Seven Important Steps To Take To Get Luxurious, Long Lasting Hair Color

Question: I really could use some tips and ideas that would let me go longer between coloring appointments. Yet I want my hair to look good while doing so.

Who wouldn’t want their hair color to last longer? Besides it takes so little to lose the freshness and sheen. But that won’t be said of your hair once you have digested the following tips and tricks of the trade for achieving low maintenance hair color.

Trick #1: If going for highlights, get fewer, more delicate ones that focus on lighter shades. Here’s a suggestion. Ask for streaks that tend towards the caramels or sandy browns in color. First the look will be more laid back. It will also remind you of how the sun can streak your hair naturally. And finally, being more natural looking, you can spread out return visits to have such subtle shades refreshed.

Trick #2: Conditioning matters. Both before you color and around a week afterward to insure you get consistent color and to help your strands recover.

Trick #3: Try not to use volumizing products any more than you have to. These can sometimes strip the color. Instead use color enhancing shampoos to protect it and prolong it. Not only are these formulated to be gentler, these often have pigments to add color depth to your locks. And to help the color penetrate always use a wide tooth comb to work such products through your hair.

Trick #4: Add shine by using a semi permanent glaze once a week.

Trick #5:Keep your hair’s exposure to the sun to a minimum. Hats or scarves, aside from being fashion accessories, are good for that. As is applying some type of sun screen for your hair that has UV protection built in.

Trick #6: You should try to protect your hair at the pool by always donning a swimming cap. If that isn’t something you can or want to do get your hair wet before diving in so it absorbs less potentially color-altering chlorine. This will also dilute the effect of however much chlorine is does absorb.

The seventh or final trick is simple. After shampooing your hair rinse it with cold water. It told you it was simple. But just because it is, don’t ignore it.

Well, there you have it. Seven proven tricks to help you make your color last. With these ideas you should find your color will last longer and you’ll be making fewer visits to the salon.

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