Volume as related to hair color
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Topic: Volume as related to hair color
Posted By: cherman
Subject: Volume as related to hair color
Date Posted: October 18 2007 at 2:01pm
| What is meant by the stylist referring to 20 volume, versus 10 volume, versus demi. I had been happy with my hair colorist but one day she used 10 volume instead of 20 volume and the color resulting with the same formulation was vastly different... HELP |
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Posted By: asiabo
Date Posted: October 18 2007 at 8:18pm
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it means different percentages of peroxide. 20 volume will give you more levels of lift than 10, which is why the color looked different. these links might be informative:
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/hairdressing-peroxide.html http://www.thecreativestudio.com/main.jsp?nav=studio/colortheory/developers&file=m_developers.html ------------- Before/After toning with Wella 
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Posted By: cherman
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 1:20pm
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Thanks... If the same pigment was used and it was at 10 volume, would it be lighter or darker?
Also why would it be good to use Demi for other than root touchup... |
Posted By: asiabo
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 1:53pm
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well i'm not sure which color you were using, but when i use 20 volume with bleach for the same amount of time as with 40 it doesn't lighten as much and it usually needs to be applied again.
can't answer your demi question though, sorry! ------------- Before/After toning with Wella
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