GettingKinky
Well-Known Member
So I told my stylist that I'm thinking of going natural and she said on natural hair semi-permanent color doesn't cover grays well and I would have to switch to demi-permanent. atever that means)
I think what she means is that the semi-permanent works well right after a relaxer because the cuticle is open. I can tell that the color takes better and lasts longer when she applies it on relaxer day vs non-relaxer day. So I don't think it's natural v relaxed hair, but open v closed cuticle.
From what I've read demi-permanent color uses peroxide to open the cuticle so the color will penetrate better. She said we would only have to do a level 5 (whatever that means)
She said we could do the demi-permanent on the roots only and semi-permanent on the rest, but I think she's suggesting this because she mistakenly believes that semi-permanent works better on relaxed hair.
In principle demi-permanent sounds no more damaging than relaxing plus semi-permanent color, and my hair has tolerated that well. But I'm a little scared. Does anyone have any experiences to share?
I think what she means is that the semi-permanent works well right after a relaxer because the cuticle is open. I can tell that the color takes better and lasts longer when she applies it on relaxer day vs non-relaxer day. So I don't think it's natural v relaxed hair, but open v closed cuticle.
From what I've read demi-permanent color uses peroxide to open the cuticle so the color will penetrate better. She said we would only have to do a level 5 (whatever that means)
She said we could do the demi-permanent on the roots only and semi-permanent on the rest, but I think she's suggesting this because she mistakenly believes that semi-permanent works better on relaxed hair.
In principle demi-permanent sounds no more damaging than relaxing plus semi-permanent color, and my hair has tolerated that well. But I'm a little scared. Does anyone have any experiences to share?