Question

1. Why is it important to do hair strand test before giving coloring services?
2. How would you know when you must discontinue hair coloring to your client?

Answer 1

1.ANSWER-

It Gives You a Preview of the Color You Can Expect

Somewhat similar to the above point, the strand test will show you what the color will look like. This will help prevent any sort of disaster, while also giving the client a preview of what they can expect.

(A) It Can Prevent a Major Accident From Happening

The biggest strand test benefit is its ability to prevent a major hair catastrophe. Just because a client claims to have never used box dye, doesn’t make it true. Many lie about what they’ve done to their hair in the past or simply forget. But you know what doesn’t lie or forget? The strand test.

It will tell you exactly what to expect before things go too far. Many hairstylists point out how there have been a few times where they wished they had done the strand test. So don’t make the mistake of using your best judgement. Instead, opt for the strand test.

(B) It Gives You a Preview of the Color You Can Expect

Somewhat similar to the above point, the strand test will show you what the color will look like. This will help prevent any sort of disaster, while also giving the client a preview of what they can expect. Maybe everything goes great with the strand test, but your client ends up not really loving the result. Instead of wasting all that time and energy dyeing their whole head a color they won’t even like, it can be prevented with the test.

(C) It Lets You Know How Long to Keep the Dye on Your Hair

Everyone’s hair is different. Even if someone boasts a naturally dark hue, their color may lift better than someone who has bleached their tresses too many times. You may think you can judge this by looking at the strand, but that’s not always the case. Not to mention, everyone’s tresses absorb color differently. The only way you’ll know how long to keep the dye on the hair is with a strand test.

(D) It Shows You What Developer You May Need

Same as letting you know how much color to use, the strand test will show you the type of developer you’ll need. A color remover may work better than bleach and vice versa. This quick little test will show you what you need to know before you get too far into the process and something goes awry.

(E) It Also Works as an Allergic Reaction Test

Above all else, you’ll learn if you’re allergic to the dye or developer being used on your tresses. This can stop a fiasco from taking place. It’s one thing to get a color you don’t like, it’s another to have an allergic reaction. Avoid it as best you can with a strand test!

2.ANSWER-

4 Signs You Should Stop Coloring Your Hair

1: Your hair feels dry and brittle-

Traditional hair dye that deposits color typically won’t damage your ‘do, says Melissa Piliang, M.D., a dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic and a member of the American Academy of Dermatology. But if you engage in the more involved ritual of processing your hair to lighten it in preparation for a light-colored dye, damage is almost certainly in your hair destiny. “The hair fiber has a coating called the cuticle,” says Dr. Piliang. “When your hair is healthy, the cuticle looks like the shingles on a roof, all laying down. When it’s damaged, the shingles can flake off or peel back. Bleaching wears away cuticle.” The result? Hair that can be described as ‘straw-like,’ dry and brittle, or frizzy. Split ends, flyaways, and hair of varying lengths are other sure signs of damage and breakage, she says.

2: Your grays return within two weeks-

If you can’t seem to keep up with the advance of your gray hair (either at the roots or all over), it may be worth it to leave your coloring days behind you, says Sarah Nitz, contributor for Latest-Hairstyles.com. “If you have an appointment at the salon every two weeks, but you could go every week, it might just be time to let it grow in,” she says. “You want to enjoy every minute of your pending (or current!) retirement, traveling, visiting with friends, not visiting the salon.”

3: You notice your scalp is newly itchy and irritated-

Whether you’ve been coloring your hair for days or years, unexplained itchiness, soreness, or oozing of the scalp may indicate you’re allergic to the hair dye, itself. “A fair number of people are allergic to an ingredient in hair dye called p-Phenylenediamine (PPDA), which is what gives the dye its permanent color,” says Dr. Piliang. “The symptoms can be pretty mild in the beginning so people don’t always recognize it.” While all hues of permanent dye contain PPDA, semi-permanent dye and wash-out colors often don’t, though they do require more frequent application, she advises.

4: You’ve dyed your hair progressively lighter-

If your once lustrous mane has gone from it’s original honey gold to highlighted ash blonde to full-on platinum over your years in the styling chair, it may be time to give up the ghost. “When you’ve gone lighter and lighter to camouflage your silver roots, so that you’re almost white, that’s a sign,” says Nitz. “If you’re going so light with your hair color that it only slightly differs from what’s growing in, it makes sense to stop coloring.”