Colour banding (otherwise referred to as the halo result) describes the band which can be seen when you layer and overlap colour onto previously coloured hair, leaving you with a darker colour stripes which wrap around your head.
It usually occurs when you have stretched out your re-colouring applications and left your regrowth for a lilliputian also long, and applied all over color which double-up over the previously coloured pilus…and howdy, halo.
Your roots may take a brighter, more vibrant colour while your mid-lengths and ends may be darker and duller due to colour build-up. Given that no ane wants boring hair, we volition give you colourist tips on how to avert unwanted colour banding.

How does this happen?

Colour banding can happen when colour is layered colour in a total-length application on top of previously coloured pilus, and the result is hair which may appear to take 2 different tones, or with a visible ring effectually the regrowth line.

Avoiding: Colour Banding

1 Timing

It'south helpful to maintain a schedule of regular root bear on-ups to avoid colour banding. Ready alerts or reminders in your phone or calendar and keep your colouring intervals consistent.

2 Pro tools for pro colour results

Salon accessories permit you accept a better application and more than consequent colour issue and aid you avoid colour banding.

Utilize your colour section by section starting with the hair closest to your face. Paint the colour on the roots of your hair, pushing the colour into the roots for better colour absorption. Work through the sections of pilus, colouring the roots first and and then remove the clips to colour the full length of your pilus, and prune the hair back up after you have coloured that department, which will go on it manageable during the colour processing time.

If you are doing a root affect-up awarding only, look carefully at your hairline before colouring and apply the colour only in your regrowth, which volition avert future color banding problems.

Apply the colour exactly where you need it to avoid colour banding and to achieve a seamless, 1-colour result.

3- Technique

The key is to avoid overlapping the new color application with the parts of your hair that have been previously coloured. Apply the tinting brush to apply the colour just to the new growth, right upwards to the line between new growth and previously coloured hair. Your can refresh your all-over colour by applying the colour mixture throughout the total length of your pilus after allowing for an initial ten minutes of processing time on the new growth hair first.

Follow these tips and use the tinting tools nosotros have provided for precise colour application and seamless, beautiful salon color results at dwelling.

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