Coloring & Overprocessing

I know many people like to save money (especially NOW!) so they cut corners everywhere; including with their own hair. For those who like to add color & extra shine, they dye their hair themselves. It's not so bad the first couple of times, but if you're wanting to keep it up every 8 weeks or so, it's just not wise to keep dumping that color ALL OVER your hair and letting it sit for 35+ minutes every single time. You're overprocessing the previously colored ends. It starts to get frizzy, harder to comb, and just overall *nasty*...

5 Reasons Why it's safer & better to get your roots retouched up at a salon:

1) Stylists color the roots ONLY and let those process the regular time, and the last 5-15 minutes they pull the color through the rest of the hair to *refresh* the color all over. Doing this prevents the ends from "frying" or worse - breaking off. We call that a chemical haircut...

2) Professional (salon) dyes don't contain metallic salts that stick in the hair. Once those salts are in the hair, it's quite the challenge to get them out. These salts make any future coloring difficult to achieve great results. The strongest chemical in the salon, which is bleach or lightener for highlighting, sometimes can't lift these salts out of the hair.

3) Color Corrections can be very pricey. Your odds of getting the results you want are much better when you get it professionally done. Depending on where you go, color correction services can range from $30-$300...and who knows -maybe even MORE than that..depending how badly someone has damaged their hair. Deep conditioning & Malibu (Clarifying) treatments might be necessary.

4) Salon dyes last longer and the color is more vibrant. The metallic salts I mentioned above may look good the first week..but that doesn't last long. The color fades into an unwanted color many times. When you get your roots touched up regularly at a salon, they should also have a record of previous coloring services..that way they can use the same formula you like..or they can slightly change it if you want a little more warmth or even coolness to your color.

5) You always have someone to talk to for advice on maintaining your hair and its color if you make regular salon visits. Don't be afraid to ask questions. IE: How you can keep it from fading. How to take care of it in the sun, What are the new trends...etc. You just don't have that when you're browsing an aisle full of Box Dyes with "promising" results.