Colouring under 16s
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I'm sure it's with parents consent. I have a large family of 18 cousins ad 37 second cousins and many are under 16, lots of them have thee hair coloured. In the school holidays my cousins daughter comes for bright pink put in her fringe, she's 8, and has it done with crazy colours, that way it washes off and it's not going to cause damage. She and my cousin love it.
When it comes down to it, these kids, if banned from having professionals colouring their hair, will find a way of getting a box colour and will in te end cause more damage and possibly have reactions, which can be prevented by us doing skin tests strand tests and knowing what we are doing. If anything I'd say ban box colours to under 16's.
In that light though, from 11 I was colouring my hair, sometimes natural sometimes all over wild colours like green or blue m, so it's nothing new happening, ad it won't end by saying no.
So I think us as professionals should take these kids under our wing and do their colours, make them look good, give them a confidence boost and aid their development as an individual person not a sheep xoxo
When it comes down to it, these kids, if banned from having professionals colouring their hair, will find a way of getting a box colour and will in te end cause more damage and possibly have reactions, which can be prevented by us doing skin tests strand tests and knowing what we are doing. If anything I'd say ban box colours to under 16's.
In that light though, from 11 I was colouring my hair, sometimes natural sometimes all over wild colours like green or blue m, so it's nothing new happening, ad it won't end by saying no.
So I think us as professionals should take these kids under our wing and do their colours, make them look good, give them a confidence boost and aid their development as an individual person not a sheep xoxo
''So I think us as professionals should take these kids under our wing and do their colours, make them look good, give them a confidence boost and aid their development as an individual person not a sheep''
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Its true, kids want to be individual and explore styles, colours, and just general life. I would get the parent to sign a disclaimer, do your skin test, strand test and go ahead with the service. Youre doing nothing wrong, if it was that important all Hair professionals would of been told through their colour reps, or simply by the media. I had no knowledge of the new ''law'' until I read a post on here one time.
<<< I LOVE WHAT YOU JUST SAID!
Its true, kids want to be individual and explore styles, colours, and just general life. I would get the parent to sign a disclaimer, do your skin test, strand test and go ahead with the service. Youre doing nothing wrong, if it was that important all Hair professionals would of been told through their colour reps, or simply by the media. I had no knowledge of the new ''law'' until I read a post on here one time.
LAPirate
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I agree whole heartedly, however the new EU directive says that you can not colour per sixteens! My problem with that is why shouldn't I colour their hair when boots are still selling them home colours?
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Hi Cupcakes,
Check with your Insurance.
My understanding is that the EU directive doesn't actually prevent professionals from carrying out chemical processes on under 16's BUT your insurance company probably precludes it.
The directive is mainly aimed at the labelling of chemical tint products.
Check with your Insurance.
My understanding is that the EU directive doesn't actually prevent professionals from carrying out chemical processes on under 16's BUT your insurance company probably precludes it.
The directive is mainly aimed at the labelling of chemical tint products.
magentahair
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if u look on the back of any tube of colour it states not recommended for use on persons under the age of sixteen! check your insurance if they would still cover you!
Hi
I had a discussion on here about this very recently.
Whilst i kind of understand its a way of protecting salons/mobile stylists etc from being put in a situation i also feel that if we stopped and refused to CORRECT colour on under 16s(we get alot of corrections!) they will without a doubt slap a third/fourth box colour on themselves putting them at a much higher risk of a severe reaction at a young age.
Ive seen perfect examples of this.A young girl (15 just)came to me with lovely orange mid lengths and ends and dark gold roots after applying 2 x high lift blonde box colours to her hair on a friday night.After doing a stretch test there was no way i was going to colour straight away and advised the mum the hair needed reconstructor treatments for a couple of weeks and then i would re consider sorting the problem out.
2 days later her mum rang to say she went and put another box blonde over it which obviously went a paler shade of orange,so decided to put a dark brown straight over,by which point she had a bad reaction and ended up on steroid medication and with the most awful weeping scalp and face for weeks.
She has now been told by her gp never to colour her hair again and in turn has created other allergies.
This is what happens if left to deal with professional hair problems by non professionals.Its a worrying thought that this could only get worse.
I had a discussion on here about this very recently.
Whilst i kind of understand its a way of protecting salons/mobile stylists etc from being put in a situation i also feel that if we stopped and refused to CORRECT colour on under 16s(we get alot of corrections!) they will without a doubt slap a third/fourth box colour on themselves putting them at a much higher risk of a severe reaction at a young age.
Ive seen perfect examples of this.A young girl (15 just)came to me with lovely orange mid lengths and ends and dark gold roots after applying 2 x high lift blonde box colours to her hair on a friday night.After doing a stretch test there was no way i was going to colour straight away and advised the mum the hair needed reconstructor treatments for a couple of weeks and then i would re consider sorting the problem out.
2 days later her mum rang to say she went and put another box blonde over it which obviously went a paler shade of orange,so decided to put a dark brown straight over,by which point she had a bad reaction and ended up on steroid medication and with the most awful weeping scalp and face for weeks.
She has now been told by her gp never to colour her hair again and in turn has created other allergies.
This is what happens if left to deal with professional hair problems by non professionals.Its a worrying thought that this could only get worse.
To be fair tho I had that reaction when a professional (a training rep from the salons colour company) done my colour. I think I will be using my betnovate scalp application for life as 4/5 years on I still get pain after bleaching.
But yes under 16's should be banned box colours but not salon treatments as most stylists know what they are doing, or maybe I just don't suit the new blonde range of that system xoxo
Thanks everyone for your help, i think this is a very grey area, i totally agree that professionals should "take teenagers under our wing" to prevent them buying box colours and ruining their hair, i am always very wary of colouring under 16s anyway, and try to put them off as much as possible, using temporary colours when possible, but this new EU regulation says even temporary colours are not allowed to be used on under 16s, which will upset many of my clients.
My insurance company says if it says no on the product then it is no, as under COSHH regulations all products should be "used in accordance to manufacturers instructions" so a disclaimer wont be worth the paper its written on.
Its hard enough these days running a business without stupid regulations like this.
My insurance company says if it says no on the product then it is no, as under COSHH regulations all products should be "used in accordance to manufacturers instructions" so a disclaimer wont be worth the paper its written on.
Its hard enough these days running a business without stupid regulations like this.
