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Heated a stubborn color bowl with a hairdryer before mixing and it actually worked
I was trying to mix a stubborn semi-permanent blue for a client, and the color was just too thick to blend smoothly. I remembered a stylist in Phoenix mentioning she warms her bowls, so I used my blow dryer on low for about 30 seconds before pouring. The pigment mixed perfectly and applied evenly. Has anyone else tried warming their color before application?
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miab1622d ago
Honestly I've done something similar but with a hot water bath instead of a hairdryer. I was mixing a dark magenta that always clumped up on me and I stuck the unopened tube in a cup of hot tap water for a few minutes before squeezing it out. It made the color way more fluid and it spread like butter on the hair. I think the warmth just loosens everything up so the pigment blends without fighting you.
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ryan9521mo ago
My cousin who does custom auto paint swears by warming his tints in a bucket of hot water first. He says cold pigment can have a weird surface tension that breaks the emulsion. Maybe that's why the hairdryer trick works so well for you.
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