Tones is built for a licensed colourist working with clients who want to refresh faded colour, blend grey, or shift tone without lightening or lifting the hair — it does not perform level changes, so it's not the right product for anyone wanting to go lighter. Like Chroma, it's sold exclusively to professional salon, spa, and med-spa accounts rather than as a direct-to-consumer product. It suits all hair types and lengths and is commonly used both as a stand-alone toning/refreshing service and as a gentler, ammonia-free alternative to permanent colour.

Its value for a colourist is the gap it fills between a temporary rinse and permanent colour: it deposits real, saturated pigment with genuine grey blending, but does so ammonia-free and without lifting, so it can be used more conservatively or more often on the same client without the cumulative processing load of repeated permanent colour.

• For sale and use by licensed professionals only
• Mix Tones with Aloxxi 7 Volume (2%) Crème Activator only — no other developer strength is specified for this line
• For routine blending, toning, or colour refreshing, mix at a 1:2 ratio (1 part Tones to 2 parts activator)
• For more intense tonal saturation or grey/white coverage above roughly 50%, mix at a stronger 1:1 ratio
• Apply to dry or damp hair depending on the desired result and colourist's technique
• Process for approximately 10 to 40 minutes, checking colour development periodically
• Rinse and follow with a colour-safe conditioner

Pros:

• Ammonia-free formula is genuinely gentler than permanent colour, useful for frequent-visit clients or colour-sensitive scalps
• Deposit-only chemistry means less risk of unwanted lightening or brassiness from over-processing compared to a lift-capable formula
• Wide shade range (50+) covers most toning, refreshing, and grey-blending needs from a single product line
• Shorter, more flexible processing window (as low as 10 minutes) fits faster in-salon services like a toning glaze

Cons:

• Cannot lighten hair — if a client needs lift as well as toning, Tones alone won't do it
• Professional-only distribution and requires developer mixing, so it is not usable by an untrained consumer
• Only compatible with Aloxxi's 7 Volume Crème Activator — not designed to be mixed with other-strength developers or other brands' activators
• As a demi-permanent deposit, results fade with washing over several weeks rather than growing out permanently, so it needs more frequent reapplication than Chroma