Paints with ammonia damage the hair structure, increase their fragility. With regular use, returning your hair to a healthy appearance is not easy.
Ammonia-free paints have become the new generation of coloring agents. They are more gentle, damage hair less. But these paints have their drawbacks.
Advantages of ammonia-free dyes
- The undoubted advantage of paints without ammonia is their soft effect on the hair. They are perfect for coloring damaged, thin hair. Ammonia-free hair dyes do not make their structure porous, therefore, after their use, curls are easier to style. With regular dyeing without ammonia, even naughty hair becomes more pliable.
- Inks without good quality ammonia contain caring oil components and mineral complexes. Professional paints contain components that protect hair from exposure to high temperatures, solar radiation.
- Ammonia-free hair dye gives a natural color. The advantage is that the shades are easily mixed, which allows you to create the perfect natural tone.
- For women with sensitive scalp, prone to dandruff or allergic reactions, paints without ammonia are ideal. Whereas ordinary ones cause itching or peeling.
- The palette of professional paints without ammonia, and of ordinary manufacturers, is diverse: blond, natural light brown, chestnut, bright red - there is plenty to choose from.
- High-quality ammonia-free paints can accumulate in the hair structure, and with regular use this makes the shade more vibrant and natural.
- Another advantage of paints without ammonia is the use of the prostate, staining at home will be simple, the color will lie evenly, even a novice can handle it.
- It is important to note that high-quality paint without ammonia will not only not damage the hair structure, but will also have a beneficial effect on weakened hair.
Despite all its many advantages, ammonia-free paints have a number of disadvantages.
Disadvantages of ammonia-free dyes
- The main disadvantage of paints without ammonia is low resistance. The cheapest are washed off in two weeks. Professional products stay on the hair for about a month and a half. Mid-price ammonia-free paint retains color from three weeks to a month.
- Unprofessional paints do not do well with gray hair and lightening. A woman with dark hair with the help of ammonia-free paint will not be able to transform into a blonde. Anyway, you will have to use a clarifier containing hydrogen peroxide. Subsequent use of the paint without ammonia will make the procedure more gentle for the hair.
- Ammonia-free paints do not fit well on hair, which before that was regularly dyed with ammonia dyes.
- Another disadvantage is the price of professional paints and the frequency of re-dyeing. But if you choose a good product from the mass market, you can achieve a good result with less cost.
How to dye hair without ammonia
If you follow simple rules, then staining with non-ammonia products will please you with an excellent result.
Paint should be applied to unwashed hair, but there should not be any styling products on them. Staining usually begins with the roots, and after ten minutes, the product is applied to the entire length of the curls. Leave the hair dye on for half an hour. For a brighter tone, it’s better to wait forty minutes.
Rinse off with warm water and be sure to apply a caring balm that comes with dye to your hair. If you dye your hair at home, it is best to let it dry on its own without a hair dryer.
The most popular paints without ammonia
The following ammonia-free paints are very popular:
- Matrix Color Sync.
- Estel Sense De Luxe.
- Kapous Magic Keratin.
- L'oreal Casting Creme Gloss.
- Schwarzkopf Nectra Color.
Matrix paints
Matrix is an Italian brand of professional hair products. Matrix-free ammonia paints are often used in salons. One of the most popular paints of this company is Color Sync.
The paint gives an excellent lasting result, due to the effect of glazing. The hair becomes smooth, due to which the color lasts a long time.
In the palette of ammonia-free paints "Matrix" there is a colorless shade with which you can laminate your hair at home.
Color Sync paint is suitable for tinting and coloring, it paints gray hair well, restores shine and strength to dull hair.
The composition of this dye includes natural oils and ceramites.
The Matrix Color Sync palette helps you choose the tone.
- Transparent shade for lamination Clear.
- Watercolor tones for color coloring.
- Pastel shades.
- Natural tones.
- Warm, natural shades.
- Ash tones.
- Pearl tones.
- Mother of pearl shades.
- Mocha tones.
- Warm mocha tones.
- Copper brown tones.
- Red-brown tones.
- Golden pearl tones.
- Golden copper tones.
Each color line has two to four shades.
Reviews about ammonia-free paint Matrix Color Sync positive. Girls note a pleasant unobtrusive smell. Paint creamy consistency, evenly dyes hair, resistant. The curls after application are shiny, and the effect is not short-lived.
Paint estel
Estel is one of the most widespread brands in hairdressing salons.
Ammonia-free paint Estelle Sense De Luxe - a persistent tool that cares for hair, professional hairdressers recommend it for dyeing thin or weakened hair.
The paint is suitable for both toning and for full-color hair coloring. Color pigments are not washed out for a month, and a light tone lasts about two months.
Paint Estel Sense De Luxe contains oils, panthenol, ceramides and has a beneficial effect on the condition of the hair.
The palette of ammonia-free paint "Estelle" has seventy-five shades.
They can be divided into the following groups:
- Natural, ashy, natural tones for gray hair.
- Golden, copper, red tones.
- Violet, brown tones.
- Bright red tones.
- Color proofreaders.
Each color line has at least four shades.
Especially enthusiastic reviews earned shades of blonde Estel Sense De Luxe. They do not dry hair, do not yellow, they stay on hair for quite some time.
Kapous ammonia-free paint
Another professional paint is Kapous Magic Keratin, which is resistant and good at managing camouflage of gray hair. The composition of the paint includes nutritious oils, vitamins, does not contain parabens. With the help of the product "Capus" it is easy to dye your hair at home.
The color during dyeing is bright and multifaceted, the hair is shiny and vibrant. Shades of Kapous Magic Keratin mix well with each other, which opens up scope for experimentation.
The palette of ammonia-free hair dye Kapous Magic Keratin has a large number of shades (115). They can be grouped into the following groups:
- Amplifiers
- Natural.
- Gold.
- Beige-pearl.
- Beige.
- Chocolate
- Chestnut.
- Copper.
- Cold chocolate.
- Copper red.
- Bright copper.
- Special Blondes.
Each line has a minimum of three shades.
Reviews of ammonia-free paint "Capus" are positive. The paint improves the condition of the hair, compacting thin, gives it shine, holds well, gives uniform beautiful coloring.
Paint without ammonia "Loreal"
High-quality mass market - L'oreal Casting Creme Gloss paints. Paints contain nutritious oils, but also chemical ingredients. With regular dyeing with Casting Cream Gloss, hair becomes more docile. Color lasts three weeks, washed off gradually. A varied palette of ammonia-free paint “Casting Cream Gloss” makes it popular in its market segment. Blondes, rich dark shades, natural light brown and chestnut - there are plenty to choose from. There are thirty-two shades in the palette.
Reviews of "Casting Cream Gloss" are mostly positive. Hair after use is obedient, soft. Paint does not damage the structure of thin curls, they do not split, look shiny and healthy. The color lasts three weeks, washing off, approaching a natural shade. It is enough to dye your hair once a month.
Schwarzkopf ammonia-free paint
Another representative of the mass market is Schwarzkopf Nectra Color. The paint is quite resistant, dark tones are not washed out for about a month. The composition of the Schwarzkopf Nectra Color product includes oils and flower nectar, it carefully dyes hair and cares for them.
The palette of this ammonia-free paint is not very diverse. Seventeen shades: blond, light blond, black, chestnut, bright red and copper, plum purple, chocolate.
Reviews on the paint Schwarzkopf Nectra Color are generally positive. Girls note the high resistance of dark shades ("Dark Chestnut"). But the paint dries the hair slightly, it is poorly removed from the scalp.
Ammonia-free paints are perfect for women with sensitive scalp and those who care about the condition of their hair. Means not only gently stain, but also look after curls, which fully compensates for the low resistance of some brands.
Paints are safe, they can be used during pregnancy and lactation.