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Natural Colour / Water Colour
Natural Colour/Water Colour is a Semi, a Demi, or a Permanen
1) Applied to damp hair it is semi-permanent. (Lasts up to 6 washes. No grey coverage.)
2) Applied to well towel-dried hair it lasts up to 21 washes and covers up to 50% grey.
3) Applied to dry hair it is a permanent tint and colours up to 100% grey.
Textured Effects
With Water Colour, the depth of colour can also be finely tuned by how long it is left on. If you have had highlights and want to tone them to a warmer or darker shade, Water Colour can retain the highlighted effect. If you have nature?s own highlights (a percentage of grey or white hair) Water Colour can colour just these hairs creating really beautiful natural lights. Simply choose a shade lighter than your natural base colour.
Colour Correction ? Water Colour Breaks the Rules
Water Colour is able to achieve many colouring effects that have in the past been complex, such as colour correction. Should you wish to colour your hair back to your natural colour from previous lightening (hairdressers dread this type of job) it can be done in one simple application! Simply select your target colour and leave it on for 40 minutes (dry hair).
How to Avoid Over-darkening
Because Water Colour contains no peroxide it cannot lighten the hair at all. This means Water Colour will make your hair warmer, or deeper, or both. If your hair is natural brown and you apply the same shade of natural brown Water Colour, your hair will become browner still. If you have any grey hair, choose a shade that is dark enough to colour the grey hair to a ?blended-in? effect, but light enough not to turn the natural hair too dark. If you have 30% grey hair or more, colour build-up becomes less of a problem.
Over 30% Grey Hair
If you want to colour your grey back to your original natural colour, choose the shade nearest to your natural colour or as desired.
Neat root application avoids colour 'build up' when using a permanent. After the first application, it is advisable to apply to the roots only when dealing with re-growth to avoid a build up of colour.
If the ends are slightly faded or the grey is re-emerging then save the excess colour left after applying to the roots, and put this on the rest of your hair for the last 5 to 10 minutes of the colouring process. This is usually enough without going too dark!
Radiant Tones
Some colours build up far less ? these are the Radiant Tones (see colour list). These can be re-applied all over in one application every time.
Allergy or Sensitivity
Water Colour can occasionally cause the head to itch slightly in the most sensitive skin types. This is very unlikely to be an allergy, and should go upon rinsing. Always do a 48-hour patch test on the inside of the elbow before using Water Colour to be safe. See the instructions enclosed with the product.
Although the gentle developing process of Water Colour does not harm the hair, people allergic to phenylenydiamines will still be allergic to Water Colour.
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