CP-1 SALON COLOR TREATMENT - ASH VIOLET-

A colour-depositing conditioning mask, not a dye in the oxidative sense: CP-1 builds the Ash Violet shade on Basic Blue 99 and Basic Red 51, two cationic direct dyes that cling to the cuticle without ammonia, peroxide or p-phenylenediamine. In Ash Violet the blue sits higher in the ingredient order than the red, and that ratio is the whole point of the shade — a blue-leaning violet is what sits opposite the orange-yellow that bleached, highlighted or lightened hair drifts towards within two or three weeks of a salon visit. Underneath the pigment is a genuine treatment base: hydrolyzed silk, five plant protein hydrolysates, an eighteen-amino-acid complex, Ceramide NP, argan, sunflower and jojoba oils, so the toning pass also conditions instead of leaving the hair dry the way a pure toner can. For salon and pharmacy buyers it is the between-appointments SKU: a 50 ml tube at a low retail price that keeps a blonde or ash-brown colour service looking intentional until the next booking.

Key Benefits

• Basic Blue 99 leading the dye pair with Basic Red 51 gives a cool blue-violet deposit — the tone that visibly cancels brassy yellow on bleached, highlighted and balayage hair
• No ammonia, no peroxide developer and no p-phenylenediamine: nothing lifts, nothing opens the cuticle chemically, so it can be used far more often than a box colour and suits customers who specifically avoid PPD
• Works as a tone-refresher between colour appointments, which protects the salon's work and creates a repeat retail line at the till
• Hydrolyzed Silk with Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy, Rice, Potato and Extensin proteins plus the eighteen-amino-acid complex — the pigment travels in a protein treatment, which matters on the bleached hair this shade is aimed at
• Ceramide NP and Hydrogenated Lecithin help the cuticle take the tone evenly rather than patching on high-porosity sections
• Argan, sunflower and jojoba oils with cetrimonium methosulfate and stearamidopropyl dimethylamine leave hair detangled and soft after rinsing — unusual for a toning product
• Thick, non-drip mask texture and a sulfate-free cationic base let a stylist place colour on specific sections with a brush
• 50 ml single-shade tubes make shade-by-shade ordering, stock rotation and per-market registration simpler than a multi-shade kit

When to Use

On wash day, after shampooing, in place of the conditioner — typically every second or third wash to hold an ash-blonde, ash-brown or silver result, and as a rescue pass the moment yellow starts showing. It assumes pre-lightened hair: on bleached, highlighted, balayage or heavily lifted hair the violet reads as cool toning, while on virgin dark brown or black hair there is no light base for the pigment to read against and the visible result will be little more than a conditioning gloss. It is also a salon back-bar tool — a fast toning refresh at the basin on a returning client, or a tone correction after a colour that has oxidised warm. Not for use on the scalp as a treatment and not a grey-coverage product; it tints white hairs cool violet but the deposit washes out.

How to Use

• Put on gloves. Shampoo, then towel-blot until hair is damp rather than dripping — excess water dilutes the pigment and makes the deposit patchy.
• Strand-test first on a hidden section or a cut sample, especially on bleached or high-porosity hair.
• Apply an even layer with a tint brush or gloved hands through mid-lengths and ends, section by section, concentrating on the brassiest areas. Keep it off the scalp and hairline skin.
• Comb through with a wide-tooth comb so the tone is distributed evenly.
• Leave 5–10 minutes. On heavily bleached or very porous hair start at 3–5 minutes; on resistant or darker-lifted hair you can go to 15 minutes for a deeper deposit.
• Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water until the water runs clear, then dry and style.
• Repeat every second or third wash to maintain. Alternate with CP-1 Premium Hair Treatment on non-toning washes so protein and tone are both kept up.

Key Ingredients

• Basic Blue 99 — cationic direct dye, the dominant colourant in the Ash Violet shade and the source of the blue-violet cast that neutralises yellow
• Basic Red 51 — cationic direct dye used here in the smaller proportion, warming the blue just enough to read as violet rather than blue
• Hydrolyzed Silk — the same silk hydrolysate that anchors the rest of the CP-1 range, carried in with the pigment so the deposit is conditioning rather than purely cosmetic
• Five plant protein hydrolysates — Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Hydrolyzed Potato Protein and Hydrolyzed Extensin, a plant cell-wall protein
• Eighteen-amino-acid complex — glycine, serine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, leucine, alanine, lysine, arginine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, valine, threonine, proline, isoleucine, histidine, methionine and cysteine
• Ceramide NP with Hydrogenated Lecithin — cuticle-sealing lipids that help the tone sit evenly instead of patching on porous sections
• Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil and Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil — the emollient trio that keeps the mask workable and leaves hair soft after rinsing
• Cetrimonium Methosulfate and Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine — sulfate-free cationic conditioners that give the detangling slip and help direct dyes adhere to the cuticle
• Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Microcrystalline Wax and Beeswax (Cera Alba) — the thick, non-drip mask body that lets a stylist place colour precisely
• Polyquaternium-10 — cationic cellulose that holds pigment against the hair surface through the processing time
• Citric Acid — keeps the formula acidic so the cuticle stays closed around the deposited dye
• Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Octyldodecanol, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Benzyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Sodium Chloride and Disodium EDTA — humectant, emollient, preservative and chelating base

Precautions

This is a direct-dye product: it stains. Wear gloves for every application, protect the hairline and nape with a barrier cream, and use dark towels, a colour cape and a basin you can wipe down immediately — Basic Blue 99 and Basic Red 51 will mark skin, nails, fabric, porcelain, grout and silicone basin mats if left to dry. Bleached, highlighted and otherwise high-porosity hair grabs direct dye hard and can hold a violet cast for many washes, so start with the shortest processing time on those heads and build up; blonde, silver, white and grey hair can also take on a lasting lilac tint, which is a deliberate effect for some clients and an unwelcome surprise for others. Always strand-test on a cut sample or a hidden section before a full head, and time the first application short; you can always repeat, but you cannot easily remove a direct dye. Not for use on eyelashes or eyebrows, and not to be used on the same day as a perm, relaxer or bleach service — let the hair settle and the cuticle close first. Contains fragrance with the declared allergens citronellol and geraniol, plus benzyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol; patch test behind the ear 24 hours ahead for sensitive clients and discontinue if redness, swelling or itching appears. Rinse eyes immediately with water on accidental contact. Beeswax makes this unsuitable for a vegan claim. There is no ammonia, no peroxide developer and no p-phenylenediamine, but the cationic direct dyes it does contain are restricted hair colourants with substance-specific maximum use levels under the EU Cosmetic Regulation Annex III and the GSO/GCC-aligned national rules that most MENA regulators follow — and clearance is granted shade by shade, not per product line. Confirm the exact colourant entry for this specific shade against each destination market's approved list before importing, because a shade registrable in one Gulf market may not be registrable in a neighbouring one. Store below 25°C away from direct sunlight and keep out of reach of children.