During your grandmother’s and great-grandmother’s lifetimes, women used hair dyes if they wanted to hide their grays. Considered an acceptable aspect of the feminine mystique, only close friends and the hair dresser knew.
Now, dyes don’t just cover the gray. Hair color expresses festive moods with green or purple. They can also unfulfilled wishes when the born brunette turns herself blond or ginger-red. Men dye their beards and mustaches to project their waning youth and virility.
Store shelves carry kits so that consumers can dye hair at home, but these kits cannot replace the experience and knowledge of professional beauticians like those at Hoshall’s Salon and Spa.
Professionals can use colorants containing harsher chemicals than those provided in the average drug store hair coloring kit. They also know which shampoos and conditioners clean, soften and detangle the hair while repairing the damage coloring can do, without stripping out your newly minted hues.
Your beautician will discuss the reason for your new color, the type of color you seek and compare the hue you desire with your existing color. Before taking your head in his or her hands, your beautician will also evaluate your hair’s condition and address the results you can reasonably expect.
If you are coloring your hair for a special event, your colorist may suggest a temporary hair color. This may be a chalk or spray-on color that rinses out with the next shampooing. These simply coat the hair, without a chemical reaction. The liquid color is applied to the hair. Then, the beautician places a plastic cap on your head and you sit under a heat source, a heat cap or dryer, to set the color. The hair is then rinsed to remove excess dye.
Your colorist may suggest a semi-permanent color if you regularly subject your hair to permanent relaxers. A semi-permanent color washes out, but not as quickly as a color rinse.
If color is the only chemical process you use on your hair, you colorist may suggest a permanent hair color that needs retouching every 6 to 8 weeks as new growth appears. Permanent dyes require a chemical reaction, usually using hydrogen peroxide, to bleach the hair while creating the new color.
Remember, a new hair color conveys a new attitude and a fresh outlook. If you are ready for a new hair color in Roseville, find a professional to help you express the new you.
