HAIR COLOR TYPES TEMPORARY SEMI PERMANENT

Hair Style Tips- Hair color Types - Temporary, Semi Permanent

It is important to know what each of these can do, to avoid disappointment-or-horror-with the results.

Temporary Hair Color

Most temporary hair colors work in conjunction with a shampoo washed into the hair, or in a rinse that is applied after shampooing, simply coating the surface of each strand of hair without penetrating the cuticle and cortex. They can enhance your natural color by adding warmth and glow and bring out highlights. Or can be used as a toner on hair that is already colored or bleached.

 

A temporary color rinse is particularly effective on hair that has become brassy looking, and will tone down the yellow and green notes to a softer, ashen shade. This type of hair color lasts only from one shampoo to the next, and is best on shades that are already pale. Most will make little difference to the looks of dark hair.

 

Semi permanent color

Semi permanent hair colors are usually shampooed into the hair, and their effect lasts from four to eight shampoos, depending on the brand. Some shades - red tones especially- are prone to rapid fading. Although these products are designed to penetrate the cuticle of the hair, they do not alter the natural pigmentation structure-they are effectively coating the cortex with color.

 

Since you are only adding color to the hair, a major change cannot be achieved with these products. But natural looking glints of gold and chestnut shades are possible on all brown shades, and warm auburn lights can be achieved on very dark shades. Semi permanent hair colors that promise to lift natural hair color to blonde shades must necessarily contain bleaching agents. These are not recommended for use at home, since bleaching can be a complicated procedure and should be carried out professionally if the end result is to be even.