How does permanent hair color work?

Permanent hair color is a great product to use if you want to cover grey or want lighter hair color or just a longer lasting hue. Most permanent hair color contains two main ingredients, color pigment and ammonia. For the color to be activated you must use peroxide.I went to a hair class one time and a very talented educator explained for us how this process works.

Imagine that the pigs are the color pigments. Ha-ha get it their pigs...Now for the pigs to get in to your hair shaft they have to ride on a ...

                                         

bus! This is the ammonia. The pigs need ammonia to work in order to get on the...

road. The road is peroxide. The lighter the color the wider the road has to be. This means you have to use a stronger peroxide to open that cuticle so the bus and the pigs can get in and do their job.

This is just a super simple way to explain this. I'll leave it up to your hair dresser to decide how much pigment, ammonia and peroxide to use to get the color you want.

Remember they are educated licensed professionals who know what they are doing. Hair color is NOT nice and easy! Just take a good look at the hair of the people buying hair color in the grocery store. Now that can be a hot mess!