Glossary of Terms
definitions regarding hair colors and hair coloring, hair straightening,
hair style, hair fashion, hair products and services, and hair in general
- Analysis (in hair coloring)
- determining in what condition the hair is in, before proceeding with the color service.
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- Balayage (in hair coloring)
- a form of free-hand highlighting done without foils.
- color Blocking (in hair coloring)
- a technique used to add dimension using 2 or more colors in a more contrasting pattern.
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- Coloring (hair)
- The process of artificially coloring hair with a chemical treatment. It can be permanent or semi-permanent.
- Color blocking (in hair coloring)
- see 'Blocking'.
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- Dimensional color (in hair coloring)
- The use of 2 or more colors to achieve a shadowing effect.
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- Elasticity (in hair straightening)
- The amount a hair strand will stretch before breaking. Typically the more elastic the hair is, the healthier it is.
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- Foil (in hair coloring)
- A foil is a very thin sheet of aluminium. Foils are used in a typical highlighting technique.
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- Glossing (in hair coloring)
- A conditioning shine and color treatment, usually with an acid ph level, which forces the hair cuticle closed, creating more shine.
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- Highlights (in hair coloring)
- Lightness added to the hair in sections, to brighten and give dimension to your color.
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- Kerastase
- An exclusively well known European hair care product.
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- L'Oreal
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- Logics
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- Levels
- A series of numbers typically from 1-10 determining the lightness or darkness of base hair color.
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- Malibu
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- Moisturizing
- Rehydrating the hair shaft. Particularly important after a haircolor service.
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- Natural tone
- Must be added to color formula for maximum grey coverage.
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- Opi
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- Over-process
- When products are used improperly, resulting in a deterioration of the hair shaft and cuticle.
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- Phytologie
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- Processing time (in hair chemical hair treatments)
- Time it takes for a particular product to complete its action.
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- Rusk
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- Reverse highlights (in hair coloring)
- Adding dimension to a base color using foils, but by adding darker tones instead of the typical lighter tones.
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- Sun spots
- What occurs at the root area of a poorly executed highlight. Caused by the lightener inside of the foils, oozing from the foils, resulting in brassy patches at the root area.
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- Terax
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- Tend skin
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- Tone
- Fashion color added to the hair level.
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- Underlying pigment
- Natural pigment exposed when lightening, which varies from red to gold, depending on natural hair color.
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- Weft (in hair)
- Section of hair.
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