If you are thinking about going darker, now is the time to do it. Jessica Biel recently made the switch and couldn’t look more chic. Dark hair colors enhance shine and create an elegant and mature look. Blown out blonde highlights work in the summer time, but just darkening your strands a few shades can give you the depth and dimension that you are looking for.

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Ravishing red heads like Julianne Moore and Marcia Cross show off thier  favorite fall color all year round. Red hair is beautiful on porcelain skin tones because it adds a little color to light complexions.

If you are thinking about going darker, now is the time to do it

Blonde’s can still alter their hair color for the season too, even without extreme measures. Have your stylist at Reve Salon & Spa add in low-lights in a contrasting shade that is flattering to your skin tone. Some fall favorites for low-lights include coppers and golds. This will warm up your shade and give you a fresh look without going overboard.  

If you want to try a new color for fall, but don’t want to change your hair drastically, try a glaze or semi-permanent of the shade you yearn for. This gives your hair a hint of a fresh shade without the drama of permanent color.

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Yes, of course. The hair on your face is hair just like on any other part of your body - including your head. It can be colored by the same products you use to change your haircolor. There are some differences, obviously. The one most readily apparent to everyone is texture.
 
Facial hair tends to be much coarser than the hair on the head, and as a result can be more resistant to haircolor. The facial hair can also be less dense than the hair of the scalp and color application must therefore be done much more carefully to minimize the staining of the skin underneath.

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When covering gray hair that makes up less than 10% of your total number of hairs , it is generally recommended that you use a color that is 2-3 shades lighter than your natural color. However, this is referring to deposit-only haircolor and will not change the color of your already pigmented hair. The objective is to simply darken or “mute/mask” the grays so that they appear more like natural highlights than grays.
 
      The reason for using a hair color that is lighter than your hair’s natural color is because using a shade that’s the same as your natural color you will likely create a “flat/dull” color result. With deposit-only color the color applied is added to the pigment that is already present, this means that choosing a shade that matches your current color will result in even darker hair color results. We use lighter shades to create a more natural looking result from the grey hairs. This also creates more body & shine for your hair!

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Gray hair actually grows no faster or slower than pigmented hair does. However, when the hair turns gray it can often undergo more changes than merely color, many times changing in texture, porosity and wave pattern. Actually, “turning gray” is a misnomer, since the hair actually goes gray when the melanocytes in the hair follicle stop producing melanin (which gives the hair its color) and the newly growing hair fiber emerges without pigmentation.

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Option 1: Using a coloring shampoo is one option that works for many people. The trouble is that some don’t like the slowness of the color change, or don’t feel that the change is significant enough.
 
 Option 2: Having a color glaze or tone applied to the hair. This is a permanent color process, but instead of dramatically changing the color of the hair, you simply add a toning color to make a slight change in the original color. Glazes and toners can be used to intensify an existing color, mute a color that seems too bold, or simply add shine enhancers to the hair.

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This tip works for both natural and “bottle blondes.” A blue-or violet-hued shampoo will help counteract unwanted brassiness and brighten light tones .The Blonde Glam line by Redken works really well.

 Deep Condition:If you’re lightening your hair, it’s probably in need of a weekly deep conditioner. I personally love the Pureology Line!

 Do not forget your Shine: Blond hair often lacks shine. Bring back the healthy glow with a shine and color enhancing product such as:

Ultra shine complex- Aquage
Adds exceptional gloss to all hair types especially dull, dry, coarse or frizzy hair.

Beyond shine - Aquage
 Ultra-light silicone polish delivers long-lasting shine while silkening and polishing.

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A lot. You’ll get more choices with professional hair colors and greater variety in the strength of developers. Home hair color kits are aimed more at covering gray hair and only offer one or two levels of lightening. If you’re a brunette who wants to be a blonde, for example, that would  usually require about 5 levels of lightening. 

  The money you pay a professional stylist is payment for his or her time, expertise in application, and knowledge of style. You never question on how much you have to pay your Dentist and/or your Physcian  so why skimp on your hair… it is your biggest accessory !

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Hair color maintenance depends upon several things:

TEMPORARY

Temporary hair color merely stains the hair shaft. It doesn’t need hydrogen peroxide to fully develop, but it usually has an alkalizing agent and can build up over time with repeated applications.

Temporary hair color is sometimes referred to as a “try-me” because of its inability to actually change the hair structure and penetrate into the shaft of your hair. Used properly, this color can be a one-shot application. But if you like what you see, wait at least 4-6 weeks before reapplying to avoid a flat or muddy non-reflective color buildup.

SEMI-PERMANENT

Semi-permanent hair color needs hydrogen peroxide to activate color molecules and to help any alkalizing agent(s) in adhering color to the hair shaft. These colors are usually not strong enough to decolorize natural pigment.

As with temporary color, it’s preferable to wait 4-6 weeks to reapply; however, it’s equally important to only touch up any out growth.

PERMANENT

Permanent hair color isn’t a 4-(well, 9) letter-word! When done properly & most importantly by a proffesional stylist, your hair reallydoes not  suffer any great damage and, in fact, is absolutely necessary if you want to lighten your natural color or cover white/gray hair. Regrowth on your roots can show up any where from 2-4 weeks depending on how many levels your lifting or depositing.

The presence of ammonia in permanent hair color creates an even more alkaline environment. This opens and swells the hair shaft, decolorizes natural pigment, and oxidizes artificial pigment, allowing that pigment to attach and become “permanent”.

HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights are probably the most popular color service we see in our salon today. They can be applied with either hair color or bleach, and by weaving color in with foils or paper, or by pulling hair  through a cap, or by freehand painting techniques.

Maintenance for highlights depends on how different the color is from your natural level and on how heavy you you want  highlights  to be.

Thin, scattered highlights placed strategically in the hair need only be touched up when youdecide. Our Stylist usally tell thier clients, “when you feel the need for a little pick-me-up, call me”. Heavier, lighter highlights (often considered “chunky”) demand more frequent attention, usually within 6 weeks.

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