How to Fix Color Damaged Hair
Color damaged hair is frizzy and difficult to style. Split ends may break off or split further up the hair shaft, inhibiting volume and new hair growth. Color is uneven, and coloring your hair again leaves you with more damage and uneven, blotchy color results. New hair growth improves the overall condition of your hair, but it can seem like forever until it grows out. There is hope. You can fix color damaged hair to make it shiny and healthy again, and you may not have to wait long before you can color it again. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Do not shampoo your hair regularly. Try washing your hair with conditioner instead of shampoo. It will clean your hair just as much as shampoo and it leaves your hair silky, manageable and tangle-free.
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Get a trim every four weeks to remove split ends and restore luster and manageability. You may need a haircut instead of a trim to remove most of the hair damage. Your hair grows about ½ inch a month, so trim this amount from the ends to keep the ends from splitting up the hair shaft.
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Buy a bonnet dryer and perform weekly conditioning treatments. Intense conditioner or hot oil treatments dramatically improves the condition of your hair. Apply the oil or condition to your hair and sit under the hair bonnet for 15 to 20 minutes. Wash out with a moisturizing shampoo.
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Style you hair without using hot tools or other damaging hair appliances. Hot hair tools further damage the hair, so allow hair to dry naturally. Use styling gel or make your own by rinsing your hair with 1 tbsp. of honey with one liter of water. Other tools, such as Velcro rollers, can pull and tug on the hair, making the hair break off. Try foam rollers and other gentle tools for styling hair.
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Make a homemade hair mask and leave on overnight. Massage olive oil on your scalp and length of your hair. Apply a processing cap, leave on for eight hours, and wash out with a conditioning shampoo. Consider using a color-depositing shampoo as the olive oil treatment set your hair in condition to accept color and absorb evenly.
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Use a conditioning gloss or color correction process. Conditioning gloss improves the vitality of hair, making it shiny and manageable. It lasts up to six weeks, and may prevent further damage or hair loss. Try a color correction process, removing hair color and depositing new hair color that fortifies your hair during the color process with nutrients, such as wheat germ, soy and keratin.
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Tips & Warnings
Hair conditioners bought in the drugstore contain harsh ingredients because they are more economical for the brand to produce. Buy conditioner and other hair products at hair salons or beauty stores. The purpose of shampoo is to strip the hair of oil and dirt. Those with damaged hair need the oil. If you insist on using shampoo, use a moisturizing shampoo made for color treated hair.
Those with oily skin types may experience acne when using oil for conditioning treatments. Avoid products containing ammonium laurel sulfate. It is a harsh ingredient for any hair type, and especially damaged hair.
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