Toning is the procedure in which a change in the shade of the hair is made by using dyes that, unlike regular persistent dyes, stay on the hair much less. This procedure is recommended to be done in cases when you want to make your natural light brighter or change it a little. Also, hair tinting is convenient to do when you need to radically change your image for a couple of days for an important event or just for a friendly party, and then easily return to your favorite hair color.
Tinting hair dye usually does not contain ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, so it does not affect the internal structure of the hair, penetrating only into the upper scaly layer. The resulting color is washed off the surface of the hair gradually and evenly, so you do not have to tint the hair roots additionally. Fully tinted hair products are washed off after one to two months. With their help, it will not be possible to paint over pronounced gray hair, as well as give a lighter shade to dark hair.
There are three types of hair tinting: light, gentle and intense. Intensive toning is performed using saturated dyes, which are able to paint over light gray hair and can stay on your hair for about two months. Gentle toning lasts for a period of one month. A light toning is able to change the shade of hair for about two to three weeks and is performed using various tinted foams, mousses and shampoos. Sometimes, several shades of a dye are used to create an effect at once, which allows you to visually make the strands more voluminous, but at the same time you should choose no more than three tones that are close to each other in shades.
Although tinted shampoos and creams do not contain ammonia, they still contain a certain amount of substances that have a harmful effect on the hair, so you need to prepare the strands for dyeing in advance. It is necessary to stop using henna and other natural coloring substances in a few months, as they can react when tinted with tinting agents. This will not make it possible to get the color that you were counting on. In advance, in one month it is useful to make nourishing masks for hair, especially for weakened and dull hair. Immediately before the procedure itself, all the cut ends must be trimmed. They tolerate the effects of chemicals worse and stain worse.
Hair tinting should be done on cleanly washed, dried and thoroughly combed hair. So that the dye is not absorbed into the scalp along the border with the staining areas, it must be greased with a greasy cream. Then, tinting agents are applied to the hair with a special brush or gloved hands and again carefully comb all the locks for a more even distribution of the paint. Keep the tint on the hair in time should be exactly as directed in the instructions for it.
At the end of the procedure, the dye is washed off with warm water. Rinsing can be completed when the water flowing from the hair becomes clear. If color stains remain on the scalp, they should be wiped with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol. If you are tinting your hair with tinted shampoo, it is advisable to apply it on the head twice so that the coloring effect lasts longer, and the second time it is enough to hold the shampoo on your head for only five minutes. Although the whole procedure is quite simple to perform at home, it will be difficult to choose the exact shade that you need yourself. Therefore, it will be better to seek the help of experienced professionals who can choose the right color.