Colouring Flashcards
3 major components of hair?
- Cortex
- Cuticle
- Medulla
Define “Porosity”
The ability to adsorb moisture
Define “Texture”
Fine, medium, coarse
Define “Density”
Number of hairs per square inch
Define “intensity”
Strength of colour
Define “Cortex”
Middle layer of the hair, located directly beneath the cuticle layer
Define “Cuticle”
The most outer layer of the hair shaft
Primary Colour wheel?
Red, yellow, blue
2 classification of hair colour?
- Non-oxidative
* Oxidative
Secondary colour wheel?
Orange, green, violet
Tertiary colour wheel?
Blue-green, blue-violet, red-orange, Yellow-orange, yellow-green
Complementary colour wheel?
Blue and orange, red and green, yellow and violet
Colours that neutralize each other are?
• Complimentary
Leveling system?
- Lightest blond
- Very light blond
- Light blond
- Medium blond
- dark blond
- lightest brown
- light brown
- medium brown
- Dark brown
- Black
How to determine the level of someone’s hair?
- Take a 1/2 square section in the crown area and hold it up
- Using the natural level finder swatches from the manufacturer select the swatch that best matches
- Move the swatch from the scalp area along the hair strand
- Determine the natural level
First step to any colour service
• Consolation
Temporary
Creates, fun , bold results and easily shampoos from the hair
-non Oxidative
Which semi perm or Demi perm fall in ox or non ox?
- Non-oxidative > temporary, semi-permanent
* Oxidative > demi permanent, permanent
3 types of maloneon?
- Eumelanin : the brown and black found in hair
- Pheomelanin : the red and blonde found in hair
- Mixed melanin : a mixture of both Eumelanin and Pheomelanin
What is Melanin?
Melanin is what determines the natural colour of the hair
Line of demarcation?
Visible line separating coloured hair from new growth
Sectioning and Subsection for root touch up?
- 4 quarters
- Horizontal in back
- Vertical in front
- Quarter inch subsections
The weakest primary colour?
Yellow
Demi permanent
Blends grey Enhances natural colour Tones pre lighten Refreshes faded colour Filler in colour correction Oxidative
Permanent
This hair Colour penetrates into the cortex
Covers grey
Changed existing hair colour
Oxidative
Semi permanent
This colour lasts 4-6 washes Tones pre lightened hair No lift Deposit only Non oxidative
