A hair toner is a demi-permanent hair color that can alter the state of the hair’s color and pH level. That is the reason why colorists use it to help it cool down or warm up the exact shade of your hair when the treatment finishes. The word, Demi-permanent, here means exactly what you think, non-permanent color that will eventually fade.

Toner is something to be applied in between color treatments, not just right after one, so that your color lasts and looks fresh longer.

Characteristics of a Hair Toner

Hair toner is something of a sweet little formula that neutralizes brassy yellow and orange tones on bleached hair. It is usually purple-blue tinted. It can be seen as more of an ashy, dusty, or platinum color, when applied on bleached hair. It shows much more of a natural-looking hair tone along with more shiny, healthy looking hair.

Toner can be termed as something used specifically for toing hair, along with that it can also be used with other products to tone your hair, such as hair dye or purple shampoo.

Important Facts about a Hair Toner

• A toner can be used to manipulate with shade of your natural hair color, helps in making them look cooler, deeper in shade, ashier, or even different colors like pink or purple.
• Toners are also used to undertone a hair color but they cannot lift the shade. That is why it is more often needed to bleach the dark colored hair for getting the right kind of shade.
• It is to be kept in mind that frequent hair washing will need you to re-tone the hair more often than regular. Therefore, you need to visit salons for regular touch-ups.
• Either hair toner can be used all over your hair, or it can just be applied in specific parts where you want to change the shade. For example, it can tone down just the part of your hair with highlights, or just at the roots to make them look more natural.
• Three different types of products can be used for toning: purple shampoo, ammonia toners, or dye.

Ammonia Based Products

 Ammonia based products are used when dealt with blonde hair. It is recommended to wait a few days before application if you have just bleached your hair, in order to avoid over-damaging of your hair. Stylists need to mix the formula with a 20-vol developer. This does not lift the color of your hair.

Purple Shampoo

 Purple shampoo is used after bleaching the hair, as it is gentler than ammonia-based toner. Wash your hair with it 2-3 times a week and leave it for 5-10 minutes each time. While buying a purple shampoo, we should know that different brands have different strengths of toning.

Purple Hair Dye

 It is to be used after bleaching your hair. It involves mixing a small amount with white conditioner and leaving it in 15-30 minutes. Just make sure to use a small amount!

After using products like these for hair toning, it is to be made sure that one does conditioning of the colored Hair too.

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