical over-processing, sun exposure and health ...

Colouring Product Differences

The modern hairdressing salon today should have all the necessary tools and knowledge required in order to create, with the occa ...

Combining Form and Colour

Special guidelines apply where tinted or coloured, bleached or highlifted hair is concerned. The use of colour in formed hair pa ...

Dealing with Colour Correction

There are two important areas to consider when a colour correction becomes necessary or is requested. The first is how to deal w ...

Demi-Permanent Colour

The term demi-permanent refers to a relatively new range of colouring products that combine permanent and semi-permanent technol ...

How Do We See Colour?

Human vision relies on light-sensitive cells found within the retina of the eye. There are two types of sensor: rods and cones. ...

Key Elements for Selling Colour

Colouring hair is a relatively expensive business: a range of chemical processes may be required to achieve the desired effect, ...

Mixing Colour

Hair colouring products should always be prepared after a client analysis and with due consideration of hair care procedures. Fo ...

Natural Hair Colour

Understanding the nature of natural hair is an essential part of the process of becoming a hair colouring expert. Hair at the ro ...

Natural Pigmentation

Heredity is the main factor in determining hair type and colour. The cortex contains tiny grains of pigment, produced by melanoc ...

Neutralising Colour

Unwanted tones can often appear when lifting hair to a higher level. This is particularly true where the hair is dark (level 4 o ...

Oxidation

Oxidation takes place when an unstable atom loses an electron, thus allowing the atom to form a new compound with another elemen ...

Perform a Colour Diagnosis

Correctly diagnosing a client's hair type is essential prior to commencing a colour treatment. Misjudge at this critical stage a ...

Images

	Beneficial Effects of Combining Care & Colour Products
	Colour Compensation on Partial White Hair
	Colour Wheel
	Colouring and Blending White Hair
	General Ingredients found in Permanent Colour
	General Ingredients in Semi-Permanent Colour
	Hair Colour Type Comparisons
	Mixing Primary Colours
	Product Penetration: Semi-Permanent versus Oxidative Colour
	Schwarzkopf Professional Colour Levels
	Schwarzkopf Professional Colour Wheel
	Shade Level versus Development Time for Natural/White Hair
	Step-by-Step Hair Techniques
	The Effect of Artificial Pigment on Different Hair Diameters
	The Effect of Light Refraction on a Black or White Surface
	The Effect of White Light Refracted Through a Prism