Hair Colour – Page 2 – Hairy Truths

Hair Colours; What’s in a name? Seemingly not the same.

Posted on March 3, 2020February 29, 2020 by cwcurtis

There are so many brands of colour available not only from different manufactures but also from the same manufacturers. It’s a daunting task trying to select a shade just right for your own hair and it is an even more daunting task if as a Professional you need or want move from one colour range […]

Bleach – The Art Form

Posted on August 20, 2019August 15, 2019 by cwcurtis

There are so many ways bleach can be used to lighten hair and in the hands of a well-trained and experienced professional the results are true head turners. Working with Bleach is an art form that also requires an understanding of biology (the hair itself), physics (how colour is perceived and manipulated) and chemistry (how […]

Bleach; Where has my colour gone; the science

Posted on August 6, 2019July 31, 2019 by cwcurtis

Bleaching, is one of the older, unchanging and simplest method of altering the hair’s natural colour and involves decolouring either part of, or all of the hair’s natural melanin. It is also still to date the most effective way to lighten artificial hair colours. The bleaching process progressively lightens until finally white or blonde shades […]

Oxidising Colours; The Science

Posted on July 18, 2019July 30, 2019 by cwcurtis

Oxidising hair dyes are still today the most popular form of hair colouring either Professionally or in Retail, you only have to walk into the hair colouring section of any outlet to witness the volume of choice. Their popularity is down to the reliability, effectiveness and resistance to shampooing and other external factors, such as […]

Grey Hair; Lets cover it!

Posted on April 8, 2019April 7, 2019 by cwcurtis

On the spectrum of colours, the most effective category for covering white hair and for changing the natural hair colour is Permanent Hair Colour. In my first blog on colouring grey/white hair I looked at one of the mildest; semi-permanent hair colour that sits on and slightly within the hair washing out completely after several […]

Grey Hair; Camouflage it!

Posted on February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 by cwcurtis

In my first blog on colouring grey/white hair I looked at Semi-Permanent colour and its power to blend those first white hairs, here I move to the next level with Demi-permanent colour. During our greying progress we will start to notice that those first few grey/white unruly hairs start to make more of a […]

SEMI-PERMANENT COLOUR: The Science

Posted on January 21, 2019January 9, 2019 by cwcurtis

Semi-Permanent colours are the fastest growing category of colour over the past five years, mainly due to the rise of the funky bold tones we see across Social Media. I am a fan and have always been, my own hair playing testimony to that, with regular changes from violet, to purple, to denim to grey […]

Grey hair; lets blend it!

Posted on January 14, 2019January 9, 2019 by cwcurtis

When we discover our first grey/white hair we all react differently, for me, I was very curious as it would finally allow me to experience for myself something that I had studied and worked through for others. Over the years I have experimented on my own hair, as well as developing products and techniques for […]