Exams never end, especially when it comes to DIY coloring. Because every time you approach the fateful kit it’s a bit like always starting all over again: you prepare the colored mush as per instructions, apply it on your hair trying to do our best and then wait for the miracle together with a series of doubts: «Will I have covered the whites well?», «Who knows if I will have the model’s hair color on the box?», «What if the color doesn’t stick?». In fact, when you decide for a home coloring, you can make many mistakes. We analyzed them one by one together with ** Christophe Robin, expert colorist L’Oréal Paris. **
9 mistakes you can make with do-it-yourself coloring
Wash your hair the same day
«The ideal would be to shampoo 24-48 hours before coloring. This will allow the sebum to spread on the hair so that the color can set more easily. The color will be more natural and will last longer ».
Place the color in the middle of the strand
«The color must be applied to unwashed hair, first on the root and, in the last 5-10 minutes with a massage on the lengths. At the end of the exposure time, never less than 30 minutes, it is rinsed without shampooing. It is important to use the treatment found in the kits for a bright color and a long lasting result ».
Trust only the model’s image on the packaging
«My advice is to analyze several elements at the same time: the color number, the image of the model on the pack, but also the photo of the hair printed on the back of the box where you can see the starting color and the result that can be obtained. To warm up a natural nuance, just a tone-on-tone color, without ammonia, which lasts up to 28 shampoos, such as Casting Crème Gloss. So as to quickly learn gestures and get their reflexes without the effect of total coverage ».
Remove the dye before the recommended time
«If the color seems dark and the dye is removed before the recommended time, the error occurs because the pigments have not had time to activate, thus risking having an undesired result. If you leave it on for longer, you do not increase the fixing of the color, but stress the hair, making it porous, dehydrated and with a too dark nuance ».
Make the color with hair soaked in gel or lacquer
«The gel or the lacquer seals the scales of the hair shaft, thus not allowing the color to penetrate them». Rinses with apple cider vinegar and shampoo after coloring “It is forbidden for the hair to dry the hair further, after coloring it is necessary to use the specific treatments that are contained in the coloring kits that give nourishment to the hair and shine to the color”.
Change the width of the brush when applying color
«Each L’Oréal Paris kit is equipped with the ideal tool for perfect color application. For example, in Colorista Paint a brush has been developed that has revolutionary wave bristles that hold up to 25% more of the formula, allowing the hair to be covered in a perfect and uniform way for a 100% color result. Furthermore, its 10 ° angled shape reduces the pressure of the do-it-yourself application and allows you to intensely color the hair both for a total cover effect and on individual strands ».
Pay attention to clothing and face
“Like when you go to the hairdresser you need to wear a cape and / or an old T-shirt because the formula must only be applied to the hair”.
Change color after one week “It all depends on the starting point and the color that has been done. Each case is unique and must be analyzed by a professional “.
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