Graceful Ammonia Free Hair Color

Most of us want a change in hair color just for a change. As we age we need regular color that keeps our hair looking youthful and vibrant. There is a problem that most women do not know about their hair color whether they do the job at home or have it done at a salon.

The vast majority of hair colors that you can buy use ammonia. The dangers to hair and health from ammonia are many. Companies like Graceful have pioneered the science of ammonia free hair color for over a decade.

The most harmful effects of ammonia are as follows.

1) Hair

Ammonia is the chemical delivery component of ammonia based hair color. Ammonia opens up the most external layer of each hair follicle called the cuticle. The cuticle protects the hair from damage by keeping the natural oils and water in the hair. The cuticle also helps prevent shampoo, pollutants, and other chemicals from permanently damaging the hair.

Ammonia allows the color containing particles to be retained in the hair longer. This also produces several varieties of damage to the hair.

Ammonia destroys some of the hair protein and prevents the hair from retaining moisture. The hair becomes dry and brittle. Some hair loss can occur if ammonia treatments are used without proper care to reverse the damage that the ammonia hair color caused.

2) Expense

Using an ammonia based hair color is a guarantee that you will need to spend more money to control dry hair, splitting hair, and other damage.

3) Sinus and Respiratory Problems

Ammonia is an astringent. This means that the chemical will shrink the tissues in the nose, throat, and lungs. The amount of shrinking depends in part on the time that you are exposed to the ammonia. This can be as long as 45 minutes.

The second part of the breathing puzzle is genetics. Some people are genetically more prone to be allergic to ammonia than others. This is not an allergic attack that would require hospitalization. You may suffer dry sinuses and have a raspy throat for as long as a week if you are very sensitive to ammonia.

Another precaution that needs to be noted is that different products have different concentrations of ammonia. The amount of ammonia that is actually delivered is not clear from the list of components on the bottle. The salts of ammonia become free ammonia when mixed with water. The danger for people who are sensitive is that they cannot tell how much ammonia they may be exposed to.

4) Eyes

Ammonia can seriously harm your eyes. The temporary pain that occurs from accidentally getting hair color in your eye can cause blistering and may produce permanent damage.

5) Scalp

Ammonia can permanently damage the skin of the scalp. The skin feeds the hair. It is possible that you could lose your hair or some of it.

The benefits of ammonia free hair colors are not simply avoiding the problems that ammonia containing hair color can produce.

Ammonia free hair color nourishes the hair with natural oils. The body loses its ability to produce the oils that hair needs to look and feel its best as a person ages. The idea behind natural ammonia free hair color like Graceful is to help replace those oils while your hair gets the color that it needs.

Keratin is a fibrous polymer that is a part of skin and hair. Ammonia free hair color from Graceful contains keratin. This can replace the keratin that your hair and skin have lost due to age, sun exposure, and the attrition of pollution. You get back what you need for healthy hair along with the color that you want.

Hair color that contains no ammonia works at a pH that is closer to the natural pH of hair and skin. Your hair, skin, eyes, nasal passage, and lungs suffer no ill effects from Graceful hair color because it is more natural and ammonia free.

Graceful hair color works in a different chemical process. The hair color preparation does not attack and damage the hair in order to add color. This is a safer and simpler process that maintains the chemical and nutritional balance of the hair while changing the color. You get more color and healthier hair at the same time.

The way that Graceful ammonia free hair color is applied is just the same as ammonia hair color. It may take you about half an hour to change to a new color or revitalize your color. You can be sure that you will be more colorful and much safer.