Advice from professional hairdressers re: hair procedure.

[bossychloe]

Hi, Is there any professional hairdresser out there that can put my mind at ease that the following is a safe procedure?

I have recently changed my hairdresser although I am pleased with the result I am completely confused by the method used as it was completely different to to way I usually get my regrowth & highlights.

First he did the the usual sectioning, coloured my regrowth then IMMEDIATELY proceeded to add my half head highlights! I have always had to wait at least 30-45 minutes for my roots to take then the regrowth area is washed out, hair dried and then highlights are added, waiting again for 30-40 mins then hair washed again!

I am happy with the result but it took him approx 45 mins to apply the regrowth & add highlights then I was left for another 45 mins for it all to take - surely the colourants were left too long on my hair, my last hairdresser (she's retired) always said she could only leave the 'colour' on my hair for 30 mins or it would go too dark.

I told him I had never had my hair coloured this way before but he was just very arty farty about itall - so a second or third opinion would be great.

[katerich48]

To put your mind at rest -I rang my daughter as she has hi-lights... she has a base coat put on first taking her hair from mid- brown to a honey colour and then the different coloured hi-lights are wacked on top... so that seems to be how they do it now..Maybe your previous hairdresser wasn't up to speed on the new way they do things...My daughter (who was a hairdresser) always told me that tints stop working after a while so thats maybe why they can leave it on for longer now..

[tamborine]

processing time for color & hilites take 20mins under heat; both are applied together normally.

[tamborine]

n.b. leaving for up to 30mins wont harm hair (often left to fit in another client during processing time).

[vesperalley]

I am a stylist at Toni and Guy and have been in the industry 10 years.... but this is just my opinion... here goes.

Firstly the way the second stylist carried out the procedure was kind of correct. Both the colour and the highlight would be applied at the same sitting and then developed and rinsed off at the same time. This makes its easier for the colour placement and also the logistics of running a busy salon. There would be no real benefit of applying the roots first then shampooing the colour off and then applying the highlights. I can't think of a real life situation where this would be best,

Secondly depending on which products were used the colour was probably left on the hair for the correct amount of time! for example: The development time of L'oreal Majiblond would be 50 minutes, L'oreal Majirel 35 minutes etc. If pre-lightener was used it could be left on for 50 minutes! I also think that you last hairdresser was maybe not upto date on her theory... If she thought that the colour could go too dark if left for more then 30 minutes she was probably selecting the wrong colour in the first place. ALL tints (not pre-lightener/bleach) are designed to lift or deposit to a target colour and if rinsed off too early the correct amount of tone may not have been deposited in the hair. If the product has a development time of 40 minutes then it needs to stay on the hair for the full 40 minutes... not just when someone 'thinks' it will be dark enough... like i said if she thought there was a chance of the colour going too dark then she had chosen the wrong colour in the first place. Really thats the fundamentals !

I think your new stylist was doing a decent job and just probably couldn't be bothered to explain all this... which is a shame as it gives stylists a bad name and clients leave the salon feeling deflated!

But honestly I think that you are in better hands now.

Hope this helps.

[yorkSTYLIST]

100000000000% agree with vesperalley!!

[bossychloe]

Thank you to everyone for the advice - I do feel better now knowing that my hair or scalp isn't going to suffer due to this new (new to me) procedure!
My colour is much better and it was the majirel range which was used - I felt foolish asking the hairdresser at the time and knew he didn't think an explanation was neccessary, so thank you for the full explanation Vesperalley.