Choosing a color involves more than finding a shade on a box. Your starting color, previous processing, maintenance preferences, and the product’s instructions all matter.
Discuss the starting point
Tell a stylist about previous dyes, bleaching, relaxing, and other chemical services. A photograph can describe the result you want, but it does not establish that the same process is suitable for your hair. Ask about upkeep and growing the color out before committing to a substantial change.
Follow testing and application directions
FDA advises a skin test before every use of a hair dye, following the product’s instructions. Prior uneventful use does not rule out a later reaction, and a negative skin test does not guarantee that a reaction cannot occur during coloring. Wear the specified protection, keep track of processing time, and do not leave dye on longer to intensify the result.
Do not improvise around irritated skin
Avoid coloring an irritated, damaged, or sunburned scalp. Follow precautions about recent bleaching, relaxing, or perming rather than combining services because you are short on time. Do not use scalp hair dye on eyebrows or eyelashes. Natural-sounding marketing is not a substitute for directions or evidence of suitability.
Respond to a reaction rather than finishing the style
If a product causes a reaction, stop and follow its safety instructions; seek medical advice as needed. Breathing difficulty or swelling involving the mouth or throat requires emergency help. Keep the packaging so ingredients can be identified. A cosmetic result is never a reason to tolerate a significant reaction or repeat an exposure that caused problems.
Evidence and safety references
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