NATURTINT GUIDANCE
NOTES
NATURTINT PERMANENT HAIR COLOUR HAS NO AMMONIA OR RESORCINOL. Here are some Guidance Notes for using them: Selecting Colour, Using Naturtint Permanent Hair Colours, Mixing Colours, Covering Grey Do Strand & Skin Test before colouring hair (should do so every time you use colour) If you experience blisters, burns or swelling avoid Naturtint permanent, try the New Naturtint Reflex Semi Permanent range,
the
Surya Henna Range, or the Herbatint Vegetal Semi Permanant range. N = Natural G = Golden A = Ash M = Mahogany C = Copper R=Red I=Iridescent (9R – should be labelled a 5R – treat like a "5"– i.e. depth of colour) Colour Selection 1 = darkest------------------------------------------------------10 = lightest SELECTING CORRECT COLOUR Darker Can go dark as you like. If in doubt choosing between 2 colours, opt for the lighter colours. Lighter Can only lighten 1 or 2 numbers (on colour chart) in one application, e.g. if person’s hair colour is a 6N, then should not use a colorant lighter than an 8N, 8C or 8G. If person is very grey or white – best to avoid 10N & 10A (unless mixed with other colours) as they are too light to produce a significant colour change. Covering Grey – may need to apply for up to 40 minutes (for areas that are very resistant to colour – massage the area for full 40 minutes) Select colour from chart nearest to person’s own colour (will usually be from the Natural colours). If in doubt, select lighter colour. However, can recommend the customer goes for an even lighter colour – as a lighter shade is much more flattering against ageing skin & grey hair re-growth is less obvious against a lighter overall hair colour. Ash Colours – not to be used on their own unless want to tone down hair colour i.e. if too yellow, orange, brassy, golden, reddish. Otherwise only to be used as "mixer" colours. Using Naturtint Permanent Hair Colorant In each box of hair dye there is a small bottle that contains the actual hair colorant and a larger bottle that contains the color developer. Must always mix them in equal amounts. Need not use whole box each time you use Naturtint hair colour e.g. - if you are just touching up your roots or patches of grey - if you have short hair - if you are mixing different colours In a separate plastic/glass bowl, just mix up the amount of colorant and colour developer that you require, leaving the remaining colorant and colour developer separately in their own individual bottles with their tops on and they will both keep for several months. MIXING COLOURS Do Strand Test - using droplets of the colorants and their respective colour developers, prepare a mixture of the different colours and place hair strands in it. Must use colour developer from each of the boxes of colour being mixed and not just the developer from one box, as they differ in content. Once the correct proportions have been established (usually 50:50), prepare enough to cover the hair in question. Most common mixtures: When using Natural colours, if tend to go too red, golden, brassy, yellow then mix in equal amounts of an Ash colour. With 6N, 7N, 8N – use 8A OR with 9N or 10N – use 10A. Only mix Ash colours with Natural & Golden colours. For a more beige look (popular with older customers)– use 2/3 10A & 1/3 of 9N. To tone down Mahogany colours – 4M, 5M or 7M - mix with similar number of a Natural colour. To mellow Coppers – 7C or 8C – mix with similar number of a Natural colour.
If you have any further queries, Nature's Dream (the UK distributor) have an excellent Helpline service for consumers as below: NATURE’S DREAM HELPLINE – Tel: 0845 601 8129 or email them at sales@naturesdream.co.uk
WARNING
- The Naturtint Permanent colours contain the minimum amount of ppd (p-PHENYLENEDIAMINE)
necessary to make them work well and cover grey permanently. However, this is a
chemical that some people with sensitive skin may react to, even though there is
a lot less of it in the Naturtint ones compared to many other ranges.
The only range of hair colours completely free of chemicals is the
Surya Henna POWDER range. The
Aubrey
permanent one is free of chemicals, too, but only comes in dark brown.
The other ranges, the
Surya Henna CREAM Range and the
Herbatint Vegetal Range contain the minimum amount of chemicals necessary to
make them work how we would like them too, but DO NOT CONTAIN ppd (p-PHENYLENEDIAMINE).
The Naturtint Reflex and Herbatint Vegetal Semi - permanent ranges contain the
least chemicals. Nature's Dream, the UK Distributors for Naturtint, have an
excellent helpdesk on 0845 601 8129 or email
sales@naturesdream.co.uk
for advice.
The UK Distributor for Herbatint is called "Organic Colour". Their
semi-permanent range does contain Resorcinol, though. They have a helpline on
0800 594 7706 or email
info@organic-colour.co.uk.
Surya's email address is
steve.godden@goddenhall.co.uk
for the henna ranges.
May I suggest you talk to these experts before you decide which to try?
As with ANYTHING
that comes in contact with your skin, ALWAYS do a patch test before applying to
your whole head, and follow the instructions very carefully.
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