It is best to avoid trying to accomplish both maximum "lift" and gray coverage in
a single process! Often, colorists attempt to create blonde gray coverage and maximum
lightening in a single process. So, they formulate a shade using a level 9 or lighter shade
of permanent hair color.
When gray hair covers to a level 9, 10 or lighter.. the perception is that the gray DID NOT
COVER.... the sheer, light shade looks as if it is still gray. fAnd, if there is any hair which
was not gray prior to the application of the formula.,, It might look brassy, or a warm
golden orange...
Best advice: Gray coverage looks best when a formula which is the same level, or one
or two shades lighter than the "pigmented" hair is applied. And, assure yourself of coverage
when you create a formula of level 8 or deeper. B
Well, what about our clients that want to be lighter because they grow in white and a level 7 or darker is too much if a line of demarcation… even if we hi lite every 2/3 times? They want to be an 8/9 base… low ammonia? Glaze? What?..