The coloring you choose depends on your natural hair base and the effect you are looking for. If you want to camouflage white hair for example, hairdressers generally advise going gradually, from balayage to tone-on-tone to finish with coloring if it becomes necessary.
Among the trendy colors, you are spoiled for choice. You can always adapt it to your skin tone, especially to adopt red, which has been ultra-trendy for several seasons. If you are lacking inspiration, you can always choose from the colors for 2024: peach blonde, mocha beige or winter gold, you will definitely find what you are looking for.
But you can also opt for a patina, this transparent coloring which allows you to correct certain reflections or to darken subtly. It is most often applied to bleached or colored hair. You can also make a patina on a natural base, but the result will be very discreet and will just give a glossy appearance. On his TikTok account, Parisian hairdresser Pierre Carli devoted a video to patina, also called gloss or toner, and more precisely cases where we have the impression that it does not hold.
3 hairdresser tips to make your patina last longer
The expert recalls that the patina is “light coloring, without ammoniaacid, which does not oxidize the hair but is deposited on the surface“He adds, however, that oxidation coloring is not the right solution.”We oxidize the hair to remove its natural pigments and replace them with artificial ones. It lasts longer but when you re-grow you have a clear demarcation and you end up with completely oxidized hair.“, continues Pierre Carli.
Certainly the patina will have to be redone more regularly but “she has the faults of her qualities. The patina does not damage at all, it allows a wide range of possible results, you can regularly change your desire without any problem“, adds the hairdresser. Note that you cannot lighten your hair with a patina. Once your patina is achieved, there are tips to make it last as long as possible.
Space out shampoos
“With each wash, depending on the porosity of the hair, we will lose some percentages of the pigments provided by the patina.“, explains the hair colorist. We therefore try to space out the washes as much as possible. To achieve this, we can use certain hairstyles which will camouflage slightly oily hair.
Use a mild shampoo
The specialist goes on to advise using “the gentlest shampoo possible, suitable for colored hair and sulfate-free“Another piece of advice is to moisturize your hair well, especially with a conditioner.”The more hydrated a hair is, the less porous it is and therefore the longer the patina will last.“, adds Pierre Carli.
Reinject pigments
“The last tip, the crux of the matter, will be to reinject pigments into the patina“continues the expert in his video. There are ranges of pigmenting treatments to maintain the patina, others will allow you to simply”control the appearance of warm reflections“. Do not hesitate to seek advice from a professional to choose the most suitable product.
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