Tips to Help Protect Color-Treated Hair

For everyone who wants to keep their hair color looking great, these tips from Matrix professional are awesome.    

With proper care and a little creativity, you can keep your color-treated hair looking shiny and vibrant. This is good news since 70% of women in the U.S. color their hair! To help protect your hair color and keep your hair looking lovely, the professionals at Matrix offer these 26 tips to help you care for color-treated tresses:

Long-Lasting Hair Color Depends on Well-Conditioned Hair

Hair color can make hair more porous, which causes it to absorb and release moisture more easily. This can cause loss of color molecules every time your hair gets wet. Here are tips on how to keep as much moisture in your hair as possible, by maintaining the best possible condition.

1. Have Your Stylist Use Only Quality, Conditioning Hair Colors

Begin by asking your hair colorist to use a professional hair color with conditioning properties that will continue to condition the hair as the weeks go by. Hair color with natural oils will help retain moisture in your color-treated hair and leave it looking shiny and healthy. Ammonia-free hair color is another great professional option that treats hair with TLC?

2. Remember: Red Dye is Most Susceptible to Color Loss

– Red hair colors tend to fade faster because they have the largest molecules.  The molecule size makes it more difficult for red dyes to penetrate deeply into the hair, thus they dissipate more rapidly.  So when going for a red hue, be sure to have your stylist use hair color that maximizes high-definition color results with minimum stress to the hair’s cuticle.

3. Shampoo Your Color-Treated Hair Less Frequently

– To prevent water from washing away your vibrant color, the answer is simple: Wash your hair less often. To retain those natural oils that help condition your color-treated hair, shampoo just two or three times per week, and never more than every other day. This will help your color last longer and help maintain health in your colored hair.

4. On the In-Between Days, Use a Color-Safe Dry Shampoo on Color-Treated Hair

-- To help keep color-treated hair looking fresh, flip your hair over and spray dry shampoo at the roots to soak up oil.

5. After Coloring, Wait 2 Days Before You Shampoo

– When you color your hair, wait at least 48 hours to shampoo, preferably longer. If you can go three or four days before shampooing, even better. This will give the color plenty of time to set.

6. When You Don’t Shampoo, Keep Your Hair Dry in the Shower

-- During those off days, wear a shower cap to keep your color-treated hair from getting wet while showering as this can cause some color to fade. Or, pull your hair up into a loose bun or a ponytail to protect it from getting wet.

7. Turn Down the Water Temperature When Shampooing Color-Treated Hair

– When you shampoo, stick to lukewarm or cooler water temperatures. Super-hot water leeches dye out of hair faster and strips the color because it opens the surface of the hair strand, which causes the dye molecules to escape.

8. Skip Shampoo and Go Straight to Conditioner From Time to Time Try Using Conditioner Only on Color-Treated Hair Sometimes

– If you can, consider using moisturizing conditioner only on your color-treated hair. Shampoo can take more color from your hair more than conditioner.

9. Condition Every Time You Shampoo Color-Treated Hair

– When you do shampoo, be sure to condition your color-treated hair every time with a color-protecting conditioner. Conditioned hair will help your color look shinier and more even. Even if you have fine hair, condition the tips, which are the oldest hairs on your head and have the most damage. Start at your ears and work your way down to the ends.

Product Usage Matters on Color-Treated Hair

What you put on your hair will make a difference in the longevity of the color and the long-term health of your hair. Dyed hair requires special attention, so invest in salon-grade products formulated for colored hair. Using color-protecting shampoos and conditioners on color-treated hair can help protect the color and add shine, volume and luster. Here are suggestions:

10. Use the Best Shampoo on Color-Treated Hair

– When you wash color-treated hair, be sure to use a color-protecting shampoo. Using a good shampoo will help your color last longer and help maintain the health of your processed hair.

11. Avoid Sulfates on Color-Treated Hair

– Sulfates can strip color from hair, so look for a sulfate-free shampoo.  Sulfates contain salt, which strip away moisture, and moisture loss is one of the main causes of color fading.

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Corrective Color, the unpredictable truth

Hair by Monica Ponce. - Muse The Salon

Corrective color is a process that requires two or more steps  and will leave the client with a noticeably different look. Sometimes corrective color can be resolved in one visit and sometimes it may need to be done in steps over a few appointments, depending on the individual situation.

There are many factors as why color goes wrong, if you did it at home you may not realize that the porosity or condition of the hair can affect the result.
 If you have a bad result due to a previous visit to a salon, you may have been working with someone inexperienced. Therefore it is imperative that you seek a professional colorist when seeking a color correction service.
Don't try to correct the color yourself or you could make it worse. I have seen clients coming in with blue and green hair because they tried to make a blonde color darker. Sadly I have also seen clients come in with fried broken hair because an inexperienced stylist tried to lighten a color gone too dark.
Since previously colored hair becomes unpredictable to color, only an experience colorist can help you achieve the best possible results with the least damage to your hair.


What you should know before your color correction appointment

• Make sure you choose an experienced colorist. 
• Set clear expectations: it is important that you listen to your stylist and ask as many questions as you need.
• It is important to realize the affects that the previous color services may had have on the hair and the limitation that this creates.
• The desire result might take several visits. 
• You are likely to require special after care for your hair, your stylist should guide you in telling you what to do and what to use for at home care.
• There is no price set for corrective color, the price is determine depending on the amount of steps necessary to achieve the desire outcome

Monica Ponce
Master Colorist

Muse The Salon

Tampa, Fl

(813) 258-2558

Styling Tips

Pick the right brush for blow-drying

In this case, one size doesn't fit all! Choose a large round brush to straighten long, coarse or curly hair; a medium-size one to add body and smoothness to medium-to-long hair; or small one to give short hair a volume boost

Use a nozzle - or diffuser - with your blow dryer

These attachments can make the difference between a good blow-dry and a great one! A nozzle directs air-flow to give you a smoother blow-dry and a diffuser allows you to dry curly or wavy hair without causing frizz.
Section hair before your style
Ever wonder why professional hairstyles look so good? One reason is that stylists take time to divide hair into sections first. Use clips to section off your hair, so you can work in a neat, controlled manner - just like your stylist.

Make sure hair's 100% dry

Before you use a flat-iron, curling iron or any other hot tool, make sure hair is thoroughly dried - otherwise, the heat can cause damage. The one exception: wet-to-dry-flat-irons, which are specifically designd to be used on damp hair.

Tuck those ends under

Make sure the very tip of your hair is tucked into your curling-iron before you roll it up. Otherwise, you'll hend up with what stylists all a "fishhook" - a small section that's bent backwards.

Keep your flat-iron moving

Move your flat-iron down each section in smooth passes with medium pressure. Starting and stopping, as a well as pressing too hard, can leave "dents" in your hair.

Place hot rollers the right way

If you want to add volume and wave, lift your section up, place the roller underneath the section and roll down toward your scalp. For waves with minimal volume, leave your sections directed downward, place the rollr on top of the section and roller up.

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