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Haircolor - MOCC
Vocab for haircoloring from Milady
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Cosmetology
12th Grade
01/30/2020

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Activator
Definition
Powdered persulfate salts added to haircolor to increase its lightening ablity.
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Aniline derivatives
Definition
Containing small, uncolored dyes that combine with hydrogen perxiode to form larger permanent dye molecules within the cortex.
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Balayage
Definition
Hand painting lightener on the hair to create dimension.
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Base color
Definition
Predominant tone of a color.
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Cap technique
Definition
Dimensional technique that invovles pulling clean strands through a perforated cap with thin plastic or metal hook.
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Filler
Definition
Eqaulize porosity, and deposit color and missing pigments into hair to provide an even canvas for prelighted hair to go darker.
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Complementary colors
Definition
Primary and secondary color combinations that are directly oppisite from each other on the color wheel that neurtalize and complement each other.
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Conditioner fillers
Definition
Used to recondition damaged and overly porous hair, and equalize porosity so that the hair acceptd the color evenly from strand to strand and scalp to ends.
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Contributing pigment
Definition
Also known as untertone; the varying degrees of warmth exposed during a permanent color or lightening service, or the pigment that lies beneath the natural color.
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Demipermanent haircolor
Definition
Deposit only color that lasts 4-6 weeks
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Developer
Definition
Oxidizing agent that supplies necessary oxygen gas to develop color molecules and create a change in hair color.
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Double process application
Definition
Coloring technique that requires applying two seperate procedures.
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Foil technique
Definition
Dimensional technique that involves coloring selected strands of hair by slicing or weaving out sections of hair to aplly product to, and sealing the product and hair in a foil.
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Glazing
Definition
Using a demi permanent color to add shine and tone back into previously colored hair.
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Hair color
Definition
The natural color of the hair.
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Haircolor
Definition
Professional, industry coined term for the products and services for coloring hair.
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Hair lightening
Definition
Often called bleaching or decolorizing.
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Highlighting
Definition
Coloring hair stands lighter than the natural color to add the illusion of depth.
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Highlighting shampoo
Definition
A preperation of permanent haircolor, hydrogen peroxide, and shampooo, used to slightly lighten natural hair color.
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Law of color
Definition
System for understanding color relationships.
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Level
Definition
Unit of measurment used to identify the lightness or darkness of color.
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Level system
Definition
The system to determind lightness or darkness
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Lighteners
Definition
Chemical compounds that lighten hair by the dispersing, dissolving and decolorizing the natural hair pigment.
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Line of demarcation
Definition
Visible line in the color of the hair, ie: line separating color hair from new growth.
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Metalic haircolors
Definition
Haircolors containing metal salts that change hair color gradually, have a dull metallic apperance.
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Natural or vegetable haircolors
Definition
Obtained from leaves or bark of plants, example: henna.
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New growth
Definition
Part of the hair shaft between the scalp and the hair that has been previously colored.
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Off-the-scalp-lighteners
Definition
Powdered lighteners that can not be used on the scalp.
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On-the-scalp-lighteners
Definition
Oil and cream lighteners that can be used on the scalp.
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Oxidation
Definition
A process by which oxygen gas is released to develop the color molecules.
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Patch test
Definition
Test for identifying a possible allergy to color by a client.
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Permanent haircolors
Definition
Lighten and deposit color in one apllication.
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Prelightening
Definition
First step of double process lightening service where existing pigments are removed from the hair before the application of a toner.
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Presoftening
Definition
Process of treating gray or resistant hair to allow for better color penetration.
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Primary colors
Definition
Pure or fundemental colors.
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Resistant
Definition
Hair type that is difficult for moisture or chemicals to penetrate.
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Lowlighting
Definition
Technique of coloring strands of hair darker than natural hair color
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Secondary color
Definition
Color obtainted by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
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Semipermanent color
Definition
No lift, deposit only haircolor that is designed to last through several shampoos.
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Single process haircoloring
Definition
Lightens and deposits color in one single application.
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Slicing
Definition
Coloring technique that involves taking narrow 1/4 inch sections of hair by making a straight part.
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Soap cap/Bleach wash
Definition
A mixture of bleach, water, and lightening powder - used to lift 2 levels.
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Special effects haircoloring
Definition
Any technique that invloves partial lightening or coloring.
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Temporary haircolor
Definition
Nonpermanent haircolor with large molecules that coat the hairshaft.
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Tertiary color
Definition
Intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring primary.
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Tone
Definition
The hue of color.
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Toners
Definition
Semiperamnent, demiperamanent and permanent haircolor products uised primarily on prelightened hair to create desired tone.
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Virgin application
Definition
First time the hair will be colored.
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Volume
Definition
Measures the concentration and strength of hydrogen peroxide.
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Weaving
Definition
Coloring technique in which selected strands are picked from narrow section of hair with a zigzag motion.
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Hydrogen peroxide developer
Definition
Oxidizing agent that supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develop color molecules and create a change in hair color.
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Intensity
Definition
The strength of color.
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Mixed melanin
Definition
Combination of natural hair color with eumelanin and pheomelanin combined.
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Strand test
Definition
Determines how the hair will react to the color formula
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