Stevie English Hair, hair dictionary D's

Damaged hair Damaged hair is created from too much colouring, heat styling, or excessive brushing with bad home maintenance. Dehydrated Hair Hair is often dehydrated from frequent styling, over colouring and harsh weather, which strips hair of moisture leaving it dry, coarse and unmanageable. You can turn the clock back by treating it well using great products recommended by a Stevie English stylist.

Demi Demi-permanent hair colors deliver incredible colour, shine, and condition to hair while only lightening natural pigment slightly. They are good first step into colour. They are ideal if you want to enrich your natural colour, brighten dullness, or refresh previously coloured hair. Stevie English Hair only uses O&M Conditioning Colour Gloss, as well as O&M  liquids.

Depth  The depth of a hair colour shade is determined by the amount of darkness in the colour. Deeper shades contain more pigment, and absorb more light, while lighter shades have diffused pigments which are more transparent and reflect more light.

Detanglers Detanglers modify the hair surface their and main job is to help get rid of knots by using pH as acidifiers, and/or by coating the hair with polymers as glossers.

Developer Developer is the oxidizing agent that allows the haircolor to do its job. Mostpermanent haircolour today uses hydrogen peroxide as a developer. The peroxide is the activator so that the color can penetrate. It also disperses the existing color and can lighten the hair’s color level depending on the strength of the peroxide formulation. The peroxide developer’s oxidizing potential is denoted as its ‘volume’. Most haircolour formulas today work with a 10, 20, 30, or 40 volume developer.

Double process This is a colour technique that is used to achieve dramatic colour changes, ie going from blonde to dark. You often need the second coat to fill or even out colour. When going from very dark to light, you need to tone or even out colour- your Stevie English Colourist/stylist will choose what’s right for you.

Dreadlocks A hairstyle that is created by twisting and matting hair together, it is suited to curly, afro hair types.

Dry (see blowdry)