Organic Hair Color

HairapyPDX’s Organic Color Systems Main Features and Benefits

• No ammonia therefore no damage to the hair.
• Infinite number of colors.
• Preeminent reverence for the hair and it’s natural structural integrity and beauty.
• Optimized to preserve, protect, and stimulate hair’s natural pigmentation elements like tyrosine, melatonin, eumelanin, and pheomelanin to ensure a more natural, healthy, vibrant, lasting color.
• Covers up to 100% white.
• Achieve rich, vibrant natural colors including reds and coppers that do not fade or yellow.
• Create permanent or semi-permanent. Lighten up to four levels without damage.
• No more itchy scalps, stinging or staining. No toxic odors in the salon.
• No ammonia gas to be inhaled. Much healthier for your clients. Much healthier for you.
• 100% free of formaldehyde, ammonia, resorcinol, and Contains Certified Organic Ingredients.
• Certified 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
• Plus numerous more!

Under The Microscope

The hair sample pictured to the left is from exactly the same natural hair (level 5 virgin hair). The top picture shows hair colored with HairapyPDX’s Color Systems’ color level 6 and Activator One (20 vol.).

The picture below shows the same hair colored with a leading manufacturer’s ammonia-based color, using a level 6 and the manufacturer’s corresponding 20 volume developer. Same hair, same level of color used, same (H2O2) Hydrogen Peroxide strength.

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You can clearly see the difference in these photographs.

HairapyPDX’s Color System’s colors do not compromise the state of the hair’s cuticle, therefore, the shine and the length of time that the color lasts is superior to ammonia based colors.

The protein balance in the hair is also left intact so you don’t get unwanted warmth coming into the hair which also promotes the longevity of color.

Why you don’t Want or Need Ammonia in your Hair Color

Ammonia affects different people in different ways. I’ve seen this happen in salons time and time again.

Client Number One has her hair colored with a product that contains ammonia apparently without any side effects at all. Client Number Two has her hair colored using the same product and ends up with headaches, stinging eyes, trouble breathing or a nasty rash. Or ends up in bed feeling terrible.

I’ve talked with many hairdressers and hundreds of clients about this and the most

common answer goes something like this: “It’s the price you have to pay if you want your hair colored”.

Often the clients will add “Thank goodness I don’t have to get it done every week”. Or “I figure every 6 or 8 weeks can’t do too much harm.”

But I say “If ammonia can affect our clients like this, then what about the hairdressers and colorists who are breathing it in every day?”

There’s plenty of information available about the adverse effects of ammonia. It’s no secret. Ask any doctor or check it out on the Internet. You’ll find statements like this:
“Inhalation of lower concentrations in the air or solution can cause coughing, and nose and throat irritation. It can also produce rapid skin or eye irritation. Ammonia’s odor provides adequate early warning of its presence, but ammonia also causes olfactory fatigue or adaptation, reducing awareness of one’s prolonged exposure at low concentrations”.

At the same time as ammonia is getting into your eyes and lungs, it’s getting into the cuticle of the hair. In fact the shaft of hair is starting to resemble Swiss cheese (see the photos above).

Ammonia not only negatively affects the cuticle of the hair, it also damages the amino acid or protein called Tyrosine which is found inside the hair shaft. Tyrosine is responsible for producing melanin (the natural pigment in the hair shaft). When the Tyrosine is damaged, the hair’s ability to hold onto color is greatly reduced (or eliminated altogether). When you introduce color into the hair shaft without damaging the Tyrosine the color lasts longer because the color has something to bond to.

I hope you have learned something valuable here, and will try HairapyPDX Salon for your next coloring.