Allergy test and "Swatch " Results
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Allergy test and "Swatch " Results

Allergy test ongoing. No reaction yet. I tested an area of sensitive skin on front of my shoulder, above and not under my arm pit, and an area on my bicep.    The bicep area was chosen as a test of how much the hair dye dies the skin. After thirty minutes I washed it off and found the color ( 5N ) barely stained my skin (if at all). I am quite pleased with those results.    My "dyeing" test was done on "beard" hair, some were medium brown, others were pure white. I immersed the hair sample in the dye developer mixture for 20 minutes (note extra short time period). Then rinsed with "castille" soap (very mild soap, non-detergent), and strained carefully through coffee filter (very short pieces 1/4" length), washed and rinsed again.    QUITE PLEASED with the results. The white hair dyed roughly medium brown, the brown hair did not get noticeably darker. The utensils I used in the process cleaned up completely without stain.    Did test with "popsicle stick" to get a rough idea of permanence. It stained medium brown, could not be washed out, and did not fade.    QUITE HAPPY and HOPEFUL at the moment.    Will post as this progresses

Posted by: JeremyE




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