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hair white toner
hi ,i am Imad a hair colorist from Lebanon . my question ; i
always try to color bleached hair a white color . normal toner
for hair are not very effective , i tried titanium
dioxide [ dont know the particle size] but did nothing . is
there a way or another titanium [nano size] will work ? or any WHITE [pigment. dye or ???] that could be absorbed by hair and resist washing . thanks -
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what you need is a purple toning shampoo, to cancel out the yellow tones in bleached hair, leaving it silver/white
this product is an excellent example -
Hi Bill ,it looks you misunderstood me , i know about all purple shampoos . i am asking about WHITE [ ONLY WHITE ] . in the market there’s some white toners or dyes but it is not concentrated and fades quickly , so im searching about that white concentrate ingredient only
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You want a white permanent colour ?
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As far as I know, there is no pigment that can be absorbed by hair. The best you can do is create a water-resistant/waterproof film with well dispersed pigments to adhere to the hair shaft - essentially, makeup for hair.
Be careful about waterproof formulas, though - it’s important that they also come back off without too much trouble. -
I’m also unaware of anything that could be considered a white dye. Since white is the absence of color as far as dyes are concerned, if you can’t do this with bleach, you’re stuck with using pigments.
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@Bobzchemist I don’t know of any white oxidative dyes either; they tend to be dull and dark in colour, as the base and the couplers often form ill-defined mixtures of oligomers rather than single products
and base/coupler combinations which give single products result in sharp, bright colours (e.g. red, pink, orange) rather than white
based on what I know about photochemistry, if you want to create a genuine white dye or oxidative pigment you’d need some incredibly wide absorption and emission bands, and an outrageously odd molecular structure; it’d probably make a good Ph.D project, but at this moment in time it just doesn’t exist in reality
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There are a number of ways to make a flexible, permanent pigmented coating - but the catch is that it will be truly permanent - there will be no way to take it off at all. I would proceed with extreme caution on this project.
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@Bobzchemist Hi Bob , what do you mean about water-resistant/waterproof
film? is there something specific ? and about the dispersed
pigments , which white pigment do you advise ? thank you . -
Use TiO2 for a white pigment. Search for mascara formulas to get a starting point.
Be aware that a formula like this will not be restricted to the hair follicles - it will color everything it touches.
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