What is a hair toner?
If you color your hair regularly, you’ll probably recognize this: unwanted tones in your hair. When you’ve just had your hair dyed, this is naturally the last thing you want, and you’ll want to get rid of them quickly. A toner can help! A toner is a product containing colored pigments that neutralize unwanted tones in dyed hair. This leaves you with only the hair color you want.
How does a hair toner work?
Hair toners work through a neutralization process based on the color wheel of primary and secondary colors.
Colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors. When you mix these colors, you’ll notice that they create a dark, neutral color. The vivid color is therefore neutralized.
Hair toners are mainly used by hairdressers after bleaching. When hair is bleached, bleach is used to lighten it. Bleach removes the pigment that gives your hair its natural color, but unfortunately it can’t remove all the pigment. This can cause an orange or yellow tinge to appear soon after bleaching. Toner is used to counteract these unwanted tones. It removes them from the hair because the unwanted tones and the pigments added by the toner cancel each other out.
Why use a hair toner?
Toners have become an essential part of color treatments. A toner enhances the effect of a color treatment and removes unwanted tones from the hair. What’s more, you can use a hair toner again after a few weeks to refresh your hair color and protect it from fading.
So, you use a hair toner to achieve an even color result and make your hair color look its best. For example, blonde hair can be transformed into an ash, sandy blonde, or even rose blonde look.
Which hair toner is right for my hair?
As mentioned earlier, toner is intended to neutralize unwanted tones in the hair. But how do you know which toner is right for your hair color? Here are a few examples of the most commonly used hair toners:
- Do you have an orange tinge after coloring your hair? Then use a blue hair toner. Blue pigments neutralize orange tones, making the unwanted orange tinge disappear from your hair. We recommend the Fanola No Orange Hair Mask for this. This effective hair mask neutralizes unwanted orange and copper tones with its blue pigments. It also helps your color last longer and hydrates your hair.
- Do you have a yellow tinge in your hair after dyeing it? Then use a purple hair toner. The purple pigments neutralize yellow tones, making them no longer visible. A good toner to use at home is the Fudge Clean Blonde Violet Shampoo. This powerful silver shampoo neutralizes yellow tones in dyed hair without drying it out. It also contains a blend of ingredients that help keep hair healthy, vibrant, and shiny.
- Do you have a green tinge in your hair? For example, after swimming in a pool? Then use a red hair toner. Red neutralizes green, removing these tones from your hair too. Unfortunately, there are no shampoos that effectively treat colored hair with an unwanted green tinge. However, we recommend using a clarifying shampoo after swimming to remove chlorine from your hair and prevent further damage to your hair color. For example, use Deep Cleansing Shampoo by Label.M. This powerful shampoo deeply cleanses and protects against heat and UV radiation.
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