How to Keep Hair Dye From Fading
Dyeing your hair is an easy and inexpensive way to change your look. Whether you visit a salon or color your hair at home, you want it to last as long as possible. Does this Spark an idea?
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How to Keep Hair Dye from Fading
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Choose the right color. The more you stray from your natural hair color, the harder it is to maintain. Stylists recommend staying within three shades of your natural hair color for best results.
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Select the right type of hair color. A coloring falls into one of four categories: temporary, semi-permanent, demi-permanent, and permanent. Temporary hair color lasts just one or two shampoos (perfect for Halloween night). Semi- and demi-permanent colors last for between four and twenty shampoos. Permanent hair color doesn’t wash out; it must be cut out of your hair or colored over. Of course, temporary colors fade more quickly than permanent colors, but even permanent color can fade or change shades over time.
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Use color enhancing shampoo. There are several great products on the market designed to help you maintain your hair color. At the very least, try to use a shampoo and conditioner designed for color-treated hair. Drugstore brands like TRESemmé and L’Oreal carry these special shampoos. You can also find them in the salon lines Paul Mitchell and Redken.
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Stay out of the sun and pool. Both the rays of the sun and chlorine can bleach your hair, which means the color will fade faster. Wear a hat at the beach and a swimming cap when you’re in the pool. Add a chlorine filter to your shower to keep the chemical away from your colored hair.
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Maintain your roots. As your hair grows, your roots will appear in their natural color. You will need to touch them up from time to time. Your stylist will no doubt be able to do this for you, but can also do your own touch-up at home. Follow the box’s directions for mixing and apply the color to the roots.
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