Not only has this lockdown created long locks, the length of time between us seeing our valued clients, means that many will need to visit the salon for a skin test before we can tackle your roots safely.
You will need a skin test at The Vanilla Room if:
- You are new to hair colour at The Vanilla Room
- You have coloured your hair using a box dye since your last visit
- If it has been more than 6 months since your last colour application at The Vanilla Room
- You are CHANGING your service from previous colour applied in foils only to balayage or an all over colour or wish add a toner to your service or think you might need one to refresh your previous highlights
- You are having a significant change of colour, for example going much darker, going from semi-permanent to permanent hair colour
- You have had any type of skin tattoo including henna or semi-permanent make up since your last colour
- You have had ANY allergic reaction to ANY products since your last hair colour
We know that many of you feel that this is unnecessary as you may be having the same shade you have always worn, however put yourself in our shoes – a reaction to hair dye, if serious, can cause anaphylactic shock- we would be devastated if this happened.
We care about you, so we can not proceed with any service that might do you harm. Plus, why would you want to risk it? Popping by the salon, completing a form and having a dot of colour placed behind your ear is the sensible thing to do. You do not need an appointment, just turn up a minimum of 48 hours before your colour booking. It takes just minutes.
If you are booked in the first few days of opening and you need a skin test, we will contact you directly about this. If you live a considerable distance away and need a skin test, we have a solution for this too and we will be in touch.
If the above criteria does not apply to you, but you have had a significant change in health, medication or are concerned about skin reactions after vaccination or post-covid, then please just turn up for a skin test. We are actively encouraging all of our colour clients to get re-tested. We feel this is best practice. You can be skin tested as often as you like, even before every colour if that suits you.
Creatively, your colourist would like the widest range of options to update your colour during your salon visit. To achieve this without you having to wait until next time, an annual skin test logged on your client card is a requirement. We have also updated our internal systems to comply with new requirements, which means there is a short form that you will need to complete before we start any colour application, every visit. Your stylist will discuss this with you.
We are testing our clients because we care. We want your next visit to be all about your hair and cannot wait to see you!
You can read more about hair dye reaction safety via the NHS.
