All about Japanese hair colors

Japan is a unique country that combines strict adherence to traditions and progressive science. The Japanese cosmetic industry produces a large number of products, including hair dyes. In their composition there are natural ingredients that do not damage the hair, but make it shiny and silky. Therefore, Japanese hair dyes have become widely known and are now on a par with manufacturers such as Wella, Schwarzkopf.

Cosmetics from the Land of the Rising Sun has earned the love of consumers that its composition is close to natural, the colors are bright, and the cost is relatively low. Japanese paints are very resistant, well painted over gray hair, evenly washed off. When using Japanese dyes, it is necessary to remember that manufacturers take into account the durable pigment of the hair of the local population, therefore they create strong oxidizing agents to etch the pigment. When using this product, representatives of the European race often show green color. To avoid this, contact the master hairdressers who have long worked with this product.

Three Japanese paint manufacturers are known around the world:

• Lebel;
• Demi;
• Bigen

Lebel is easy to find in professional stores, its approximate price will be 1000–1200 rubles, the average cost of an oxidizer is 2, 3, 6% - 1400 rubles. Demi and Bigen should be ordered via the Internet, which is not very convenient, since you can buy a fake. The average price of Demi - 600 rubles, Bigen - 500 p.

Lebel Materia is available in a 250 ml tube. You will need an oxidizing agent for staining. The darker the original tone, the greater the percentage of oxidizer worth taking.

The product has features.

• Lebel is safe for the hair structure, because it contains a small amount of ammonia.
• The color obtained as a result of coloring is saturated, bright and incredibly resistant, lasts up to 3 months. Pigment leaching occurs gradually and evenly.
• Good paint over gray hair. Even after 8 weeks, gray strands retain pigment and do not stand out.
• Lipids that make up the cream-paint, restore the structure of the hair, filling the voids and smoothing scales. Therefore, the curls become shiny and silky.
• A large number of shades in the materia palette allows you to choose the one that suits you. The manufacturer has developed a blending scheme that allows you to make gradients and get extraordinary colors.
• With the paint materia, a radical change in the hair color by 10–12 tones is possible both in the direction of lightening and darkening.
• The composition of Lebel contains liquid crystals that will give your hair a healthy shine.

The color palette is denoted by letters. Shades are from dark brown to blond:

• brown (warm) - WB;
• purple - V;
• red - R;
• pink - P;
• orange - O;
• metallic - MT;
• matte - M;
• copper - K;
• gold - G;
• brown (cold) - CB;
• beige - BE;
• ashen - A.

A number is added to the letters indicating the tone: red, blue, purple, green. This leads to the fact that Lebel has hundreds of shades in its palette. Among them there will definitely be one that you like.

CUTRIN REFLECTION - cream paint from the manufacturer Demi. Form release - 250 ml tube. The average price is 550 rubles.

Paint has a number of properties.

• The sparing, non-ammonia composition does not damage the hair structure, and the arctic raspberry wax moisturizes them and creates a protective film, thanks to which the curls acquire a healthy shine.
• Keratin gives extra volume to the hairstyle, and also has a regenerating effect if the hair is weakened or damaged.
• After staining you get a stable and rich color that will delight you for at least 8 weeks.
• The complex of vitamins nourishes the scalp and follicles, which strengthens the hair, helps the growth of new ones.
• A wide palette of colors, which includes at least 57 shades, allows you to choose exactly the color that suits you. Both light tones and dark gamma, as well as various bright dyes (red, purple, burgundy) are presented.

HOYU - the sparing paint from Bigen. This paint is produced in the form of a powder that must be diluted with plain cooled boiled water. In the package you will also find a bottle and measuring cup. For a creamy consistency, you need about 5 measuring cups. You can adjust the density on your own and prepare the solution you are used to working with. The average price in Russia is 400 rubles. Distinguishing features of paint:

• the complete absence of ammonia, which allows staining of people with hypersensitivity to it, as well as pregnant women;
• the consistency of the paint allows an even distribution on the hair even to a non-professional;
• vitamin-mineral complex, which is part of, moisturizes and nourishes your locks.

Hoyu doesn't have such a rich palette of colors: only 11 colors. This is due to the absence of an oxidizing agent, which does not allow to lighten hair, to create bright shades. Colors are marked with numbers printed on the box.

• 96 - saturated burgundy;
• 88 - black with blue;
• 59 - eastern black;
• 58 - brown and black;
• 57 - brown (dark);
• 56 - saturated brown;
• 48 - chestnut (dark);
• 47 - chestnut;
• 46 - chestnut (light);
• 45 - chocolate;
• 26 - brown and gold.

Before using Japanese paint, it is necessary to become familiar with the dyeing technique. In the manual you will not find a translation into Russian, but sometimes they print pictures, explaining the rules.

• A few days before staining spend allergotest. To do this, on the back of the forearm, apply a small amount of paint. If there is reddening of the skin or you feel an itch, it is better to refuse the procedure.
• It is best to apply the dye to hair that has not been washed for 2 days. This will somewhat mitigate the aggressive effect of the oxidizing agent and not harm the locks.
• It is necessary to begin coloring from the occiput with the transition to the parietal zone, and then to the temporal areas. The latest colored fringe. When you dyed the roots, apply the composition to the entire length of the hair and evenly distribute. To do this, use a comb.
• Japanese paints do not require hiding, just hold the composition on the head specified in the instruction time.
• Then wash the paint with hair, if necessary, use shampoo. Water that drains from the head should be clear.
• In conclusion, you can apply a balsam conditioner. Best of all, if it is the same company as the coloring composition.
• Let your curls dry. Do not resort to the help of the hair dryer. With the natural drying of the pigment particles tightly clog the pores of the hair.

Products have contraindications:

• allergic reactions to paint components;
• eczema of the scalp, fungal lesions of the scalp;
• mechanical damage to the scalp.

Reviews of cream colors from Japanese manufacturers are mostly enthusiastic. Consumers say persistence and color saturation. Hair when using Lebel, Demi and Bigen are not exposed to aggressive chemical attack, and natural ingredients nourish and strengthen them. Of the negative aspects, it is often mentioned that Demi, Bigen cannot be found even in professional stores, so you have to order via the Internet.

For more on lebel hair dye, see below.