All About Coloring Your Miss MyMy Lace Front/Full Lace Wig and or Hair Piece.

Different Types of Color

Permanent- Makes a permanent change in the hair color you cannot go back to your previous color without the use of an additional color process. Before the permanent hair color can be deposited into the hair shaft, the cuticle, or outer layer, must be opened. The formula then reacts with the cortex, or middle layer to deposit or remove color.

Semi permanent-Lasts varying degrees of time depending on the manufacturer, usually 2-6 weeks

Temporary-Color lasts for one shampoo. Color is deposited on the outside of the hair shaft.

We do not recommend temporary hair color for our lace wigs because the color is deposited on the outside of the hair shaft this could cause tangling in some units.

Deposit only-will not lighten the hair, it will only deposit color on the hair. You cannot go from a darker to a lighter color but you can go from a lighter to a darker color.

Developers

The oxidizing agent or developer is hydrogen peroxide. It is the catalyst or cause of the chemical reaction which allows the formula to permanently alter the hair's color.

The strength of the developer is determined by the desired results.

10 Volume-Color deposits with only slight lightening.

20 Volume-maximum color deposits as for gray or white hair with lightening.

30 Volume-Strong lightening action with less color deposit.

Too much developer and the color may not have good highlights, cover poorly, not lift to the correct level and fade more quickly... less is more in this case.

How ammonia developers and heat affect the hair on your lace wig:

Ammonia-Is used in permanent hair color. Ammonia acts to separate the cuticle and allow the permanent color to penetrate the cortex of the hair. If the ammonia is to harsh, the hair will lose more sulphur bonds than necessary, this will cause the hair to harden and lose weight and diameter

Developer-The higher the volume the greater the amount of sulphur that is removed from the hair of your lace wig, this is one reason we suggest a max volume of no higher than 30 volume.

Heat-high heat and the length of time heat is used on your lace wig will also reduce the structure of the hair. The hair will lose its elasticity. Damage to the cuticle of the hair will make it more breakable. Steam will form inside the hair shaft which in turn will burst causing breakage. This is why we suggest avoiding heat as much as possible.

Lightening:

Lightening-to take the hair on your lace wig from a darker to a lighter color this is done by defusing the natural melanin present in the hair's cortex. When your lace wig is lightened it goes through several stages of lightening from a base of blue in the case of black hair to pale blonde…If lightening from a very dark color to a very light color it may take more than one application of lightener to achieve the appropriate color removal and should be done very carefully to minimize damage to your lace wig. It may not always be possible to lift the color of your lace wig from dark/black to lightest blond; this is due to the underlying pigment and would be the same for your natural hair. The lightening process can create unwanted undertones, to correct this; the opposite color is added to your color formula to cancel out the unwanted tones. Remember all color is viewed from reflection of light and how we see light can be demonstrated using the color prism…yes the same prism you have seen in grade school and the same principle as seeing the rainbow after it rains.

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