The hair toner
Hair toner is an indispensable ally for hair color. There are many different types and uses, so clarity is needed on what they look like and how to use them. Let’s see together point by point!
Hair tonalizer: what it is and what it is used for
Toning agents or highlights are an ammonia-free semi.-permanent coloring with direct pigments that do not penetrate deeply into the hair.
Hair toning can be chosen when:
- the hair is lackluster or the color seems to lack vibrancy
- one wants to try a slightly different shade
- you want to dull unwanted highlights
It can be applied to bleached and lightened hair to pigment it or after the coloring service to play with shades and achieve the desired tone or on natural hair to revive lackluster highlights. It is ideal for keeping color alive between coloring treatments.
There are several types of tonalizers, the most common and easiest to use are color masks.
The lifespan of a hair tonalizer depends on the health of the hair; they generally discharge in 4 to 6 washes, so can last a few weeks.
Blond hair tonalizer: the most sought-after
The most popular tonalizer is definitely the blond hair tonalizer. In this case the tonalizer is used either to eliminate the annoying and unwanted straw-yellow highlights or to give a more vibrant color to bleached, colored or natural blond hair.
It is then referred to as anti-yellow (very popular in addition to toning, anti-yellow shampoo) to eliminate yellow or orange highlights and to preserve the brightness and tone of the natural or dyed color. Also ideal for neutralizing yellowing of natural gray or white hair.
Blond hair toner (e.g., sand, honey The color mask) makes the color more vivid and bright but does not change the tone of the dye, giving beautiful highlights.
Cool brown hair toner, caramel, copper… to each his own color!
In addition to blond hair tonalizer there are a variety of shades and tones. For the correct choice of tonalizer everything obviously depends on the base of the hair.
The shades are so varied (for example in our range The color mask there are 10 shades) that it is not difficult to find the right one for your hair. They range from crazy colors to brown toning, caramel toning, copper toning. All types of highlights are used to play with the shades, give the right depth to the color, protect it from oxidation and keep it alive between coloring.
In short, brown toning, caramel toning, copper toning–to each his own color!