The basics of aluminium foil for hairdressers
Aluminium foil gives very good control over the application of colour when dyeing. Aluminium foil is mainly used for permanent oxidative colours on medium to long hair. Foil can be cut to size, but can also be cut using an automatic machine. Aluminium foil can be used for highlights, colouring, and bleaching to create subtle and dramatic effects. As a hairdresser, you can also use foil to isolate certain sections of treated hair, allowing more than one colour or technique to be applied to the hair at the same time.
What can aluminium foil help you with?
- Firstly, it is a perfect tool for isolating. This is important if you want to add different products to your hair. Think of different hair colours.
- Aluminium foil is very strong and resistant. In short, it helps with two things: it is resistant to all types of liquids you use in your hairdressing salon, it stays well intact and retains the same shape for a long time.
- By using foil, specific sections of the hair can be dyed.
- Sometimes you need extra processing time for certain colours. If you put the colour (e.g. highlights) in the foil, you shorten the processing time due to the heat retained by the foil.
- By using foil, you can quickly and easily apply multiple colours of hair dye to the hair.
Use of aluminium foil for highlights, lowlights, or balayage
Aluminium foil is often used when applying highlights, lowlights, and balayage. This is done to work precisely. This allows you to determine exactly which sections of the hair will not be coloured and which sections will be coloured.
Use of an automatic foil dispenser
Using dispensers makes applying the foil technique much easier. A dispenser makes foils for you that are exactly the right size and also cuts these foils immediately. You can therefore get straight to work with these foils. This saves you a lot of time and also ensures that no foil is wasted. Are you tearing the foils manually? Then there is a good chance that the foils will be torn incorrectly. For use of the dispenser, we recommend the Procare Automatic Foil Dispenser.
Different lengths and thicknesses of aluminium foil
You can buy different types of foil from us. The width is almost always 12 cm, which is pretty much the standard size. The foils are available in different lengths. This allows you to choose how much foil you want to buy. Do you use a lot of foil daily? Then we recommend a longer roll. The thickness is expressed in micrometres, abbreviated as µm or my. The thicker the foil, the higher the number. Thicker foil also retains more heat.
Choose your aluminium foil
Koos van der Beek has various foils in the range: from large to small and from silver to coloured. Here you will find a selection of the most popular foils.
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Nebur The best-selling aluminium foil ALWAYS 3+1 FREE |
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Procare Aluminium foil 12 cm for automatic dispenser Easily and automatically cut foils |
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Comair Easy to apply multiple colours |
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Framar Embossed for better adhesion |