Let’s talk about colour fade. I know this is a pesky problem almost ever person who colours their hair faces at one stage or another! And with our out of the ordinary weather we’re having over here in NI we’re seeing an awful lot more lately.
From blondes that get an ashy or pearly toner, pastel shades right up to rainbow hair there’s so much we’re doing that adds to colour fade!
1- The sun, even when we think we aren’t getting any or much this affects your colour, ever wonder why when your hair is down along the parting is a completely different colour to the back or lower sections of your hair? That’s the sun!! Ghd make a brill uv heat protection spray, to protect from not only your styling tools but also the sun! if you’re going to be out and about in the sun try and protect it from sun damage!
2- OBVIOUSLY your shampoo choice makes a difference! Ask your hairdresser what they recommend. For me I’m loving the MATRIX Keep Me Vivid Range, both on my own hair and the results from clients is amazing! If you are using certain shampoos or products on your hair you could be creating a build up or a fine layer of shampoo, conditioner or product that actually acts as a barrier towards your colour making it harder to penetrate your hair and also making the colour result unpredictable.
3- Heat Damage! This is probably one of the biggest offenders! Straightening that front piece of hair fifty times a week will weaken your hair and then it will inevitably loose colour because you’re damaging it and it can no longer hold onto your colour like it should! If you’re going to use any heat (straighteners, tongs, wands, hairdryers or even heated rollers) near your hair USE A HEAT PROTECTOR!!
4- General wear and tear. I’m talking to you mrs hun bun, don’t get we wrong a bun is quite possibly the easiest way to get your hair out of your way, but doing it repeatedly over time will weaken it and cause damage around where the bobble is, not to mention when you don’t brush it for days, tugging away will break and damage your hair further…. and you guessed it this leads to colour fade! Prevent this by trying out different styles, plaits are hard to beat and we have no excuses with the amount of affordable hair accessories available now!
5- Over processed hair! Hair that has been coloured and coloured over and over! This is different to getting your roots done often. When you colour your natural hair you create a chemical reaction and change the structure of your hair, if this fades you do not need to re colour with the same colour as this is changing the chemical structure of your hair. It should be noted now that once you have broken ends there is NO way to ‘heal’ them! You simply need to call your hairdresser stat and get a trim or cut booked!!
Certain colours will fade quicker than others and it does depend on what your hair condition is like to start with! I am always reluctant to colour badly damaged hair as it will weaken it further!
Blues are going to fade first! Blue has the biggest colour molecules so they will leave your hair first, so if you have a silver, platinum, purple, pink or ashy colour the blue will fade and leave you with a warmer or brassy colour.
Bright colours will fade or wash out over time, pastel colours because they’re usually on more porous hair might wash out super quick.I always recommend in between toners and a good aftercare package with all colours especially a bright or vivid colour!
So basically what I’m saying is your hair is going to fade and we should all be doing our best to keep it bright and vibrant!
Xoxo OfficialJudeMitch
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