After coloring, the hair is weakened. In order to keep your color radiant while preserving the quality of your hair, it is better to opt for treatments that do not attack the hair fiber more! Here are some tips for taking care of naturally colored hair.
To maintain colored hair, treatments enriched with plant extracts such as honey or shea butter effectively rehydrate and protect the hair while preserving the radiance of the color, while respecting your scalp, but also the planet. Please!
Natural treatments for the beauty of colored hair
Chemical coloring requires aggressive treatment for the hair. The principle consists in releasing the hair fiber and modifying the natural structure of the hair to incorporate the synthetic color, thus causing a chemical reaction. A real shock treatment!
Warning: coloring treatments containing ammonia and successive discolorations should be avoided, as they alter the vitality of the hair and are harmful to it.
This is why, nowadays, more and more hairdressers offer vegetable colorings in their salons. Find out.
Prepare hair for shampoo
The ” pre-shampoo ” is not a mandatory course, but it helps to rehydrate and soften the hair. For this, make an oil bath once a month. Indeed, thanks to their restorative and nourishing properties on the hair, oils are real allies for the beauty of the hair.
Oil baths may dull and slightly wash out the color. Favor these treatments before redoing the color, rather than just after it.
We will choose vegetable oils such as grape seed oil and argan oil, as they nourish and repair. Olive oil, meanwhile, awakens the shine of the hair. Without forgetting the star oil for the hair: coconut oil.
We can add one or more essential oils, such as rosewood, for example, which revitalizes the hair, or ylang-ylang which has a tonic action…
How to make an oil bath on the hair?
If desired, mix one drop of essential oil per tablespoon of carrier oil. Apply the oil strand by strand to the hair, and let it sit for as long as possible, with the hair wrapped in a hot towel. No need to rinse, the fat will be eliminated with the shampoo.
Pay attention to the precautions for using essential oils, especially for pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as for young children.
A vegetable and natural shampoo
Choose shampoos with exclusively plant extracts for the care of your colored hair. They provide all the essential nutrients for their growth, strength, and beauty. Plant-active ingredients penetrate the scales of the hair to nourish and protect it.
You will find its quality shampoos in specialized organic stores, or can also take advantage of our tips for 100% natural homemade shampoos.
After shampooing, always rinse with lukewarm water and never with hot water, the latter is more aggressive for the hair.
Colored hair shampoo – The extra thing
To make your hair shine without altering the color, rinse it by adding cider vinegar (2 tablespoons for a large glass of cold water).
A natural conditioner
Again, choose a conditioner with plant extracts (cocoa, honey, shea, eggs). Then, once a week, apply a mask with certified natural extracts to deeply nourish and strengthen the hair.
Color your hair naturally
Prefer vegetable coloring! Although less radical, 100% natural hair dyes are composed of plant-based coloring active ingredients that protect the scalp.
Unlike chemical colorings which remove the hair’s natural pigments, vegetable colorings, which are harmless, color without penetrating the hair fiber. It coats the hair while protecting it and avoiding modifying its structure.
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According to Maurice Rabache, toxicologist, the dyes used for hair dyeing are very aggressive products. Para-phenylenediamine (PPD), a substance already banned in all cosmetic products, has so far been tolerated for hair coloring and also used in some henna at 6%.
PPD, which is extremely sensitizing, can cause very serious allergic reactions, even in very small quantities. Read also: Hair coloring: a student’s alert after a serious allergy.
Thus, with vegetable coloring, the natural pigments of the hair are not attacked and the hair retains its health, unlike chemically colored hair, which quickly becomes dull and split ends. Natural coloring allows dyeing for up to two months.
Vegetable coloring – The extra thing
To succeed in your plant hair color, stop synthetic hair color several months before the first dye and regularly apply a clay mask. Your scalp will be revitalized.
