BOX COLOR -For whom?

Here's a few bit of info about Box Color. Use at your own risk =)

1) Box Color is designed for white hair. The color they show on the box is the color your hair will look after applied; if your hair is white to begin with. If not....no guarantees.

2) Box Color has ground metals in it to preserve it while it sits on the shelf. Its like rubbing ground metal into your hair. With each use your hair strands may get thinner or rougher.

3) Box Color is made to penetrate all hair types, even very stubborn white coarse hair. Meaning the chemical content in most box colors is much stronger than we would ever mix for a client.

4) Because of its strong chemical level, Box Color can be incredibly hard to remove from hair. If you have light colored hair and you go darker with a Box Color, a stylist needs to use stronger chemicals to lift out the color.

5) Box Color (after repeated applications) may not look natural. Why?
a) With repeated use the color at the roots will appear lighter than the color at the tips of the hair. 'Natural' looking hair should be darkest at the root and lightest on the ends. (This can be avoided by only recoloring your regrowth and not painting thru the already colored hair.)
b) Box Color will not usually lighten hair to a neutral color. It often lightens it to a orange/ brassy color. This it because most box color is not designed to lighten hair.

6) Who should never use box color? Women with thin hair because it will make the hair thinner and more delicate. Who is the best candidate for Box Color? Women (or men) with medium to thick, coarse, mostly (or all) white hair. But if you get a goofy color - go see a professional! =)

Tight on funds and need color? Try a foil instead of a color -it can camouflage gray and has no outgrowth line -so you can space your salon visits a little further apart. Or if your really on a tight budget, try an ammonia free, rinse or color, close to your natural color.

p.s. If you do come in for color and you have used box color in the past -PLEASE tell your stylist! (We can usually tell anyways =) and it helps us formulate a more chemically appropriate formula for your hair, so that you have happy healthy hair. ~Liza