Powder Or Paste Hair Lighteners

Powder Or Paste Hair Lighteners

Powder or paste lighteners are the fastest type of hair lighteners. Power or paste hair lighters contain oxygen-releasing boosters and inert substances for quicker and stronger action in lightening.

A professional hair colorist will need to mix the power or paste lighteners before they can be applied.

Paste lighteners will hold well, are not runny but on the down side, may dry out much quicker than cream lighteners. Cream lighteners can be easily controlled to prevent overlapping with previous colored hair.

Powder lighteners do not contain conditioning agents and may dry the hair and irritate the scalp.

Summary

There are different types of hair lighteners designed to achieve certain hair coloring goals.

If you are using box colors from the drugstore you will not need to worry about hair lighteners. If you're a professional hair colorist it would be helpful to know the lightening options which includes Oil Lighteners, Cream Lighteners and Powder or Paste Lighteners.