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HairColoring
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Cosmetology
11th Grade
09/26/2011

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Activators
Definition
Powered persulfate salts added to haircolor to increase its lightening ability
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Aniline Derivatives
Definition
Contain smalll, uncolored dyes that combine with hydrogen peroxide to form larger, permanent dye molecules within the cortex.
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Baliage or free-form techniques
Definition
Painting a lightner (usually a powder off-the-scalp lightener) directly onto clean, styled the hair.
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Base Color
Definition
Predominant tone of color
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Cap Technique
Definition
Lightening technique that involves pulling clean strands of hair through a perforated cap with a thin plastic or metal hook.
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Color Fillers
Definition
Equalize perosity and deposit color in one application to provide a uniform contributing pigment on prelightened hair.
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Complementry Colors
Definition
Primary and secondary color combinations that are opposite from each other on the color wheel.
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Demipermanent Haircolor
Definition
Also called no-lift, deposit color. Formulated to deposit, but no lift (lightrn) natural hair color. Demipermanent colors are able to deposit without lifting because thay are less alkaline than permanent colors and are mixed with a low-volume developer.
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Developer
Definition
Oxidizing agent that, when mixed with an oxidation haircolor, supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develope color molecules and create a change in hair color.
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Double-process application
Definition
Coloring technique requiring two seperate procedures in which the hair is prelightened before the depositing color is applied; also called two-step coloring.
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Fillers
Definition
Used to equalize porosity
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Foil Technique
Definition
Highlighting technique that involves coloring selected strands of hair by slicing or weaving out sections, placing them on foil or plastic wrap, applying lightener or permanent haircolor, and sealing them in the foil or plastic wrap.
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Glaze
Definition
A nonammonia color that adds shine and tone to the hair.
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Hair color
Definition
The natural color of hair
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Haircolor
Definition
Professional, salon industry term reffuring to artifical haircolor products and services.
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Hair lightening
Definition
Chemical process involving the diffusion of the natural hair pigment or artifial color from the hair; Often called "bleaching" or " decolorizing."
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Highlighting
Definition
Coloring some of the hair strands lighter than the natural color to add the illusion of sheen and depth; Highlights do not generally contrast strongly with the natural color.
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Highlighting shampoo
Definition
mixture of shampoo and hydrogen peroxide; used to slightly lighten natural hair color.
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Law of Color
Definition
Systems for understanding color relationships.
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Level
Definition
Lightness or darkness of a color. Refers tp the saturation, concentration, or density of a color. Answers the question, how much color?
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Level systems
Definition
Systems that colorists use to determine the lightnes or darkness of hair color.
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Lighteners
Definition
Chemical compunds that lighten hair by dispersing,dissolving, and decolorizing the natural hair pigment.
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Line of demarcation
Definition
Visible line seperating colored hair from new growth.
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Metallic or gradual colors
Definition
Haircolors containing metal salts that change hair color gradually by progressive buildup and exposure to air, creating a dull, metallic appearance
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Natural or vegetable haircolors
Definition
colors, such as henna, obtained from the leaves or barks of plants.
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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 cannot be used directly on the scalp.
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on-the-scalp lighteners
Definition
oil and cream lighteners that can be used directly on the scalp
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Oxidation
Definition
A process by which oxygen is released, occurs within the cortex of the hair shaft.
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Patch test
Definition
Test for identifying possible allergy in a client, required by Federal Food,Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Also called predisposition test.
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Permanent haircolors
Definition
Lighten and deposit colorat the same time and in one application. There are more alkakine than no liftdeposit onlyt haircolors and mixed with a higher volume developer.
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Prelightening
Definition
First step of double-process haircoloring, used to lift or lightened the natural pigment before the application of toner.
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Presoftening
Definition
Process of treating gray or very resistant hair to allow for better penetration of color.
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Primary Colors
Definition
Pure of fundamental colors (red, yellow, and blue) that cannot be created by combing other colors.
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Resistant
Definition
Characteristics of some hair types that makes penetration by moisture of chemical difficul.
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Reverse Highlighting or Lowlighting
Definition
Technique of coloring strands of hair darker than the natural color.
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Secondary color
Definition
Color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
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Semipermanent haircolor
Definition
No-lift, deposit-only, nonoxidation haircolor that is not mixed with peroxide and is formulated to last through several shampoos
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Single-process haircoloring
Definition
Process that lightens and deposits color in the hair in single application
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Slicing
Definition
Coloring technique that involves taking a narrow, 1/8-inch (o.3 centimeters) section of hair by making a straight part at the scalp, positioning the hair over the foil, and applying lightener or color.
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Soap cap
Definition
Combination of equal parts prepared tint and shampoo applied to the hair like a regular shampoo
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Special effects haircoloring
Definition
Any technique that involoves partial lightening or coloring.
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Temporary haircoloring
Definition
Nonpermanent color whose large pigment molecules prevemnt penetration of the cuticle layer, allowing only a coating action that may be removed by shampooing
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Tertiary color
Definition
intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary coloe and its neighboring primary color on the color wheel in equal amounts.
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Tone
Definition
Also called hue of color; the balance of color.
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Toners
Definition
Semipermanent, demipermanent, and permanent haircolor products that are used primarily on prelightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors.
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Virgin application
Definition
First time the hair is colored
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Volume
Definition
Measure of varifying strenghts (cincentration) of hydrogen peroxide; the higher tthe volume, the greater the lifting action.
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Weaving
Definition
Coloring technique in which selected strands are picked up from a narrow seciton of hair with a zigzag motion of the comb, and lightener or coor is applied only to these strands.
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complementary colors
Definition
Primary and secondary olor combinations that are dirctly opposite from each other on the color wheel
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Contributing Pigment
Definition
Natural hair color that remains in the hair when the natural color is lightened; Must be taken into consideration when haircolor is selected. Also called undertone.
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