Chapter 3 – Product Selection and Formulation
3.2 Colouring Tools and Supplies
Selecting the correct tools and supplies for the technique that you choose will help you create the best result possible.
Let’s summarize the various colour tools and their best uses.
- Gloves
- Colour bowl
- Colour bottle
- Whisk
- Colour keys
- Weigh scale
- Timer
- Colour cape
- Towels
- Foil comb with rat tail
- For foil application and slicing/weaving
- Teasing comb
- To create seamless blends in your hair painting techniques
- Balayage board
- Without comb – creates a sturdy surface for hair painting
- With comb – holds backcombing in place while creating a sturdy surface for hair painting
- Hair clips
- Cushion clips
- For use with hair separators to hold in place
- Cotton
- To keep sections seperate when hair separators are not ideal
- Tint brushes
- Standard 2-inch flat tipped
- Ideal for root touches and foiling
- Stiffer brush for more precise saturation at root or in foil
- Wide standard 3–4-inch flat tipped
- Ideal for foiling, balayage, all over toner/colour application.
- More surface area/ more efficient saturation than 2” standard
- Slanted tip or V-angled brush
- Ideal for precision hair painting
- Feather-soft tint brushes
- Ideal for hair painting
- Achieve maximum glide with better product transference to hair
- Balayage brush
- Ideal for balayage / ombré saturation
- Maximum product load
- Achieve maximum saturation
- Usually have feather soft bristles for glide and product transference
- Standard 2-inch flat tipped
- Hair Separators:
| Ideal Colour Techniques | Ideal Colour Products | Pros | Cons | Re-usable? | |
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| Foil |
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NO |
| Cling Film |
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NO |
| No-stick Film |
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NO |
| Thermal Strips |
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YES |
| Meche |
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YES |