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Ammonia: Friend or Foe?

Ammonia: most of us have heard of it, but how many of us actually know what ammonia is and how it works? In the beauty world, there are varying opinions on whether ammonia is good or bad, safe or harmful. To dig deeper into this debate, let’s first break down what ammonia actually is. Ammonia, or an ammonia substitute, is an almost all-permanent hair color. When there is ammonia in the color, the outermost layer of your hair, also known as the cuticle of the hair, opens extremely wide, allowing the color to penetrate deeply. The result is rich, saturated hair color that has a softening effect. However,...

Itching Scalp After Coloring

Last week, one of my clients came into my Aventura hair salon for in for organic hair color. I had only seen her once before so I didn’t have a pattern of her visits. I remember her, during our consultation she informed me that she is a breast cancer survivor and it was just a few years ago. When a cancer survivor comes in for hair color and other services I like to take the time to explain why we have 13 different hair color lines and how we actually prescribe the type of hair color that will be the safest for their health requirements, their sensitivity...