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Topic: Please help with processing timing Q
Posted By: ditto12
Subject: Please help with processing timing Q
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 9:11pm
Hi, I get foil highlights (medium brown to blonde) every 6 weeks.  The last time I got them, I sat for over 50 minutes waiting to process while my stylist took another client.  I wasn't under lights or a dryer. 
 
Other times, I have processed within 15 minutes, 30, etc.   The deal is that my stylist usually takes other clients while I process, which I believe leaves me waiting for longer than necessary to attain the proper level.
 
So my question is:  for brown to blonde foil highlights, using Redken, what is a reasonable expectation in terms of necessary processing time?  I don't mind 15 minutes, but waiting almost an hour seems really unnecessary except to accommodate my stylist's method of scheduling clients.  But I want to be reasonable with my stylist when I discuss this.
 
Thanks!


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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: October 15 2010 at 9:43am
If it gets as light as you want when she puts the same stuff on it for 15 minutes, then you must not need longer. I guess it depends on if she's using the same stuff each time. (I'm not a pro so I can't give you a strict guideline... if I were doing it I'd just do it by test strand trial and error until I got used to what a certain formulation does on my hair type).


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