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Basic Rules

You should not wash your hair before the coloring procedure. Experts note that the dye adheres much better to dry and unwashed hair.

Be sure to use a setting balm after coloring and washing your hair. Usually, thoughtful manufacturers add it to the paint kit.
Try not to wash your hair often - this will prevent the color pigment from washing out too quickly.

Use cosmetics labeled “for colored hair.”
If touching up the roots cannot be avoided, it makes sense to use ammonia-free paint. She copes with coloring with a difference of several tones at “5+” and is more careful with her hair. This product can be used once every 3 weeks, and even pregnancy and lactation are not a contraindication for this.

Note! An ammonia-free product is not able to completely cover gray hairs.

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Hair coloring for psoriasis and dermatitis

All day today I’ve been thinking about the peculiarities of dyeing my head if my skin has dermatitis, psoriasis, or is simply very, very sensitive.

And you probably noticed that the result of this thought was the addition of several new products to the store’s website.

So, what is the difference between dyeing with a normal scalp and dyeing when there is damage to the skin?

Firstly, severe damage to the scalp is a direct contraindication for dyeing with any chemical paint!

It is best to have your makeup done by a professional. He will be able to do the coloring without touching the scalp! “You can’t paint yourself like that.” There are different dyeing techniques, such as applying it to foil, where the dye does not come into contact with the skin.

As long as there is no gray hair, vegetable dyes are the best option!

Below are recommendations for those who are still forced to resort, despite all the objections, to chemical staining:

1. Choose the most harmless paint possible. Your skin, due to damage, cannot perform its barrier functions as well as regular skin. Therefore, the quality of the product must be treated especially carefully.

The solution will be paints without paraphenylene-diamine and resorcinol. I already wrote more about this in the article “Black dye harms hair more than bleaching!” - Is this true?

This dye is HC hair dye “Hair Light Crema Colorante” 100ml.

2. Before coloring, protect your scalp. Carefully, trying not to get into the hair, apply a protector along the partings to protect the skin during coloring. - This is the most basic thing you need! — Protector for sensitive scalp 150ml

You may not follow the other recommendations because you don't want to get too messy, but this one is worth it.

3. After coloring, you should carefully cleanse your scalp and restore its PH. If the paint gets into the skin and stays there for 1-2-3 days, it’s not a problem!

Clay from Barex - Barex Olioseta “Morocco Gold” Rebalancing white clay 500ml will help remove paint and absorb all the remaining chemicals

It is, of course, not the cheapest... But its composition is very balanced. This is a complex of essential oils, extracts and the clay itself. It’s better to take it, but if you don’t have it, try to create something similar with ordinary clay. It should not dry out, then it will not damage the fresh color.

This stage is just as important for you! Your skin is already prone to irritation, and contact with chemicals increases the risk of allergies and itching. — Clay will soothe, moisturize, and normalize pH.

4. After washing your hair with shampoo, then a clay mask, balm to stop the oxidative process along the length, when the hair is washed and you start drying... - Apply serum to the skin to soothe the skin. — Serum for sensitive scalp 30ml. This is the last stage. - It will heal, relieve redness, and act as an antioxidant. - Because due to a broken skin barrier, many cells could encounter the oxidative process of chemistry in the paint. This oxidative process causes cell aging. -Serums stop it and restore health to the skin.

p/s If the skin is in the process of exacerbation, first take all measures within 1 week to calm it down and heal, and only then start coloring. K05 Shampoo Sulfur cream shampoo will be useful for this. Sulfur-based cream shampoo

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Toning

This procedure is a real salvation for girls who often have to resort to touching up their roots.

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It is safe and has no harmful effect on the hair structure. Tinting ensures that the pigment does not damage the structure, but stays on the surface of the hair.

The tinting procedure is extremely simple and can be done at home. The pigment covers the surface of the hair, and after 15-20 minutes it is washed off. With this approach, the natural color does not change much, but the necessary coloring is performed.

Painting at home

It is difficult to dye your hair using ombre, sombre and balayage techniques at home. But highlighting and shatush will be within your power.

Highlighting with foil

For classic highlighting you will need foil, a highlighter, two combs, a paint brush, gloves, a paint container and a shoulder cape.

Select several hairs from each strand.

Place foil under the selected strands.

Put on your cap.
Pull your hair through the holes.
Apply paint using a flat brush.
Without removing the cap, wash off the paint.
At the end of the procedure, use a restorative balm or mustard mask (check out).

For a light highlighting effect, thread your hair through several holes, for a medium highlight through one, for an intense highlight through all of them.

In 15 minutes the dye will lighten your hair by 1 tone. In 40 minutes - 4-5 tones.

Shatush at home

You will need hairpins, a comb, paint, tinting agent, a brush and a towel.

Chaotically separate several strands 2 cm thick and secure them.

Repeat the procedure with the remaining curls.

Wait 40 minutes.

Wash your hair.

Apply nourishing balm.

As you can see, there are many hair color options. Rely on these tips, experiment and look for a style that suits you.

The female half of humanity is constantly in need of change: buy new clothes, dye their hair, do makeup. If clothes that don’t fit can be easily replaced with others, then when choosing a dye, you need to think several times. Nowadays, monochromatic dyes are losing their relevance, and dyeing hair in two colors is taking an increasingly active position.

The most common two-color hair coloring is tinting and highlighting. Each of them can still be divided into subspecies, the names of which are now well-known and in demand.

Balayage

The first thing girls notice when learning the balayage technique is the natural effect of color transition, volume and expressiveness of the hair.

But when they find out that this coloring is easy to maintain (it needs correction about once every six months), they completely fall in love with balayage. The classic execution of balayage involves a spectacular combination of light highlights with dark roots.

To ensure that the growing roots fit into the hairstyle, it is recommended to choose a paint that is only 2-3 tones lighter for balayage coloring. It is this choice that guarantees the most natural result.

This technique has remained popular for many years, and does not seem to be losing ground. Girls especially love to use balayage on graduated haircuts to emphasize their expressiveness.

How to dye your hair yourself?

Choosing the right paint is often not a very simple task, since the wrong color, at best, simply won’t fit, and at worst, it will highlight flaws in appearance.

To prevent this from happening, you need to decide on the basic color type of appearance.

The “winter” type is distinguished by a bright appearance with a predominance of cold shades. Natural hair color is rich - from ash-white to dark. To dye your hair, you should also choose cool tones: black, brown, chestnut, plum, ash. Contrast in coloring is quite acceptable.

The “summer” type is also cold, but the contrast is hardly suitable for it. Natural hair color is often light: ash, light brown, the much-unloved “mouse” color. A very feminine appearance requires cold ash, platinum, and light brown tones when painting. This type may have a yellowish skin color, which will only be emphasized by golden tones.

Warmth and softness are the distinctive features of the “spring” and “autumn” types. Most suitable for them are red, copper, chocolate, brown, light brown tones with a golden tint. A “spring” woman should pay attention to light shades, and an “autumn” woman should pay attention to darker shades.

Having decided on a color, you should think about whether to choose a natural or chemical dye. Even the best professional dye contains components that harm not only the hair, but also the scalp.

Natural products do not destroy the structure and natural pigmentation of the hair and most often have an additional strengthening, healing and caring effect. The only downside is that many of the desired shades are very difficult or almost impossible to achieve, or the procedure requires several times to achieve the desired effect. There are several time-tested recipes for preparing natural dyes, which are based on ingredients such as henna, basma, cinnamon, lemon, tea, coffee, and chamomile.

Dark hair tends to be smoother, denser and thicker. Natural remedies will give such strands a tint rather than radically change the color. Henna will give the most noticeable red tint, cinnamon and chamomile will lighten it a little, and basma will add depth to the natural pigment.

Henna is considered one of the best natural dyes. The color it gives to the hair depends on the country from which it was brought. In its pure form, Indian henna dyes hair in redder, brighter tones, while Iranian henna dyes hair in more muted copper tones. Very often, manufacturers mix henna with other ingredients.

It is very simple to prepare this dye for use - instructions are most often given directly on the packaging. The mixture is poured with boiling water, hot or warm water, heated in a water bath, and applied to the hair while warm in the same sequence as other coloring agents. The head should then be covered with film and wrapped warmly.

One might consider it a disadvantage that this procedure is carried out over a fairly long period of time, but ultimately it is impossible to damage the hair with this product. The composition will saturate the hair with useful substances, they will better tolerate the negative influence of the environment, since each hair will be in a kind of protective cocoon. The strands will become more manageable, smooth, dense and elastic. In addition, in appearance they will appear thicker and more voluminous, and will acquire a beautiful radiant shine.

Additional components such as honey, olive, burdock, grape oil, and essential oils intended for hair care will help enhance the therapeutic effect. If you have some free time, in addition to the coloring effect, you can create a very effective caring mask based on henna, useful for both the hair itself and the scalp.

At the end of the procedure, the composition is washed off with shampoo; you need to rinse your hair until the water becomes light. You can then take care of your hair using your usual means.

Regular use of this method of hair care will not only preserve the color for a long time, reliably cover gray hair, but also significantly improve the condition of the hair.

A mixture of henna and basma allows you to get a darker color - from chocolate to black. The coloring result will depend on the proportions of the original components. You can use a ready-made mixture, or you can first prepare a henna base yourself according to the basic recipe, add basma powder in the required proportion, mix until smooth and apply to your hair.

Very effective coloring, toning and caring masks can be prepared using cinnamon. If you do not mix it with other dyes, reddish strands will acquire reddish shades, darker ones will have a golden tint, and light strands will become brownish.

A mixture of cinnamon with lemon and honey will lighten your hair a little; this mask, when used regularly, stimulates its growth, makes it shiny and silky.

A decoction of linden color will give your hair a unique shine. It is impossible to cover gray hair and change the color with its help; this product will slightly lighten dark hair, and light hair will receive a light golden tint.

Chamomile is another plant, a decoction of which, with regular use, will allow you to hide gray hair and lighten your hair slightly. This product will not give a pronounced coloring effect, but in a fairly concentrated form it will provide golden shimmer, and thanks to its antiseptic properties it will eliminate itching, peeling and other unpleasant phenomena. The result will depend on the concentration of the solution. The same effect is possible when using a decoction of onion peels.

Decoctions of these plants are prepared according to virtually the same recipe. The required amount of raw material is poured with water and boiled over low heat for a time sufficient to evaporate approximately half of the liquid. Next, the composition is cooled, applied to the hair or used as a rinse.

Beautiful chocolate shades can be obtained using strong solutions of tea and coffee. The use of these products tones and increases blood circulation in the scalp, which brings considerable benefits to the hair: strengthens and accelerates its growth.

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It is useful to massage your head with a natural coffee scrub - this will eliminate dandruff. First, you should massage, rinse off the scrub, apply a warm coloring solution, cover your head with film, wrap it up and leave for about an hour.

Coloring with strong tea (brew two tablespoons per 200 g of boiling water) is carried out in the same way; you can massage your head using a certain amount of the drink. Tea and coffee can also be used as a mouthwash.

Freshly squeezed lemon juice, mixed with water in equal proportions, after several rinses can lighten your hair by one or two tones. In addition, lemon gives a beautiful shine and cleanses the scalp well.

But it should be remembered that the juice of this citrus fruit should not be used on dry hair, as it has a drying effect.

You can quickly and radically lighten your hair at home using hydrogen peroxide. This time-tested and fairly safe remedy is widely used both in everyday life and in medicine. For cosmetic purposes it is used to whiten teeth and hair.

This procedure is quite easy and very inexpensive. The result is fast and lasting. But remember that peroxide is not suitable for all hair types. Dry, thin, brittle hair will not tolerate its effects well. On dark hair, the effect can also be quite unexpected.

To avoid unpleasant consequences, it is imperative to analyze the condition of the strands,, if necessary, carry out restorative procedures, preliminary testing and observe precautions.

Three large groups of chemical dyes - black, chestnut, blond - have ten additional subgroups: from the first, indicating a rich black color, to the tenth, corresponding to the lightest white. Within these subgroups there are still additional shades.

This information is usually contained in numbers on the packaging, the first of which indicates the main group, the other two - color subgroups.

In addition, this information is accompanied by illustrations on the packaging, which show the original hair color and the expected result. Reputable manufacturers include an additional palette with all shades for their products.

When purchasing dye, you should take into account that such illustrative material provides examples of dyeing healthy hair of a certain natural shade and subject to all the attached dyeing rules. If you deviate from these conditions, the result may also be different.

Chemical hair dyes can hardly be called safe, even if they do not contain ammonia.

The effect of using dyes can vary significantly over time. There are three main categories of coloring compositions.

Tinted shampoos and balms. It is impossible to radically change the color with their help, and they wash off quite quickly. These products can be used to dye your hair temporarily or for experimental purposes.
Semi-permanent dyes. They do not contain ammonia, but sometimes they are replaced by rather toxic amines. They can change color by 1-2 tones and for a short period of time. They are unlikely to be able to cover gray hair efficiently and for a long time.
Persistent products. They contain ammonia, allow you to radically change the color, reliably eliminate gray hair, and stay on the hair for a long time. But they must be used with caution, as allergies are possible; if used incorrectly, you can damage the hair and scalp. In addition, regrown roots must be periodically tinted, otherwise the hairstyle will look untidy.

Hair coloring at home should not be spontaneous. In addition to choosing a dye and preparing a set of tools, you need to assess the condition of your hair, cut off split ends, and make several healing and moisturizing masks.

An allergy test is required. Even if a permanent dye is used, the manufacturer may add a new component that can cause a negative reaction.

You need to be careful when dyeing gray hair or darkening light hair by more than 3 tones. Pre-pigmentation will help to avoid an unwanted greenish tint. Many manufacturers produce special products for performing this test.

Each paint must come with instructions. It must be read carefully. In some cases, the dye is applied to dry hair, sometimes it needs to be pre-wetted. Not only the result, but also the health of the hair and skin depends on how well the dyeing rules are followed.

In order to dye your hair correctly, evenly and beautifully, you need to follow a certain sequence of actions.

Comb your hair, moving it from side to side.
Using clips, separate the strands, fixing them in the occipital, crown and temporal parts.
Apply cream or Vaseline along the hairline.
Protect shoulders and clothes from paint using prepared material, wear gloves.
Prepare the coloring mixture according to the attached instructions. As a rule, you need to mix paint and oxidizer. For short hair, one package of product is enough; for medium and long hair, you will need 2 or even 3.
Apply and spread the resulting solution near the ears, along the partings and hairline. It is very important to act quickly and carefully, especially if you plan to make your hair 2 or more shades lighter.
Release the clips and divide the hair into thin strands in one of four zones.
Apply the paint first to the roots of each curl, then carefully and evenly distribute along the entire length.
Do the same with the entire mass of hair, treating each zone in turn.
Using a wide-tooth comb, carefully comb your hair several times in different directions, thus allowing air to circulate freely.
If necessary, secure the strands with hairpins and leave for the time specified in the instructions. Often the hair is a bit dry at the roots or ends, in which case the dyeing time must be reduced. You should not overexpose the dye to your hair - long-term chemical exposure will not bring any benefit.

About 10 minutes before the end of the procedure, lightly moisten the hair with water and massage it along the entire length for a more even distribution of the dye.
After waiting the prescribed time, rinse off the composition with warm water. Most modern dyes already contain detergents, so the use of shampoo for rinsing is often not necessary.
After washing off the dye, apply the supplied conditioner to your hair, and, if possible, carry out additional treatment. This can be a constantly used balm or a caring mask based on natural products (honey, egg yolk, vegetable oils, medicinal herbs). Even the most gentle modern dye is a chemical compound that damages the hair structure.
If the hair has already been dyed before, and you just need to dye the roots and refresh the color, the dye is applied to the root part. A few minutes before the time specified in the instructions, emulsification is carried out (the hair is slightly moistened with water and the dye is distributed along the entire length with massage movements).

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Dyeing your hair once, especially with permanent dyes, is not enough. It is important to maintain the results for a long time.

This technique is not particularly difficult. To do this, you should purchase a special shampoo for colored hair. This name is not a marketing ploy; the composition of this product is somewhat different from regular shampoo. A properly selected detergent will make the strands softer and silkier, and will preserve and renew pigmentation.

In addition, there are additional means for fixing and restoring color. They are applied to the hair for a short time, do not have a harsh chemical effect, and are easily washed off with water.

You should take care in advance about how to preserve the color of dyed hair for a long time. Preliminary care does not require trips to the salon, expensive products and a long time. The color obtained as a result of dyeing will be retained for a long time by smooth hair with a dense structure.

You can restore porous damaged hair by refraining from any aggressive styling procedures approximately two weeks before dyeing: blow-drying, curling, perm.

Sombre

Another technique that creates a stylish look and saves a girl from frequent touch-up of her roots. The result of a sombre is sun glare, which is done with a light dye. The result is a natural play of shades and a fashionable gradient, in which the tips and roots differ by 2-4 tones and look natural.

Sombre does not guarantee a radical change in image, but still girls are usually delighted with such a soft transformation. Their hair gains volume and thickness, looks well-groomed and stylish.

Interesting! This technique is possible even on thin hair that is practically devoid of root volume.

Glossing

We bring to your attention an innovative technique that gives your hair a stunning mirror shine. What does this have to do with tinting the roots? It's simple!

Glossing makes the original color deeper and makes the hair more hydrated and smooth. This effect additionally smoothes out the color transitions between the roots and the main length and allows you to postpone coloring for at least 5-6 weeks.

The main mission of glossing is to improve hair health, so you don’t have to worry about its safety. Many girls compare this procedure with lamination, but glossing still boasts a natural composition of ingredients.

Hold and wash off the paint

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Many people remember how mothers and grandmothers, after applying paint, put a bag on their heads and wrapped themselves in a towel. Hence the common misconception: for the color to be brighter, you need heat.

But do not forget that our mothers and grandmothers painted primarily with natural paints. In the case of henna or basma, you really need to put on a plastic cap and tie a towel on your head. Chemical paints need oxygen to react, so it’s better to do without bags. Otherwise, your hair will be dry after dyeing.

Keep the paint on for exactly as long as indicated in the instructions.

Another myth: if you leave the dye on longer, the color will not wash off longer, and if you leave it on less, the hair will be damaged less. This is wrong.

When in contact with chemical dye, the hair scales open up. The coloring pigment is absorbed into the rod. This takes from 20 to 40 minutes. Afterwards the scales close again. If you wash off the dye ahead of time, the scales will remain open, which means your hair will be brittle. If you overexpose the dye, your hair will dry out and become thin.

When the time indicated on the package has expired, wash off the paint with warm water. You need to rinse until the water becomes clear. To get rid of dye residue on the scalp, you can wash your hair with shampoo. Afterwards, be sure to apply a conditioner for colored hair or make an appropriate mask and rinse your hair again.

After dyeing, it is better to dry your hair naturally rather than with a hairdryer.

Naturalness is our everything

Everything ingenious is simple! There’s nothing complicated about painting it a natural color. This method will help you refresh your appearance a little and experiment with your image.

At the same time, it guarantees a less noticeable transition of shade from roots to ends.

Blonding

Many people associate the transition to a light color with frequent coloring of the roots. But such beauty does not always require sacrifice, because you can find a more gentle alternative. For example, modern stylists may offer blonde hair.

The main feature of this method is the natural result. Girls acquire a lighter hair tone, transform their appearance, and at the same time they do not have to worry about frequent coloring.

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The essence of blonding does not imply the use of too light paint. The choice is limited to soft caramel, coffee, honey, nut and sand shades.

Air touch

This technique has also gained immense popularity due to the possibility of rare correction. The literal translation is interpreted as “a touch of air.” The essence of the method is that the master directs air onto the strand so as to separate short hair from the main length and only then begins coloring.

Air Touch has no contraindications in the form of haircut, hair color and structure.

And finally, the most important advantage! This coloring looks natural as the roots grow in a natural color. The hairstyle will need correction only after 4-5 months.

California highlighting

This innovative coloring method involves open highlighting without the use of foil.

It involves frequent and subtle patterns that look natural and simply gorgeous. The primary mission of this method is to give volume and beautiful highlights to your hair.

As a result, the girl gets the effect of sun-bleached hair that does not need frequent dyeing.

Strobing

This technique is a real find for girls who are not ready for a radical change of color and regular tinting of the roots. But at the same time, they are not averse to giving their hair a more well-groomed appearance, volume and beauty.

Strobing is based on pure creativity, which allows the artist to intuitively select strands for coloring. As a result of the improvisational approach, a natural reflection of light is created on the hair.

Types of coloring of individual strands

Modern and fashionable coloring of individual strands looks very stylish, beautiful and unusual. In addition, this method has other advantages. In particular, with this method of treating the hair, only a certain part of the hair comes into contact with aggressive chemicals, so it is less damaged.

In addition, in the future it is not necessary to tint the roots as often as in the case of a plain color. Even after a slight wash of color, the strands usually look quite neat. There are several dyeing methods that allow you to highlight individual strands and achieve the desired result.

Most often in this situation, 3 main ones are used, namely:

highlighting;
coloring;
toning.

Both tinting and coloring can only be used by professionals in beauty salons and studios. In addition, to perform coloring using these methods, professional materials and dyes are almost always used, which cannot be purchased in a regular store. As for the execution technique, in these two cases it is a combination of widespread highlighting and other, less popular, methods.

Initially, the term “highlighting” meant the discoloration of individual strands. However, today this technique is used in different ways. So, using highlighting elements, you can dye your curls a darker color or make them completely multi-colored. Moreover, if older women, as a rule, choose natural hair shades, then young girls prefer bright and extravagant colors.

Depending on the desired result, highlighting can be done in different ways. Many representatives of the fair sex want to achieve iridescent curls that look as if they have been bleached by the sun.

In this case, the hairdresser or the woman herself must lighten many thin strands, each of which should consist of several hairs.

Most often, a special cap with small holes and a hook are used for this, with the help of which these strands are pulled through the holes.

If you want to make clear accents using highlighting, the strands should be much thicker. In this case, it is better to give preference to highlighting on foil. To perform coloring using this technique, you need to place a piece of foil of the required size under the strand, apply a pre-prepared coloring composition to it and wrap the hair in foil. After a certain time, you should wash and dry your hair as usual.

How to deal with gray hair

How to dye gray hair without frequently touching up the roots? The most radical way is to dye it ash blonde. Now this color is still in trend, but preference is given to calmer and muted shades of gray.

Note! Silver tone hair will require proper care. Its main task is to carefully preserve the cold shade. To do this, you can use a special shampoo with a purple pigment, which professionally fights yellowness.

You can also dye your hair a light tone, which will not contrast too much with the growing gray hair. Stylists recommend starting with a natural color and choosing a tone that is a couple of shades lighter. Light highlighting can also be a salvation. The secret is simple: the more gray hair, the more often and thinner the dyed strands should be.

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Now you know how to dye your hair without having to touch up your roots every month. Choose the most attractive one from the listed methods, take care of your hair and be the most beautiful!

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How to dye gray hair?

First of all, choose a paint that can cope with curls that lack natural pigment. The packaging must contain the inscription: “100% gray coverage.” If previously there were few such products, today almost every manufacturer has developed formulations that eliminate this sign of aging and frequent stress.

Choose exactly the shade that suits you. It is important that it is as natural as possible, matches your skin tone, and emphasizes your assets.
Gray hair absorbs pigment more slowly, and all because it becomes stiffer. Before coloring, you can use a softening conditioner, which is applied ten minutes before the procedure.
Leave the dye on your hair for ten minutes longer than prescribed in the instructions, unless the manufacturer has prescribed a dyeing time for gray hair.
If gray hair appears in strands, then apply the dye to them first. Leave for half the time prescribed in the instructions, then distribute the remaining product over the entire remaining length, hold for another 30 minutes.
After applying the dye, put on a plastic cap or plastic bag. Additional warmth will be created, and the pigment will be better absorbed into the gray hair.

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Don't forget to use shampoos for colored hair, they will preserve the color for a longer time.