Learn About Hair Color, Tones, and More I aka Hair Color 101 AVEDA The Intaglio Salon Point Ruston

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Hair color explained with Kasey! This video shares how we go about determining how much lift we can do for your hair, why you might see warm tones, things that make your hair go brassy, etc.

We talk about color formulas on the level system. Level 1 would be a black, level 10 would be the lightest natural blonde. We are speaking in terms of natural tones. When we lift the hair on levels 1-5, we expose natural remaining pigment or NRP. When you lift from level 1 (black) to level 5 (medium brown), you expose natural remaining pigment (NRP) which is red. When you hear brunettes say "I have natural red tones in my hair," that's their NRP. Heat will bring those tones out.

As you go lighter you expose other natural remaining pigments from red-orange at level 6 to pale yellow at level 10. A lot of blondes say their hair gets brassy. If they are living between levels 8 and 9, their NRP is yellow which shows through easily and makes them feel like it is glowing too much on the warm side. Again, heat brings those tones out.

When we are coloring hair, we determine what the end result is going to be based upon our consultation with you. We make a formula specifically for you based upon the result you are looking for and the specifics of your hair. The fun thing about Aveda color is that it is customizable down to the gram. We can cancel out the red warmth and add the golden warmth to give you a rich chocolate brown.

If we are going up into the blondes, then we expose more of the yellow-orange and yellows. If we need to cool that down, we add in violet tones. Adding blonde highlights to dark hair may take more than 1 session because there is usually color in the hair already and we have to use an enlightener. When you are lifting out color, those pigments are pushed deeper into the hair. Whether it was done via a box color or professionally makes a difference.

A lot of home colors have metallic dyes which expose what is called banding leaving steps of color. We then have to even out the tone by coloring it to the darkest band that we see. Fashion colors - think of fashion colors like coloring on a piece of paper. We have to lift your hair to a pale yellow to yield the true color we are trying to reach. That is a lot of levels of lift if you have dark hair.

Depending upon the length and the integrity of the hair, we can sometimes get 5 or 6 levels of lift in one session. Most of the time if you are at a level 3, we can bring you to a level 6 or 7 in one session and let your hair "rest" until the next session. There are a number of factors that have to be considered and we want our guests to understand why things are sometimes not possible in one session. We put a toner on to help refine and enhance the color of your hair. We lift out the tones and then put in what we want to see.

Hopefully this explains:
- Why you might see certain tones in your hair.
- Why depending upon what your goal is, we might have to find a medium tone at which to rest.

To learn more, watch:
AVEDA Hair Highlights Chapter Highlights 1    • Learn About Hair Color Chapter 2 Bala...  ​​
AVEDA Hair Highlights Chapter 2 Balayage    • Learn About Hair Color Chapter 1 Foil...  ​​
AVEDA Hair Highlights Chapter 3 Foilyage    • Learn About Hair Color Chapter 3 Foil...  
Coming Soon AVEDA Hair Highlights Chapter 4 Babylights

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