Teen’s shocking allergic reaction to hair dye patch test which she says saved her life.
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One hour after the dye was tested the student's ears ballooned and started weeping. The next day the reaction was even worse, and she was left unable to move her neck.  Doctors told Sophie Warren she would have DIED if the dye had been put all over her head.

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What are the reactions to PPD allergy?​

Reaction caused by the use of hair dye in mild cases usually only involves dermatitis to the upper eyelids or the rims of the ears. In more severe cases, there may be marked reddening and swelling of the scalp and the face. The eyelids may completely close and the allergic contact dermatitis reaction may become widespread.

Severe allergy to PPD can result in contact urticaria and rarely, anaphylaxis.

If your hair is highlighted, your hair stylist may have recommended that you try a purple toning shampoo to keep your highlights bright.  Purple toning shampoo helps keep highlights or colored hair from turning yellow or brassy. It works by depositing purple pigment onto highlighted hair. The purple pigment tones out the yellow or brassiness leaving your hair a more desired neutral tone.

It's important to note that purple toning shampoos shouldn't be used daily or even with every shampoo. Only use a purple toning shampoo 3-4 times per month, or when you notice that your hair is starting to get brassy. Over use of purple toning shampoo can result in blue, purple, or gray highlights. Although, these days that just might be your thing.

Shampoos with high levels of pigment are great for medium blonde to black hair, while lighter pigmented shampoos are better for medium blonde to platinum blonde hair. If a shampoo has too much pigment for hair color, I like to cut it with a traditional shampoo using a 50/50 ratio.

Pro tip: use a highly pigmented purple shampoo on brown and black hair to increase shine and depth.  Also great for gray (#grannyhair) or white hair that loses its luster. It's not just for blonde hair.

Click here for a list of purple toning shampoos that come highly recommended.

The Effects of Hair Parting on Social Appraisal
and Personal Development
By Catherine Walter and John Walter
 
Surprisingly, a hair part has a crucial impact on interpersonal relationships by affecting immediate character appraisal, perceived personality traits, self-perception and self-development!

The Hair Part Theory was developed by a brother-sister team trained, respectively, in nuclear physics and cultural anthropology. Their revolutionary theory is now being made available to the general public, so that all individuals can have more control over automatic and mostly unconscious assessments made of their personalities by others. John and Catherine Walter also produce the True Mirror®, a mirror that does not reverse the viewer’s image and which therefore allows an accurate self-assessment.

A left hair part draws unconscious attention to the activities that are controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain, i.e. activities traditionally attributed to masculinity. A right hair part draws unconscious attention to the activities that are controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, i.e. activities traditionally attributed to femininity.

A man who parts his hair on the right, and who is striving for positive assessment in a traditionally male role is at risk for having difficulties in interpersonal relationships, since he is sending a mixed, subconscious message by emphasizing the activities of the brain traditionally attributed to femininity.

A woman who parts her hair on the left, and who is striving for positive assessment in a traditionally male role (for example, in business or politics) will be taken more seriously than a woman with a right part, who is emphasizing mental processes that are traditionally attributed to femininity.

Use the links below to access the full theory paper, as well as an analysis of United States Presidents, Vice Presidents, state Governors (in office 9/98), and the Senators and Representatives of the 105th Congress according to their hair part choice, with an emphasis on those who part their hair on the right.

Additionally, a list of famous men who wear a right part is included, since these men illustrate some of the surprising ways that a right hair part affects personality and perception of personality.

The Hair Part Theory (c)1998  
PDF version – Complete data included

The Hair Part Theory
Web Version

Lincoln - Left or Right?

Hair Part Theory – Discover the Difference!  

RadioLab:  Mirror, Mirror

The Atlantic: The Mirror of Dorian Gray