Friday, August 26, 2011
Metallic Salts....
While these seem harmless they are unbelievably damaging to hair. Many non professional hair color lines use these salts in their formulation without having to tell the consumer about these ingredients and what harm they cause. They are incompatible with other chemical services so once the product is used on the hair it is not fit to have another hair color, color remover, decolorizer, or perm put on it in order to prevent breakage or discoloration. The appeal to these products is that they have the ability to provide a vibrant dimensional color that you can do at home without the expense of a salon. This is accomplished by what they call progressive color, it leaves a permanent build-up on the strand and darkens with every application. These products also tend to dry out the hair and make it look and feel dry. The only way to remove these salts is by cutting the hair off where the metallic dye is present on the hair.
I had heard that L'Oreal Feria contained these sort of salts and while I was doing research to find out if this was true I found some very disturbing things. YES L'Oreal Feria does contain metallic salts. (source: Household Products Database) It contains at least 4 types of metallic salts: sodium metabisulfate (used in Iron rust and stain remover and stump killer, also used in the Garnier Nutrisse line) sodium dietrylaminopropyl cocoaspartamide (only in L'Oreal color) TSPP (used in toothpastes and garage and driveway cleaner) and sodium stannate (used in L'Oreal and Garnier Nutrisse). So moral of the story DO NOT USE L'Oreal Feria or Garnier Nutrisse!!! Why would anyone want to use a product that has an ingredient used to clean Iron of rust?!? This just doesn't seem like a good idea.
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I used Garnier Nutrisse and was going to use L'Oreal Paris Feria, but then I read this and now I'm concerned.... does this mean I can't dye my hair anymore or better yet fix it?
ReplyDeleteProblem with what you're saying about Garnier: I've dyed over with veggie dye and bleached out Garnier Nutrisse dye. No problems; no breakage; no horrible chemical reaction.
ReplyDeleteThe person posting here is an IDIOT!!! As a chemistry major I can tell you that the chemicals listed are NOT 'Metal Compounds' that will react with hair dyes. Sodium Metabisulfite is used as an 'Antioxidant' to keep the color from developing from oxygen in the air and is used in FOOD to prevent spoilage Sodium Stannate is used to stabilize the Hydrogen Peroxide in the developing lotion to keep it from deteriorating sodium dietrylaminopropyl cocoaspartamide is a foaming and thickening agent made from coconut oil the fact that they are used in other products DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE DANGEROUS - WATER is also used in these products and is the MOST POTENT SOLVENT KNOWN so, you can make ANY chemical look dangerous by association.
ReplyDeleteI am also a chemistry major; did you forget that sodium is a metal? You see, the problem with metallic salts in hair products is not so much the immediate product that you use but the subsequent products which may react with the deposited metallic salts in the future (i.e. hair bleach). Do you know anything about this? I am wondering because I do not know if the sodium based salts will react or not as many "hair bleach" products warn against using on hair previously treated with metallic dyes (dyes which use metallic salts).
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ReplyDeleteI concur with Football. I called Loreal myself this morning. NONE of their product lines contain metallic salts nor did they at the time this article was created. In fact, I was told it is perfectly safe to mix their retail box dyes with their professional dyes. I specifically told them I wanted to mix 6N from the Preference line with their HiColor Reds line to achieve better grey coverage & avoid hot roots. Their reps assured me this is a common practice and there are no interactions between mixing the two. This kind of vicious rumor spreading is completely uncalled for & if this blog was big enough to hurt the company's reputation, they could bring a defamation suit against you. Seriously,NOT COOL
ReplyDeleteDid you read the entire article where the metallic salts contained are listed? " YES L'Oreal Feria does contain metallic salts. (source: Household Products Database) It contains at least 4 types of metallic salts: sodium metabisulfate (used in Iron rust and stain remover and stump killer, also used in the Garnier Nutrisse line) sodium dietrylaminopropyl cocoaspartamide (only in L'Oreal color) TSPP (used in toothpastes and garage and driveway cleaner) and sodium stannate (used in L'Oreal and Garnier Nutrisse"
DeleteSodium is a metal.
Yes brcause a customer service rep knows more than the scipt they are reading from..... You honestly think they would tell you... Im gonna call up the brazillian blowout company and ask about formadahyde......
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