Hair dye firmly entered the daily use of most women. Today, stores offer a fairly wide range of types of hair dyes. To understand the benefits of different types of paint is sometimes difficult, because they all differ in manufacturer, texture, and palette of colors.
Kinds
There are several types of hair dye products. Consider them in more detail.
Cream paint
Considered the most common staining agent. Supermarkets and cosmetic stores offer a very wide range of colors of this consistency, since cream paint, as compared to other types of paint, is most easily used for dyeing a house. Such funds are divided into resistant paints that contain ammonia, and ammonia-free. The latter are based on cream emulsion.
The advantage of persistent cream paints containing ammonia are the ability to keep a long color on the surface of the hair and a wide palette of shades. Because of its durability, such dyes are good to use for dyeing gray hair. Unfortunately, they are very aggressive to the structure of the hair, as they cause thinning of the hair and their dryness.
In addition, they often cause allergic reactions, so they cannot be used without an allergy test performed in advance. In contact with the skin, persistent cream paints are quite difficult to wash off.
Cream-paint without ammonia more carefully dye hair, do not cause their fragility and thinning. They dye their hair due to their enveloping, not penetrating into the structure itself. The composition of ammonia-free cream inks often contain various nutritional and healing substances for the hair: vitamins A, E, almond oil, olive oil, calendula extract and other medicines. Due to this composition, the hair is protected from the harmful effects of the environment.
The disadvantages of non-ammonia cream inks include:
- The fragility of dyeing (without penetration into the structure of the hair dye is washed off faster);
- insufficiently effective painting of gray hair;
- such paints are more expensive than persistent;
- when self-dyeing, they are often distributed unevenly in the hair, so it is better to dye them with hairdressing by professionals.
Paint mousse
This paint can be called a novelty in the field of staining. This type of hair dye products has a foam consistency and is very easy to use. Even with a light application to the hair, uniform coloring of the hair is maximally achieved, since the dye-mousse can be gently distributed over the entire length of the hair due to its consistency.
The advantages of the funds include its security. This type of paint does not contain aggressive substances that destroy the structure of the hair. On the contrary, often caring substances are introduced into the composition, which gives the hair smoothness and shine. Thanks to the safety of the paint and with the strict observance of the instructions for its use, staining can be carried out quite often.
This type of paint is well suited for soft correction of the first signs of gray hair. It is easy to carry out painting in house conditions without assistance. In just 20-30 minutes, you can get a new hair color without burning, discomfort and unpleasant smell.
The disadvantages include the instability of the result - within a month the paint-mousse is completely washed off the hair. There is no variety of color palette, a maximum of 12-15 shades of natural tones. It is impossible to radically change hair color with paint-mousse - only for a couple of tones.
Despite such shortcomings, dye-mousse is popular among those who want to slightly adjust their hair shade, paint over the first gray hair or change the hair color for a short time.
Oil paint
Until recently, oil hair dyes could be found only in professional cosmetics, but today they are becoming more common and available for purchase.
Oil paint consists of an emulsion of a pigment with an oil base, that is, it has caring properties due to the presence of oils in the composition. Thanks to oils, such paints penetrate well into the hair structure, but do not carry any harmful effects. Even with constant use, oil paints do not have a damaging and drying effect. Most often, the composition of such paints injected almond oil, olive, jojoba, argan and others.
When using oil paints, the composition itself is already a caring substance, therefore, after application, keratin, vegetable proteins, fat-soluble vitamins and essential amino acids penetrate the hair.
The dye is well suited for painting gray hair, as it penetrates well into the hair structure and therefore dyeing can last up to several months. Oil paints have a fairly wide palette of colors, perhaps staining in bright and contrasting colors.
Among the drawbacks of oil paints, it is possible to note the possibility of obtaining a color darker than it was stated in the palette. Dyeing in a tone that is darker than necessary can occur when dyeing damaged hair with a porous structure. In this case, it is better to use the paint one or two tones lighter. Another disadvantage of oil paints is the impossibility of imparting cool shades to ashy colors, since paints with a natural composition cannot contain a sufficient amount of ashy pigments.
Spray paint
This coloring agent is considered the easiest to use, it can be used to quickly solve the problem of regrown hair roots or drastically change the image. Spray paint is most often used to stain regrown roots or starting gray hair.
The main plus means is the speed of staining. Just a few sprays can get a completely new hair color, and the palette of shades is very wide with a lot of contrast and bright colors. As part of the spray for dyeing there is a lacquer, which is completely harmless to the structure of the hair, allowing you to use spray paint often and without any harm. And also with the help of varnish in the composition, you can visually increase the volume of the hair and fix the styling.
With the help of spray-paint, it is possible to dye not all the hair web, but only individual strands in one or in different tones. There are stencils for creating various patterns on the hair with the help of these paints.
With a large number of advantages, this type of painting has serious disadvantages. Spray paint is very unstable and completely washed off the hair for one or two shampoos. People with a natural light shade of hair may have problems returning to their color when washing off this dye. Paint cans are often produced in small volumes, but they are also expensive. Paint in the form of a spray creates a film on the surface of the scalp and the surface of the hair, which prevents air exchange.
Because of the release form in the form of a spray, it is very difficult to prevent the ink from getting on the skin and surrounding objects.
Shampoo paint (tinted shampoo)
Paint in the form of a shampoo for dyeing is very easy to use, since the dyeing process itself is almost the same as regular hair washing. For coloring the paint is applied to wet hair, rubbed and washed off with water.In some cases, you need to briefly hold the composition on the hair.
Another advantage of shampoo paint is the absence of aggressive damaging substances in the composition. Often, oils are added to moisturize and add shine to hair or various herbal extracts. The composition of these shampoos is absolutely safe, so it can be used even by pregnant women.
Paint-shampoo is well washed off the hair, does not stain the skin, the surface in the bathroom and a towel.
The disadvantage is the low resistance of paint, the shade will last no more than eight washings on the hair. The best results of dyeing are obtained on dark hair, and on light or gray hair, the results of dyeing can be unpredictable. Another drawback is a small palette and a small opportunity to dye hair in a contrasting color.
Color palette
With a huge number of different brands and manufacturers of hair dyes there is a wide range of colors. Depending on the original hair color, the same tones may look different. Each season there are new fashionable shades, but the classic tones, for example, copper, do not reduce the popularity over time.
All the variety of the palette can be divided into three groups: dark, bright and bright.
Dark
Most women mistakenly believe that dark shades of hair dye visually add age. In fact, even light and ashy tones can age out if the shade of paint is chosen incorrectly.
Dark coloring has several advantages:
- paints high quality gray hair;
- no need to pre-lighten hair;
- visually gives thick hair.
Dark shades include tones from one to six. The most popular dark color for dyeing is considered to be black, brown shades take second place.
There is no pure black paint, there is always some shade, for example, black paint with a dark blue tint. This is because black paint is obtained by mixing several pigments and the final result is obtained from their proportions. Black can cast a golden tinge with a predominance of yellow pigment. If red prevails in the texture of the paint, then we get a wine or burgundy ebb, and if blue prevails, then the ebb will be dark blue or purple.
The palette of brown shades is very diverse. One of the popular shades are chocolate. Chocolate shades favorably emphasize almost any eye color, and makeup always looks more vivid and expressive. Visually, chocolate tones add volume to hair, especially curly hair.
Several chocolate shades.
- Chocolate - is a cool shade of brown. The shade is between bitter chocolate and milk.
- bitter chocolate - It is a cold shade with a high content of pigment. Depending on the manufacturer of the palette, it may be called dark chocolate or dark chocolate.
- Chocolate Caramel - chocolate shade, having caramel highlights. In different palettes can be called caramel or almond.
The remaining chocolate shades (for example, milk chocolate) belong to light tones.
Another popular darker shade is graphite. This shade of saturated dark gray color, which with different lighting can seem almost black.
Chestnut shades are natural, and the palette includes frosty chestnut, golden chestnut and dark chestnut. These are saturated natural colors, suitable for almost everyone.
Walnut tones are the lightest in the palette of dark shades. They visually soften facial features and give the hair a golden glare.
Bright
Coloring in light colors also has several advantages:
- the image becomes easier;
- blond hair looks voluminous;
- with a good selection of colors you can look younger;
- perfectly paints over gray hair;
- You can tint the hair.
Unfortunately, when dyeing from dark to light shades, it is first necessary to carry out a clarification procedure. Often it is necessary to lighten the hair more than once before coloring, which contributes to their dryness and thinning.
The palette of light tones is very wide, which allows you to choose a shade of paint that is in harmony with the color of your eyes and skin color.
A popular shade of light color is milk chocolate. It contains a large amount of pink, pearl and beige pigment. It will be more delicate and pinkish than the classic shade of chocolate from a palette of dark shades.
Shades of cappuccino are often used by stylists in various coloring techniques, for example, when coloring. Cappuccino is warm and cold tones. Frosty cappuccino has a silver or pink hue, and cappuccino with caramel or milk cappuccino is very soft and may resemble sun-bleached hair.
Mocha shade is very multifaceted, in its ebbs you can see gold, nut or bronze highlights. Mocha looks good on women of any age, gives the hair a uniform and soft color of fresh coffee, and also softens facial features. In the mocha palette, too, there are both cold and warm shades. The cold tones are frosty mocha, and the warm ones are golden or light mocha.
Golden shades of blond are always very popular. They fit almost everyone and look noble and expensive. Under the golden tones you can easily disguise the yellowness left over by the discolorations.
Of the unusual shades in the light palette, the following can be noted:
- strawberry - This is a blond with a reddish tinge;
- pink - it is a cold shade of blond with a pink tint;
- pink gold - This is an interesting combination of warm golden hue with a cold pink.
Bright
Bright hair colors do not reduce their popularity for several years in a row. Different shades of copper color are very popular - it can be dark copper, bright carrot or deep golden. The palette of copper shades is quite wide - from dark saturated to light golden.
The eggplant shade is gaining popularity among younger women, although a few years ago it was mostly painted by women of mature age, as it qualitatively paints gray hair. Today, eggplant looks almost natural and looks very interesting and without banality.
From the classic bright colors can be called mahogany. Mahogany is an ambiguous tint, as it is not entirely clear whether it belongs to cold or warm colors. With a good selection of shades of mahogany, the image will be deeper and more saturated.
Popular brands
Of course, it is impossible to unequivocally name which of the brands of paints is the best, because any manufacturer has pros and cons, as well as various nuances. But if you compare the most popular brands, you can draw conclusions about which of the firms should be chosen.
Estel De Luxe
One of the most popular in the ranking of manufacturers of hair dyes is the company Estel. The paint of this company belongs to the professional, has a creamy texture, does not flow from the hair when dyeing, has a unique formula that improves the coloring of gray hair.
Kaaral
Kaaral hair dye is used by professionals in the salons, and is also suitable for home use. It has a wide palette, despite the low cost. It contains aloe vera extract, coconut oil and vitamins.
Phyto color
This paint brand is sold only in pharmacies, the manufacturer positions it as a therapeutic agent that restores the hair structure. The paint consists of more than 50% of natural ingredients, so the palette is not too diverse, mostly there are only natural shades. Of the minuses can be noted the high cost and the possibility of allergic reactions to natural ingredients.
Londacolor
Paint creamy texture, which contains wax and lipids to protect against the harmful effects of the environment. Manufacturer guarantees durability up to 8 weeks after dyeing.
Syoss
The paint contains pigment microparticles that penetrate deeper into the hair structure. This increases the staining resistance. In the line of shades there are both natural and bright colors. To nourish hair while dyeing, a complex of vitamins is included
Palette
The entire line is divided by color fastness into three levels. The first level is a tint balsam, and the third is a durable cream paint. This brand has a very wide palette of shades, which allows you to choose the most appropriate tone of paint as accurately as possible. Means very well paints gray hair. The composition includes natural moisturizing and caring ingredients.
How to choose?
Often to find the right shade of hair dye is quite difficult. If an unsuccessfully chosen shade, you can visually add to your age for several years or get a shade that contrasts too sharply with eye color or skin color.
There are several general rules for the selection of the desired shade of paint.
- Owners of warm tsvetotipov in their image more suitable light and golden hues.
- If there are allergic rashes, circles under the eyes or acne on the skin, then all shades of red should be discarded, as they only emphasize any imperfections of the skin.
- People with dark brown eyes, it is undesirable to choose light shades of hair to avoid unnatural image.
- In the presence of blush it is better to abandon the warm tones in the staining and pay attention to the cold. Cold shades will repay the excessive redness of the face.
The most common way to choose a hair dye is considered to be a color type selection. There are four color types, named for the seasons.
- Winter. This is a cold color type, it includes brunettes or brown-haired women with dark eye color and milky or olive skin. For women with a winter color type, all shades of brown are perfect, as well as black with blue or violet tint. Not recommended staining in platinum, straw or light brown color.
- Spring. It is a warm color type, its owners have light blond and wheat-colored hair, blue, blue or light green eyes, as well as light skin tone. Women with color type spring look great with any shades of light brown hair, red-gold or warm wheat hair. Black, cool platinum or bright shades do not fit.
- Summer. Cold color type. Women of this type have ashy shades of hair, light skin, blush, and blue or gray eyes. All ashy tones and various shades of chestnut are suitable for this color type. It is not recommended to dye your hair red, golden or burgundy.
- Autumn. The owners of a warm tsvetotip have autumn hair of red or chestnut shades with a red tint, amber eyes or brown with a green tint. It is recommended to dye hair in a deep chestnut or chocolate color. Unsuccessful for coloring will be purple, light blond colors or black shades.
The main task of coloring is to emphasize the merits, and if you do not take into account the color type, you can get a very unnatural and unnatural hair color that can distract all attention from the face and look out of place. On the other hand, a perfect match to one color type is rare, which makes it possible to use a wider palette of shades for choosing colors. In addition, modern fashion always welcomes bold experiments and a desire to stand out among other people.
When choosing a dye for dyeing gray hair, it is important to choose resistant dyes, as a soft composition without an oxidizer can not cope. On the packaging of paint manufacturers often note the percentage of painting over gray hair, you also need to pay attention to this.
Reviews
Most often, women choose hair dyes with a safe composition and components for care. Price is also important to most customers - more expensive hair dyes are often used in salons, and more affordable options are purchased for dyeing a house.
The most popular are natural shades. Most women choose cold colors from dark shades, and golden and honey shades from light shades.
On how to choose a hair dye, you will learn from the video below.