Having such a beautiful hair color, whether it is natural hair color or you got it through the coloring process, helps to build a self confidence. That’s why most of people want to do anything in order to maintain the color or to enhance it. Some of them use many products for hair treatment to maintain the color, the others use products such as hair dyes to color their hair.
Unfortunately, not all of those products are good. Although all of those product are categorized as hair treatments, most of them contain ingredients (especially chemicals) which are not good for your hair color, or even worse, damage it. That is why you have to avoid those wrong products.
How does the use of wrong product affect hair color?
The words “wrong products” that has been mentioned above does not always refer to dangerous products. It also means the inappropriate ones. One thing which make your hair color stays beautiful and last longer is the right treatment with the right products. The followings are some products which may affect your hair color if you do not aware, start with the inappropriate ones to the point of it can damage the color :
Product from Different Brands
You may want to color your hair to be “dark violet”. And you are comfortable with the hair dye from brand A, but this time because the brand A is not available or simply because you want to try the other brand, you choose the “dark violet” from the brand B. When you apply the hair dye, the color it brings to your hair is different from the “dark violet” you knew. Because although the same “dark violet” is written in the package, those dyes is made by different company and it means both of them are made from different ingredients or different color’s judgement. That’s why the “dark violet” of brand B is different from the “dark violet” of brand A.
The Fix :
Pick the right products.
Use only the brand which the colors are most appropriate to you and do not change the brand too often.
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Dry shampoo
Not all of the shampoos you know are good for your hair color, one of them is dry shampoo. Dry shampoo dulls hair color, since the powdery formula creates a matte texture that makes hair color look less shiny.
The Fix :
Only use the color-protecting shampoo. Using this special created shampoo will help the color last longer.
Sulfate-contained Shampoo
Sulfates can strip the color of hair. Since it contains salt which strip away moisture, and moisture loss leads to the color fading.
The Fix :
Look at the list of composition carefully to see whether it contains sulfate or not. Use only the sulfate-free shampoo.
Non Color-protecting Conditioner
Colored hair needs to be more moisturized. Still, you cannot use any kind of conditioner. A non color-protecting conditioner will cause premature fading in color treated hair.
The Fix :
Just use the color-protecting conditioner. Using this special created conditioner will help the color last longer.
Styling product with Alcohol
A good hairstyle is a way to make your colored-hair has an amazing look. But you must be aware with the compositions. The styling products that contain alcohol will fade any hair color as well as the sulfate-contained shampoo.
The Fix :
Avoid to use the styling product contains alcohol. It leads to the color fading and by avoiding this ingredient, your hair color last longer.
So, the answer is yes, wrong or inappropriate products may affects your hair color. The ingredient of each product take a big part. It may cause the color has a premature fading. That’s why you have to choose carefully the products you used to maintain your hair color.
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