Differences between Acid vs. Alkaline Tone-on-Tone Color 🤔
The Science of Color: Acid vs. Alkaline Tone-on-Tone 🤔
Understanding the differences between acidic and alkaline tone-on-tone dyes is important for providing the best results for your clients.
Acidic Tone-on-Tone
▪️pH below 7, works on the cuticle.
▪️Fades in fewer washes.
▪️Ideal for softening gray hair, creating dimensional effects, and blending gray hair.
▪️Ideal for correcting, toning, and neutralizing.
▪️Does not alter the natural color.
Alkaline Tone-on-Tone
▪️pH above 7, works on the cortex.
▪️Lasts longer.
▪️It can provide gray coverage, even for those first gray hairs, and can lighten the natural base by up to one shade.
▪️Ideal for color corrections where longer-lasting results are needed, for example: contrasting colors or correcting blemishes.
▪️It can modify the natural color.
What tone-on-tone color do you use in your salon? Let me know in the comments ⬇️⬇️
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