Question on hair for cosmetologists or anyone else?

i need help finding a highlighting kit .

the one i want to buy says that i cannot use it over color restorers or metallic dyes . i am not really sure what that is but i am going to dye my hair so i ;m guessing i can ;t use it . if i can , then please tell me so .

the one i wanted was toasted almond hi-light styliste from loreal paris .

since i can ;t use it , i need help finding another " toasted almond " highlighting kit or something that would go good with dark brown / medium brown hair .

any help would be greatly appreciated !

Question on hair for cosmetologists or anyone else?

The color restorers are products like Grecian and any products for grey hair that you don't mix. Grecian contains lead. Metalic dyes would be the semi-permanent products that you don't mix (Manic Panic, Loreal Color Pulse mousse, Beyond the Zone, perhaps Adore, etc). If it is used directly out of a bottle or tube, and without mixing anything, then chances are, it falls into the metalic dye category. This would also apply to henna.

The problem here with mixing chemical processes with metalic/mineral dyes is that they may cause unintended chemical reactions. One lady who used a chemical product over a metalic dye product had smoke coming out of her hair. I allowed a chemical lightener to come in contact with a metalic dye, and it turned green! Just think if they were in my hair!

Generally, you can use the highlighting kits over previous chemical lightener products (the ones that you mix and smell like ammonia). However, such a use is not predictable. So do the recommended strand test first. If that works okay, then, and only then should you use it on the rest of your hair.

My main concern is all this chemical processing so close together. If I am hearing you right, you want to color and then highlight.

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