What is different about “Box” hair color bought in the drugstore and the hair color used in a salon for professional color?
What is used in the salon is for professional use only. The colorist has been trained in product formulation and techniques for that particular hair color. Professional colors are are very high quality and the developers are very different from what you are allowed to purchase over the counter. Our colors have more “oomph’ and deeper pigments and a huge variety of choice, besides, each formulation is yours, alone, customized to your hair and what you want to achieve for your tone, depth and dimensions. The major difference we notice in home color, is the hair’s condition. It seems to be very much inferior compared to how the hair’s condition is with the colors we use in the salon. It’s not to say box color is a bad thing, but I have a hard time saying it is good for your hair. Many clients hair is tough enough to be able to use it, but you really need to compensate for the damage done by using high quality hair products. Box color also seems to fade very quickly compared to salon quali
