Review on the Types of Hair Colorant, Structure and Their Characteristics

Hair color is one of the oldest cosmetics known by many ancient cultures in different parts of the world like the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Chinese and Hindus have been used. Before the advent of chemical colors, creative use of natural products for hair color, was common. Natural colors, including colors with plant source (henna, beet, madder, chamomile), animal origin (Cochineal insects, species of mussels) and metal salts. As well as chemical dye the hair into three categories: temporary (non-oxidizing), semi-permanent colors (non-oxidizing) and permanent colors (antioxidant) are divided. In general, chemical hair colors is divided into two main categories oxidant and non-oxidant. And the durability of color into three categories: temporary, semi-permanent and permanent split. In this article, we will describe the types of hair color and structure and characteristics of each are discussed