A visitor to the Pikabu portal with the nickname backupcat, who was carried away by the rules of hair dyeing, explained why there are so many elderly women with lilac hair in Russia.
“Grandmothers' purple hair is not so much an intentional result as a mistake from not knowing the basics of coloring. Although someone has intentional, probably … But more often not than yes ,
- explains backupcat.
Wanting to hide gray hair, older women choose light shades of paint from the mass market so that over time the gray hair that breaks through is not so noticeable, the girl continues. However, women do not take into account that gray hair is devoid of pigment, and therefore dye containing a lot of blue or purple lays down excessively.
“This dye is not intended for dyeing gray hair, but for lightening dark hair. Dark hair is lightened to an off-yellow color that has nothing to do with blond except for the level of lightening. In order for this yellow mess to become blond, it must be neutralized, that is, tinted with the opposite color. For yellow, this color is lilac, so purple pigment is added to the illuminator (yes, it is not actually paint) with a blonde on the package,”
- the author explains the process.
However, after dyeing gray hair with a light shade, yellowness does not appear, and therefore lilac, designed to overlap it, eats into the hair.
In conclusion, backupcat recommended that those wishing to turn dark hair into blonde use exclusively professional dye and carefully lighten their hair in several stages, preferably with the help of at least one person.
