Hair Color Care

If your hair is chemically treated it is very important that you take EXTRA care of your strands. Hair color is fun and fabulous until your hair starts breaking off in your sink due to lack of attention, NO BUENO! Since my hair is dyed now, many of you want to know if my regimen has changed. No, it hasn't but the products I use to wash my hair have shifted. I also try and be VERY gentle with my strands. I actually just gave myself a nice little trim today, that was WAY overdue. My ends were gross! Even though the TGHBPSC has ended protective styling has REALLY been my best friend these days. Length retention, when your hair is colored can be hard so I try to keep my hair in styles that don't need to be manipulated much, i.e. the bun. 




(I used the grapeseed oil as a heat protectant for my blow out so that I could trim my ends.)


As far as washing goes, I think I've washed my hair maybe 3x since having it dyed red. I started off using Garnier's shampoo/condish for colored hair but found that it was way too harsh for my curls. My hair felt clean after washing but it also felt like straw! I ended up switching to Desert Essence's Italian Red Grape products which are much better and gentler on my hair. I am able to purchase my DE products on the ground at Roots Market but you can probably find them a tad cheaper online. Each product is close to $7 a tube versus the $4 I was paying for the drugstore brand. In this case I am paying for quality and I don't mind.


Side note: DE's products are sulfate free, paraben free and VEGAN! Just an FYI for my vegetarian/vegan readers.




As you all know, I don't wash my hair much. It's stressful *insert dramatic voice here* but I do co-wash from time to time. I don't think washing with shampoo, at least for my hair, is needed more than twice a month. Since being dyed I have DCd almost twice a week with Miss. Jessie's Super Sweetback Treatment. That stuff is AMAZEBALLS and gives me the best slip in the universe. No exaggeration.  Deep conditioning when your hair is color treated is essential to maintaining a healthy head of hair. Keeping your hair moisturized to prevent excess breakage or splitting of the ends is a big part in color care. I would also recommend doing a protein treatment 1 or 2 times a month to help aide in your overall hair strength. 







If you have color treated hair like me and you do your hair yourself the majority of the time, I would suggest investing in a good shampoo and conditioner set that is formulated for dyed hair. Overtime (naturally) hair color can fade and start to look ashy so you want to make sure that you are using products that won't contribute to that issue. Keeping your hair's color vibrant and beautiful all comes down to maintenance. Desert Essentials has a great line of products! Not only are they made without those extra "not so good" chemicals but they are eco friendly. You can click here to find DE's products at a discounted cost. Clearly, I should have ordered online and saved a few bucks but *shrugs* oh, well! 






Is your hair color treated? 
If so and you have any tricks and tips on how you care for your colored curls, please leave
a comment below.


xoxo,
Alex

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