Hair Dying Flashcards
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Why is hair colored?
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The natural color of hair depends on
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eumelanin
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phaeomelanin
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makes brown to black hair shades while phaeomelanin is responsible for blond and red colors.
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You can have one or both melanin pigment types and the ratio and concentration of each determines your shade of hair color.
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The absence of both melanin types produces
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As the hair fiber grows/…..
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How bleaching and dyeing hair works?
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mixing the bleach in an alkaline solution.
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First, the hair cuticle has to be
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The oxidized melanin pigment is…..
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The complete bleached hair is ….. rather than pure …. colour.
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Bleach reacts more readily with the…..
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Some gold or red residual color may remain after lightening depending on how much phaeomelanin your hair follicles make.
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This process may be enough for those who just want their hair lightened.
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Usually a finishing dye is added why
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to hide the ….. color of the keratin which does not look a very
natural ……
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Again, the cuticle has to be opened up for the dye to get inside the hair fiber using…..
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In this process peroxide is used as a developer or oxidizing agent to
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…….. a new permanent color is bonded into the hair cortex.
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the technique is a two step process:
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At the end of the process, an acid shampoo or a conditioner is used to …..
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To go from dark hair to very light hair a pre-bleach is usually required to…..
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