Color Damage that Cannot be UnDone!

 

Are You Over-Processing Your Hair with Color?

I cannot straighten hair that's been colored at home or over-processed.

         An (unnamed) franchise salon in Frisco is selling memberships to their clients to keep their chairs full.  They also sell their "professional" color to clients to take home and apply for convenience.  The woman in the photo above stated that she is going in every 2 weeks for her root new growth color. At such frequent intervals, it is impossible to avoid overlapping which eventually leads to Over Processed hair.  That means that the hair is damaged!!  Hair is dry and brittle.  All the hair around her face is even worse.  

She has not been trained all the factors in how to apply correctly at home, where, and what not to do.  Furthermore, the salon franchise claims their formula is ammonia free.  Well, it is impossible to open the cuticle enough to get the large sized color molecules into the cortex where it must go in order to permanently color your hair without some type of similar chemical.  It is misleading and may not be safe with other chemical services or color.

The variation in healthy vs over-processed hair will not present itself until after a straightening is attempted due to the potential of healthy hair losing up to half a level of color.  I have never heard of a salon coloring new growth on two week intervals.  

Do NOT color your hair at home and avoid memberships.  It is recommended to have roots colored no sooner than 5 or 6 weeks.  This salon above is not only doing a disservice to the client, but responsible for damaging her hair.

Have you ever stood in line behind that one lady with light or golden roots, but black ends?  Well, she is coloring her own hair.  The black area is over-processed and the light area isn't "taking" the color because it is resistant and the wrong formular, timing, and application.

Go to a salon, Ladies, and don't look for bargains, coupons, or discounts!