Hair-tinting implement

A hair-tinting implement comprising a tinting-medium container, and a workhead provided with a tinting medium outlet, the container being generally cylindrical and being made of resiliently-deformable material, the workhead being attached to one end of the container and being provided with an internal duct which connects the interior of the container to the outlet, the other end of the container being closed off by a sealing member, an air-intake valve being provided in the sealing member, the air-intake valve being such as to open when the pressure in the container is less than that outside the container, wherein the air-intake valve comprises at least one valve opening passing through the sealing member, a valve seat formed on the interior surface of the sealing member, and a resiliently-deformable valve closure member which overlies the valve seat and said at least one valve opening, wherein the sealing member is provided with an integral socket projection which extends into the container and defines a recess in the sealing member, said at least one valve opening being provided in the socket projection.