While days spent in the sun and in chlorinated pools are fun, they may have dulled your colour and stripped your hair of its moisture and vibrancy, says Luis Pacheco, Clairol spokesperson and owner of Hair on the Avenue in Toronto.
Pacheco shares his tips on how to get your best hair colour this fall.
Replenish moisture
As we transition to fall, nearly everyone needs a hefty dose of hair hydration. Proper conditioning will coat your cuticles, making your hair less dry and unruly so you get a great colour result. (Hair that is too dry acts like a sponge and soaks up excess colour, making for patchy results.)
Infusing moisture into your hair by way of a deep conditioner or a hair mask will allow the colour to go on evenly and have a more lustrous finish. This is especially true if you have a lot of grey as grey hairs are coarser, more wiry and harder to manage.
Pacheco suggests an at-home remedy of heated olive oil to quench parched strands. "Warm it up in your microwave for about 30 seconds. Then, distribute the oil from your roots to your ends and leave it on for 20 to 30 minutes. Follow up with a gentle shampoo." Once you've properly conditioned your hair, it's time to think about colour trends.
Colour trends for blonds
If you have blond hair, Pacheco suggests adjusting your base colour. A uniform, overall colour is in, while streaky highlights most definitely are not. "Take it down a notch," he says. "Darken your base shade one to two levels and use neutral-to-cool tones to counteract brassiness."
You may also want to ask your colourist for a few natural-looking lowlights to break up any blocked and bleached colour that has built up over time, Pacheco adds. Think more Rachel McAdams and Sienna Miller, less Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.
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