Why is Glossing So Dang Cold?
Happy April Fool’s Day, besties!
We’re so happy to have you back for another edition of the CocoLemon Hair blog <3
And, while we hope today is full of all the fun tricks that April 1st is so famous for, we’re here to debunk one that plagues us day-in and day-out.
If you’ve ever been at the shampoo bowl and hear us say “this might be a little chilly” as we go to apply your gloss…. You know exactly what we’re about to get to the bottom of.
Why are they so cold?
Room-temp, you say?
Picture this: you’ve been sitting for hours. You powered through the foiling/color application. You entertained yourself while you processed. You’re finally at the shampoo bowl, ready to relax now that you’re free of the prison of the chair.
And then you get hit with what can only be described as a jolt back to reality.
Your stylist warned you the gloss/toner might be a little bit chilly.
But now you’re laying here wondering, in what world, someone might describe this experience as chilly?
A better way to describe it would be “pretty freakin’ cold.”
But would you believe that gloss/toner is the exact same temp as the air around you? Contrary to popular belief, we don’t actually keep it in a fridge. It came off a shelf or out of a cabinet that’s room temp exactly.
So why is it so freakin’ cold?
“Explain like I’m five, plz!”
This is more a direct quote from me than anything else. Because how tf does it feel like that?
So let’s dive into my all-time fav topic: science <3
So, what’s happening and why is your gloss so cold?
While, logically, 70 degrees isn’t really that cold, that’s not the case when whatever’s touching you is wet due to a little thing called thermal conductivity.
Thermal conductivity is one of the simpler ideas we’ve tackled on the blog, as it refers to the measurement of a material’s ability to conduct heat. It also refers to the material’s ability to transfer heat without the material itself moving at all. So, the simple explanation here is that liquids are much better at conducting heat from thing to thing without moving whatsoever.
Why is that, thought?
Another simple answer: they’re much more dense than the air around you—because there are more molecules per-x-amount-of-space, it’s much quicker to take heat away from your body than air. So to take a liquid that’s a mild temperature at best and add in a material that is actively robbing your body of its heat, it’s going to feel downright chilly.
We here at CocoLemon hope you’re having the best day full of fun tricks and hopefully some treats. We appreciate you so much for hanging out with us here on the blog.
xoxo
