The woman's hair color can be regarded as an indicator of her mood. Often, ladies change their appearance when they are having fun, sad, or when any changes occur in life. And then the hands themselves almost reach for clarifiers. After all, transformation in most cases is possible only with them. However, the correct selection of the mixture is often difficult. By what criteria are clarifiers chosen? And what is the process that they start on the hair?
Clarification process
Why is a bleach for hair needed? The fact is that inside the hair there is a substance called melanin. He gives the native color to the hair. The vast majority of brighteners contain hydrogen peroxide, which seems to evaporate its own pigment from the hair shaft. The longer the peroxide has an effect on it, the better the lightening occurs. However, do not overexpose the paint or overdo it with the oxidizing agent itself, because this is fraught with consequences - you can burn the skin, provoke allergies.
Before using any bleach for hair, it is necessary to conduct a test. After all, each of them is a potent chemical substance. To do this, try a little clarifier behind the ear or on the bend of the elbow. The mixture must be left for a day. If there is no allergic reaction, then hair dye can be used without fear of consequences. Most women neglect this test and thus risk their own health.
Types of Clarifiers
At home, you can use the following types of substances:
- Paints containing ammonia.
- Ammonia-free mixtures.
- Natural brighteners.
Conventional dyes, which are classified as ammonia-free, lighten hair by 3-4 tones. The mass market offers a wide selection of such paints - for example, these are Syoss, Londa, Estel, Garnier, Fara, Palette, Wellaton. Which is the best bleach for hair listed? Often this can only be understood empirically. After all, all these colors for each person will act in their own way. Therefore, it is necessary to select the paint in accordance with individual characteristics. Despite the fact that there are a large number of clarifiers on the market, not everyone is effective. Generally, more expensive products provide better results. From cheap you can expect anything.
You also need to carefully follow the instructions for clarifier for hair. In most cases, it is not possible to predict the exact staining result. Especially if a woman is painting for the first time. Hair can lighten in several tones, and can turn yellow. Therefore, it is often recommended to carry out such a procedure in the cabin. Especially if this is the first clarification.
Clarifier Rating
By the beginning of 2018, professional hairdressers compiled a rating of clarifiers. According to them, this list looks like this:
- In fifth place is SYOSS, a fairly popular brand that allows for good results.
- In fourth position is GARNIER. The paint brightens the roots well and is perfectly fixed along the entire length of the hair. Another plus is the low price.
- The third place belongs to the Palette brand. This is a paint that has long been popular among consumers. This brightener is a recognized tool that provides a gentle attitude to the hair.
- The second place is taken by Wella Blondor clarifiers. They can adversely affect the hair, but with proper use, the risk of damage to the hair is minimal.
- The first place is taken by the clarifier L'OREAL. It is a decolorizing paste, which contains useful components necessary for healthy hair. During painting, there are no sharp odors, the skin from it is not damaged, there is no burning sensation.
Instructions for use of the clarifier Wella Blondor
Compliance with the instructions is the key to a high-quality staining result. Consider the algorithm for working with clarifiers using the example of this paint:
- Mix Wella Blondor Freelights (B) oxidizing agent with Wella FreeLights (A) white bleaching powder in a ratio of 1: 1 to 1: 3 (recommended proportion 1: 1.5) in a non-metallic container.
- Apply the mixture to dry hair. During application, it is recommended to keep the strands under tension.
- Keep the paint necessary depending on the initial condition of the hair and the desired level of lightening. The maximum time is 50 minutes.
- Rinse hair with warm water and shampoo.
Peroxide action
Which hair bleach is better can be understood by the level of oxide concentration in the kit. A large role in the selection of paint is played by the percentage of hydrogen peroxide. If you want to lighten your hair in several tones, use paint with a high concentration of oxide in the set. If you just need to paint the hair in a range not far from the current shade, a more gentle means is chosen. Hydrogen peroxide is the main active ingredient for lightening hair, as well as for coloring. Often even included in ammonia-free bleach for hair. Peroxide is a good tool, although unstable. It easily decomposes into active oxygen and water during exposure to alkalis, metals, and temperature. Therefore, you can not dilute the mixture for clarification in a metal container.
Types of Oxides
Oxide is one of the main components used in lightening hair. As part of hair dyes, hydrogen peroxide is supplied in the form of activators and oxides. As for professional staining and lightening, oxides with 3-, 6-, 9- and 12% content of this component are used here.
- A 3% oxidizing agent is used when there is no need to completely bleach the hair - for example, if you need to make them a little lighter.
- 6% oxide is used when you need to dye your hair “color by color” or lighten the natural color of the hair by one level. This concentration of oxide is most often used in ordinary household paints. After all, as a rule, the use of stronger oxide can be completely unpredictable.
- 9- and 12% oxide is used for maximum lightening. In most cases, 12% oxide is not approved for use with powder.
- Activators for paints without ammonia may contain oxides in the range from 1 to 4%. This is the most gentle hair bleach.
Flushing
Rinse is a product that allows you to remove pigment from the hair. There are several types of washes - chemical, acid and natural. Chemical flushing makes deeper cleaning. In one application, such a product can lighten hair up to 5 tones. Such a wash is sold in shops and beauty salons. These are products of the brand Estel, Paul Mitchell, Brelil Professional. Many manufacturers of coloring agents now offer their own products that allow you to get rid of paint. As a rule, such a wash is a gentle bleach for hair without ammonia, peroxide and other aggressive agents. The action of washing is limited only by the removal of the active pigment. Your hair color remains unchanged.
On the shelves of shops you can see different brands of washes:
- Color off paint emulsion.
- BACKTRACK system from Paul Mitchell.
- COLOR REVERSE by Salerm and other products.
Powders
It is believed that the powder gives a more stringent color than ammonia paint. Therefore, before using clarifying powder, you can first try to dye one or more strands. This will allow you to see how the hair will behave under the influence of a clarifier for hair. Currently, there is a large selection of such tools. These are Igora, Kapous, Blondor, Constant Delight powders.
Lightening powder, like paint, is designed to remove pigment from the hair. Its principle of action is also based on an intense oxidation reaction leading to the destruction of the pigment. It is not the powder itself that takes part in this reaction, but its mixture with an oxidizing agent that helps to start the process and increase its speed.
Powder application
Immediately before application to the hair, the powder is mixed with the oxidizing agent in the proportion indicated by the manufacturer. The decomposition reaction of hydrogen peroxide is started. In this case, two elements are formed - water and active oxygen. It is active oxygen that enters into direct interaction with the natural pigment of the hair, destroying it. In the event that the mixture is not applied to the strands, a similar process occurs in a bowl, although much slower - the active oxygen interacts with air. Each of the powders also contains alkaline mixtures that cause the hair to swell during the first 10 minutes of exposure. This allows the paint to get inside the hair.
Hair destruction
Powder is one of the most intense hair brighteners. When the composition is applied to the strands, but cannot penetrate the hair, its action is directed to the destruction of their structure. Most often, these oxidizers sin 9% and 12%. They damage the hair more than, for example, 3% and 6%. However, it should be noted that no matter how high-quality the powder is, it somehow spoils the hair. This is a permanent side effect of any hair bleach. Therefore, you should not hope that after applying any means from this spectrum, the hair will remain the same. After all, this is simply impossible.
Supra
In the middle of the last century, supra was considered the best hair bleach. Currently, of course, means have already been invented that do not spoil the hair and have an effective lightening effect. Once supra was the number 1 tool in the arsenal of fashionistas. Now it still occupies a leading position - but already among those funds that belong to the economy class category.
Supra is a powerful hair bleach that is made in powder form. To accelerate the chemical reaction, it includes not only ammonia, but also other substances, for example, various persulfates. Used supra with a cream activator containing oxide of one concentration or another. Under the action of this mixture, melanin is washed out of the hair structure. Supra is very damaging to the strands, so it is used by those for whom saving is more important than the condition of the hair.
Other clarifier options
It is impossible to dye your hair in a lighter shade or become blonde without the use of special chemicals. In addition to paints and powders, there are many other substances that can discolor hair.
It:
- Hydroperite. An inexpensive tool that is available at any pharmacy. Its minus is that it very much destroys the structure of the hair. Hydroperite allows you to lighten hair up to 4 tones. Also, the substance aligns color well on gray hair.
- Hydrogen peroxide. It is also an inexpensive drug that can be purchased at a pharmacy. The minus is the same - it can harm the hair. It is believed that peroxide can lighten strands up to 4 tones.
- White henna. Another economy class tool. White henna has nothing to do with medicinal henna, and its effect is due to the content of hydroperite in the powder.
- Shampoo with a brightening effect. He dries the hair. However, it is able to slightly lighten the hair. Its main advantage is that it almost does not spoil it.
Currently, the choice of means for clarification is quite wide. However, when starting to dye your hair, it is also important to keep in mind the possible consequences. Therefore, it is better not to save and choose a good and high-quality tool. Also, do not chase the result. If the first time the hair is lightened by a tone or two - it is better to wait a few weeks and then repeat the procedure. So you can maintain healthy hair and achieve the desired shade.