How To….Do A Strand Test<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span>strand test should give an indication of the final color and also check the brand’s suitability for your hair type\/porosity.
\nPlease always follow strand test instructions on any product you buy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A rough guide to doing a strand test would be:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Snip a few hairs from the back or your head (or any other area where it won’t be noticed).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Secure the hairs using tape.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Coat these hairs with the Special Effects or Manic Panic Dye (or alternatively dip the hair into the bottle of dye to cover it).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Follow the instructions on the hair dye packet as to length of time to leave dye on the hair and then rinse as normal. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n If you normally shampoo \/ condition hair after dyeing it then you should to the same with this strand test to see more realistic results.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n After this you should examine the strand fully to check for any damage \/ colour inconsistency etc.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n If you are happy with the results then proceed with using your hair dye as normal. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n	<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/span><\/td>\n	NOTE<\/span> – you should never use these semi-permanent hair dyes on hair that has been conditioned as this can prevent the hair dye ‘sticking’ to the hair. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How To….Do A Strand Test A strand test should give an indication of the final color and also check the brand’s suitability for your hair type\/porosity. Please always follow strand test instructions on any product you buy. A rough guide to doing a strand test would be: Snip a few hairs from the back or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb914K-YB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likeditsoimadeit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}