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April 27, 2010

How To Use Color Correction Techniques Like The Pros

Almost everyone has a home color disaster or two lurking somewhere in their past. While color disasters are correctible and not the end of the world by any means, many people only cause more problems when they try to correct their color. Then, ball cap in place and tears in their eyes, they march to the salon only to pay big bucks to fix a problem that could have been prevented in the first place. One of the most common mistakes made by people who color their hair at home is to make the problem worse by applying the wrong color to correct their first mistake. For example: Have you ever colored your hair and ended up with a color that is too red or brassy? To correct this problem, many people try to pull the red color out by lightening their hair. This only causes more problems and more brassiness. Other people try to darken their hair again only to have it turn too dark. Both of these approaches are wrong and you will understand why with a quick course in color correction. Have you ever seen a color wheel used by painters? It looks like a wheel with a different color between the spokes of the wheel.

You can create your own basic color wheel by taking the primary colors, red, blue and yellow, and positioning those colors equal distances around a wheel or circle. Next, take the spaces between the primary colors to list the colors that are made when the two colors next to each other are blended. For example: yellow and blue make green. Once you have done this you can easily correct color that is too red or too green. All you have to do is look at your color wheel. If your hair is orange, look at the orange space on your color wheel. Then, look directly on the opposite side. What color is there? It should be blue. Colors with a blue base are considered beige colors. So, to counteract or cancel the orange color, you need to choose a color with a beige base. You don’t need to darken or lighten at all. So, the next time you have a color dilemma, don’t try to strip the problem out of your hair. Simply use your color wheel to cancel out the unwanted color. Doing so will save you a lot of time, heartache and money.

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April 26, 2010

How To Choose Over-The-Counter Products For Your Hair

Ah, the never-ending debate over professional and non-professional hair-care products. In the past, this debate was resolved easily with a famous quote, you get what you pay for.?But today, the line between professional and non-professional products has become blurry due to the emergence of inexpensive professional products and expensive non-professional products.  You see, it used to be that you almost always paid $10 for a bottle of shampoo from the salon. Non-professional shampoos, on the other hand, only cost a couple of dollars. Today, however, you can spend as much or more on a bottle of shampoo from your local department store as you can for a bottle from the salon. The reason that this is so is because most professional product lines have not raised their prices in years, while new shampoos and conditioners being introduced to the non-professional market have been given packaging and price tags to mirror their in-salon competition.  So, now the only thing that separates the non-professional from the professional is the quality standard by which each product line is produced.

Just think about it this way: All products made to be used in salons by professionals can only be retailed in salons. That means that the products must be of the highest quality. If they weren’t, beauticians simply wouldn’t use them. Never will you find a professional product that causes build up or leaves the hair feeling dry and brittle. Professional shampoos will also not strip hair of color or vital moisture. If you could get these products or products of similar quality in any department store, why wouldn’t your beautician use them? While not all non-professional products are bad, you do run the risk of choosing a product that could cause problems like build up, dryness, breakage, color fading, lifelessness, frizziness and a host of other problems. That means that if you choose to use a non-professional product, you should monitor your hair closely to look for any adverse affects. Also, keep in mind how much you are spending.

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April 11, 2009

Get A Sedu Hairstyle For Yourself

The first part of your body that gives off an impression when you first meet someone is your face. However, no matter how beautiful and presentable one’s face is, if it is framed by an unsightly mane of hair, one’s whole look is shot. The hair is dubbed as one’s crowning glory, so make sure that your hair is something fit for royalty.

It is easier to make an impression on other people if we have a healthy and beautiful hair to help us with our confidence and our overall appearance. Unfortunately, too much styling and chemicals can greatly damage one’s hair. Luckily, with modern technology, you can now reap the benefit of hair care using hair irons to create sedu hairstyle.

Traditionally, hair care using hair irons was considered a no-no. In fact, any hair care gadget that uses heat to style the hair was long considered a nuisance rather than a blessing. The hair becomes easier to use and malleable because of the heat that comes from a ceramic flat iron, and this is the basic principle of work. The hair becomes brittle and damaged over time with the use of such heating gadgets as these ceramic flat irons and blow dryers.

It was learned that the hair over time got “cooked” by these heating processes and therefore rendered the hair unhealthy, unmanageable and unsightly. Our hair is made out of small things called follicles, and they look just like tiny scales. When the hair strand is healthy, the follicles are tight and closed, giving the hair strand a smooth and shiny feel and look. When the hair is unhealthy, these follicles are open and loose, making the hair’s moisture escape, resulting in dry, dull and hard to manage hair. This is where the hair care using hair irons come in.

The low and gentle heat is used to manipulate the fine structure of our hair and the follicles by the ceramic hair irons of today. It is interesting that you can use these hair irons to restore the healthy look to your health by the heat they emit, since it is used to break molecular bonds of your hair.

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