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The Truth About Hair Coloring
If you're blonde, you want to be a red; if you're red, you want
to be brown, and if you're gray you probably want to be anything
else! Blonde, black, brunette, redhead, albino - hair color is as
diverse as race and face.
Hair color is genetic, and for as long as we can remember, humans
have been transforming it. Playing with nature's elements has led
us to wild and wonderful variations on the natural color selection
of human hair. Henna, woad, ochre, lemon juice, red wine and beer
were all used to enhance hair color before chemical hair dyes were
readily available.
The difference between semi-permanent and permanent hair dye is
that semi-permanent color only coats the hair shaft, eventually
fading; permanent peroxide coloring changes the pigment of the cortex
(the layer that contains pigments and controls elasticity) and has
to be grown out.
Facts:
- In 1950, 7% of American women dyed their hair
- The first chemical hair dye was patented by Monnet et cie in
1883.
- Hair color has not been a compulsory physical feature on passports
since 1969.
- Caesar reported seeing Saxons with blue hair.
- Ancient Egyptian men dyed their beards with henna.
- Close to 75% of American women dye their hair these days.
According to the American Academy of Dermatology:
"Natural blondes typically have more hair (140,000 hairs) than
brunettes (105,000 hairs) or redheads (90,000 hairs)."
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