Hair care is a whole science, and taking care of dyed hair is nuclear physics! Still, any science can be learned. Are you tired of having the color washed out quickly? Does it annoy you when the color does not look the way you expect or when hair turns into a loofah? Then you need to immediately correct these mistakes in hair care that most of us make.
1. Ignoring hair balm
Whatever “10 nutritional oils” your favorite dye contains, the reality is different: any dyeing inevitably dries your hair because it changes its natural pH-balance. But this does not mean that you should avoid experiments or radically cut your braid. The simplest thing you can do is remember to use hair conditioner or a balm after each wash. Just choose a product marked “for dyed hair”: it contains the ingredients that help you keep the pigment in the structure of the hair. As a result, the color lasts longer.
2. Not using purple/blue shampoo for blondes
Any representative of the army of artificially blonde people sooner or later faces with the eternal enemy of all blondes: yellow hair. It appears unexpectedly and reduces all the efforts of your hairdresser to nothing. But there is an effective weapon in this endless war. It is called “anti-yellowing shampoo”. According to the laws of colors, purple or blue products neutralize the yellow and orange pigment. It helps to maintain a cool shade of hair. So do not forget to buy this magic bottle and use it when necessary: once a week or twice. By the way, this very method can help support cool and dark shades. However, in this case it is better to consult with the hairdresser.
3. Choosing too dark shades to hide the gray hair
Colorists warn: no matter how much a fatal brunette wants to have a bit darker hair when it comes to masking gray hairs, it is better to choose lighter shades. This will help to equalize the contrast between the growing roots and the main length. Besides, random gray hairs on a too dark “canvas” will be much more noticeable. That is why the shades of a light-colored shaten, a wheat, red or natural blonde will be a good choice. At the same time they will noticeably refresh your face.
4. Highlighting
To be brief and to the point: forget about this technique. At least for the next couple of years, until the fashion will make another strange twist. Professional stylists believe that this type of dyeing makes the image ruthlessly old-fashioned. Do you want any bright shine? Try more relevant variations: shatush, balayage or bronzing. Be sure to go to a stylist – do not try to perform such dyeing at home. Thus you will avoid embarrassment.
5. Failing to protect the hair from summer sun and chlorinated water
Both factors ruthlessly dry your hair and wash the dye to produce unpleasant shades of yellow and even marsh green. Therefore, before going to a resort or a swimming pool, do not forget to treat the curls with a special conditioner to waterproof your hair.
6. Dyeing in too dark shades in winter
The classical situation is that in summer many of us want to have lighter hair, whereas in winter, on the contrary, women choose deep dark and dramatic shades. Though this rule works well in make-up, the situation is partly different with the color of your hair. Summer is the ideal time to try bronzing or bright-colored strands, but in winter thicker shades, like eggplant or blue-black, can add some fatigue to your face rather than the desired expressiveness. They can even emphasize under-eye bags. After all, our skin becomes paler; and natural light during the cold season resembles a gift in the spirit of “50 shades of gray.” So it’s better to ask your master in the salon about the best shades to look fresh in winter cold and constant twilight.
7. Leaving too dark strands around the face
Look closely at any girl with a natural color: usually the strands around her face look a bit lighter than the main part of the hair. Not radically, but noticeably. Ask your hairdresser to reproduce the same effect. Such a trifle surprisingly makes the tone of the face healthier, and the hue of the hair in general will be more natural and voluminous.
8. Having too great expectations
Buying the hair dye in a store, we expect to get the same color as the models on the box. Looking at unfamiliar beauties on the Internet, we assure ourselves that this shade of “rose gold” will also suit us, or that the gray color adored by so many people will not look like actual gray hair. But we are all unique, and the result of dyeing, like any experiment from the field of chemistry, will depend on a variety of initial data: the natural color, the hair condition, the duration of dyeing and so on. So be ready, that even if you trust your hair to the professional, the result of this work will almost always differ from the picture you’ve been dreaming of. This is normal. Treat this fact with a bit of humor and adventurism – any changes then will bring joy.
