Caring About Color Care

Many women in society decide to change their hair color for many reasons. Whether it's to cover gray hairs, try something different, or to fit in with the popular crowd, many women believe the only important thing about coloring their hair is what color they want. Before deciding if coloring your hair is something you want to do, one must know the different types of hair color:

Permanent hair color- Permanent change in pigment of the hair shaft. Will fade, can be removed but never to original color.
Single process color-Color is lifted and deposited.
Semi-Permanent- Can cover gray and go dark, but not lighten.
Deposit only color- Deposits color, glazes color, enhances color.

A lot of things go into coloring hair, and many women don't realize what goes into their hair and how they're hair is effected. To know exactly what coloring your hair entails, consumers need to remember two rules of what coloring really means:
1. Hair color is not hair paint.
2. Do your homework before you color.

Along with rules and things to consider with hair coloring, women need to understand levels of hair coloring. Levels consist of light versus dark color and reflected versus seeing color. Some colors may reflect better color than what you really see. Without knowing these facts and doing research about color, prevents mistakes in hair coloring that can ruin your hair.

Hair coloring can make you or break you. A lot of women who have colored their hair want to make a statement to the world. Hair master Henry Amador of South Florida reaches out to clients by quilting hair strands on clients for a unique look that nobody else has. In an interview with a representative from hairboutique.com, Amador mentioned that some people today still want to follow trends of popular celebrities, but mostly want to "do their own thing".

The big question in hair coloring is why do some people decide to color their hair and why some women never want to color their hair. Freshman Emily Otness has never colored her hair. Below is her testimony on why she's never decided to go beyond her natural color.

Melissa Halley has colored her hair practically every color in the rainbow. She began at age 16 and still colors it to this day. "I first highlighted my hair because I wanted a change, something different," Halley said. "Ten years later, I still color my hair. Unfortunately, I gray early, so that's the main reason why I still color."

Hopefully, a few facts, things to consider, and personal opinions helped you learn more about hair coloring for the next time. Always be careful in your coloring decisions, study the effects, get a friendly opinion, or see what the newest trend is. This trend is very popular and doesn't seem to be leaving soon.