If you’ve invested in a beautiful hair colour, you’ll want to keep it looking as vibrant as the day you left the salon. Colour-treated hair requires a bit of extra care, but with the right tips, you can protect your investment and keep your colour fresh well into the New Year.
💆♀️Have a Colour Lock Treatment on The Day of Your Colour
On the day of your colour service upgrade and add a colour lock treatment, what this magic mixture will do is completely shut down, the colour service, stop oxidisation and prevent fading.
🌈 Use Colour-Safe Shampoo & Conditioner
Products formulated specifically for colour protection, like Sensus Nutri colour shampoo and conditioner, are a must. They help maintain your hue’s brilliance and keep that salon-fresh finish.
🚿 Rinse with Cool Water
While it might be tempting to go for hot, washing with cool water helps lock in colour. Hot water opens the hair cuticle, allowing the colour to slip away, but cool water keeps your shade intact.
🔥 Protect Against Heat
Heat tools like straighteners and curlers can cause colour to fade faster. A quality heat protectant, like Eufora’s Leave-In Repair Treatment, acts as a shield, keeping your colour looking rich and glossy.
☀️ Use UV Protection
Just like your skin you hair suffers in the sunlight, and this is one of the biggest contributing factors to colour fade. Use a leave in product that will protect your hair against sun fade. Our fave is Eufora Sculpture.
🎨 Keep Your Colour Topped Up at Home
Use a coloured conditioner to keep your colour topped up at home. We recommend Sensus Fard, they come in 13 shades and are also intermixable so you can completely bespoke the colour for your hair. Use once every couple of weeks (your stylist can advise) leave on the hair 3-15 minutes and see your colour brought back to life, plus they are super conditioning.
Keep Your Colour Glossy and Fresh
With a few small changes to your routine, you can keep your hair looking as glossy and vibrant as when you stepped out of the salon. Our team at The Strand is always here to offer advice and recommend products tailored to your hair type.
Visit us soon, and let’s make sure your colour continues to shine into the New Year!