Colour work is a craft of reading hair, choosing chemistry with care, and knowing when to stop. This textbook teaches the decisions a colourist makes at the chair, from dark natural bases and stubborn grey to lightener and multi-visit correction. It is written for trained hands in a salon, and the product instructions always come before anything printed here.
Chapters
- Level, tone, and natural dark hair — Reading the starting level
- The colour wheel at the chair — The wheel as a tool, not a decoration
- Developer and what volume really does — What each volume does
- Grey coverage — Why grey resists
- Lightener, strand test, and toner — The strand test comes first
- Placement: global, gloss, balayage, foilyage, root smudge — Global colour and gloss
- Correction in stages — Assess, then plan the visits
- Records, allergy, PPD, and patch tests — Records that protect the client and you
- Oxidative and non-oxidative colour — Semi, demi, permanent, and gloss
- Application order — Virgin application versus root retouch
- Aftercare and fade — Sulfate wash, heat, and sun
- Hard water and minerals — How minerals change tone
This is a Nandu Nai textbook. It is a private brand book, not a government licence, and it does not give the right to give medical treatment.