Hair Tint, Semi-permanent Dye or Permanent Dye?

Which product best suits my needs?

Hair Tints

Hair tints refer to dyes that rinse out and only temporarily tint your hair. Hair tints coat the surface of your strands, creating a new hair colour as they interact with your natural colour. They last between 2–10 washes.

Product recommendations:

Color Refresh by Maria Nila
Cellophane bx Sebastian Professional
Hair Tints by La Riche Directions
Igora Colorworx by Schwarzkopf Professional
Colorful Hair by L'Oréal Professionnel
Color Bomb by id Hair
My Color Reflex by Artego
Chromative by L'Oréal Professionnel
KeraFresh Color by KIS
Color Twister from Selective Professional

Product recommendations:

These shampoos are enriched with dyes and colour your hair as you wash it.

Colorwash by Celeb Luxury
Bold Color Wash Shampoo by Schwarzkopf Professional

Semi-permanent Dyes

A semi-permanent dye has an intensity between a tint and a dye. It can darken your natural hair colour and gently covers grey hairs. However, it cannot lighten the hair and rinses out after about 20 washes.

Note: Hydrogen peroxide (H2o2) is always required for intensive dyes.

Product recommendations:

Covers up to 50% of grey hair. Half of your hair can already be grey for this dye to be effective.
Mixing ratio: 1 part colour cream and 2 parts H2o2 (e.g. 30 g colour cream + 60 g Color Touch Emulsion 1.9%)
PROCESSING TIME: 20 minutes

Covers up to 70% of grey hair. If 3/4 of your hair is grey, the dye offers good coverage.
Mixing ratio: 1 part colour cream and 2 parts H2o2, e.g. 30 g colour cream + 60 g Color Touch Emulsion 4%.
PROCESSING TIME: 20 minutes

Permanent Dyes

Permanent dyes can darken your natural hair colour and cover grey hair. They do not wash out.

Permanent dyes completely cover your greys.

Product recommendations:

100% gray coverage: To achieve 100% gray coverage, the mixing ratio is always 1:1. All Koleston Perfect me + Pure Naturals dyes completely cover grey hair.

If you want to dye your hair a lighter tone, you have to use bleach. If you have untreated hair or natural hair, you can dye it up to 3 tones lighter.

Lighten up to three tones: 1 part Koleston Perfect me+ 1 part Welloxon Perfect 12%
Lighten by two tones: 1 part Koleston Perfect me +, 1 part Welloxon Perfect 9%
Dye the same colour or dye darker: 1 part Koleston Perfect me+ 1 part Welloxon Perfect 6%
Processing time approx. 30 – 40 minutes

Please note:

The information in this article is a simply a recommendation! Please read the description of the product you use very carefully. Follow the directions that come with your product carefully, as they also contain notes regarding intolerances and allergies.