Hair care after highlighting

Surely everyone knows that even professional paints cause some harm to hair, so dyed or streaked hair requires special care.

In order for the hair to radiate beauty and health, even after constant dyeing there are a few simple rules and tips for caring for them.

My head wisely

So, first of all, you need to start using special shampoo for colored hair. Even if you are accustomed to a certain brand of shampoo, and constantly use only it, for sure in the line from this manufacturer there is a shampoo specifically designed for colored hair.

As a rule, in specialized shampoos, the composition includes additional components that restore the structure of damaged hair, as well as enrich the scalp with microelements necessary for healthy hair growth.

In addition to the correct shampoo should not be neglected and balm-conditioner, which is applied to the hair after shampooing, in order to protect it from excessive dryness and brittleness, as well as provide additional volume.

How best to dry your head

It should be noted that for dyed and highlights hair, especially with constant dyeing, hair dryer drying is practically contraindicated, however, like other heating tools used for styling, such as curling iron, tongs, ironing, etc. Of course, it is not always possible to completely eliminate the drying with the help of a hair dryer, but you can try to minimize the damage from the heat treatment of the hair.

First of all, carefully wiping your head, you’ll actually half dry your hair; remember that you shouldn’t rub your hair with a towel, it’s better to just wrap your head around it and wait until the excess water is absorbed into the towel. Also, if you wash your hair in advance, then the natural drying of the hair will be much longer.

Secondly, good hair dryers have several temperature regimes and you can always choose the minimum of them, it is better if the hair dryer has the option of instant cooling. The process of drying the hair with a hair dryer should be uniform, in order to effectively dry the hair and at the same time not to overheat certain areas that will become more brittle.

You should not wait until the hair becomes completely dry under the streams of warm air, it will make them more brittle. It is advisable to dry the hair at 60-70%, and then dry them naturally.

Correctly combing

For combing you can only use hairbrushes made of natural material: wood or bone, plastic, rubber and silicone, will harm your hair.

You can comb your hair only after it has dried, staying wet, it will get tangled and prevent normal combing.

Now your hair has become more fragile, so you need to comb it very carefully. In addition, you can always use special gels fluids, which not only facilitate the combing process, but also give extra shine to the hair.

The first procedure after staining

After you have highlighted the hair, on their roots, however, as well as along the entire length, there is a lot of alkali, which causes the main harm, so immediately after the dyeing procedure it is necessary to wash it off using a special balm that neutralizes alkaline compounds.

Quite often, such a balm comes with professional paint, but even if it is not in stores, you can always buy a special balm for a one-time procedure. Of course, it is quite difficult to remove all the lye at one time, so the next few times when you wash your hair, use a special shampoo or rinse with sour pH.

We pay attention to the tips

After the highlighting procedure, the tips become the most vulnerable, they can break and split. In order to protect your hair from split ends, you can use care products containing silicone base, which will create a protective sheath around each hair.

Experts advise to get good mask for nutrition and hair restoration and do it at least once a week.

Do not neglect homemade masks:

1. Fruit Masks they fill hair with vitamins and micronutrients, they can be prepared from grapefruit, kiwi, banana, which must be ground and mixed with honey, and then evenly applied to hair and rinsed with warm water after a quarter of an hour.

2. Herbal masks include decoctions of herbs, oregano, sage, plantain, nettle. To the broth, you can add honey and vitamins in capsules, which dissolve in a warm infusion. The broth itself must be rubbed into the scalp, moistened with hair and insulated for 25-30 minutes, then rinsed with warm water.

3 Wonderful impact have kefir masks and vegetable oil, which is best replaced with olive oil. This mask makes the hair more elastic and resilient.