The Color Story

Ahhhh!  The weekend!  A time where you catch up on your television shows that you missed during the work week, run errands and head to the salon to get your hair colored and cut!  That is exactly what I did today!  I love it when I get fresh color!  The shine, the bounce and most importantly the brightness of newly colored hair.  I don't want this moment to end!  Unfortunately, after weeks of sun, shampoos, and maintenance, the beautiful shine dulls out. 
Don't become a victim of dull hair!  There are several ways you can lock in that color and make it last!  For all my Blondie (or wanna be Blondie) friends, it is not so much locking in the color, rather keeping your hair's shine.  Paul Mitchell has a great new product, Forever Blonde.  This line offers shampoo, conditioner and a Dramatic Repair spray.  I was skeptical of this line at first as there are so many products out there that claim to protect and brighten my blonde strands.  Only leaving me feel disappointed and leaving them in my product graveyard!  The Forever Blonde shampoo and conditioner have kera-active protein for strength and protection and safflower oleosomes for moisture.  The conditioner is also loaded with macadamia nut oil to hydrate the hair and to restore it back to health!  This line also has Turmeric to help keep those blondes bright and beautiful!  The Dramatic Repair spray is a power house of kera-active protein, safflower oleosomes, and macadamia nut oil.  The Platinum shampoo that is offered with this line is violet so that it will help tone out those brassy blondes!  My hair was instantly transformed when I started using this line.  It is AMAZING! Another line that I like is Pureology.  They have a forever platinum blonde series that I have used on a regular basis (I like to change up my shampoos and conditioners).  Pureology is sulfate free and super conditioning!

 

For those of you with the rich browns and bright reds, keeping them rich and bright is a full time job!  It doesn't have to be this way!  I know that living in Colorado where we have greater sun exposure, fading is a huge problem.  Some ideas to help protect your color from direct sun would be the obvious solutions; where a hat and/or find shade under an umbrella!  If you are like me and hate wearing hats, then using a color protect spray will help.  Other ways you can help prevent fading is by using cool water when washing your hair.  Hot water can open the cuticle allowing the color molecules to escape.  Also by using a sulfate free shampoo and conditioner your color has a better chance of staying brighter! 

 

There are other options that are available to all color treated hair that are offered as an in salon treatment.  The Kera-tri-plex treatment (again by Paul Mitchell) that consist of proteins, moisturizers, adds shine and seals your cuticle thus preventing the color molecules from getting washed out.  Additionally, you can get a clear coat shines color that you can add to your color service.  This helps seal down the cuticle while adding tremendous shine. 

 

Please let me know if you have any at home remedies that you use to prevent color fade.  I would love to read them!