Want shiny, healthy color treated hair like they show in the commercials? Yes, it is possible. You only need to use the right products…products that are exclusively designed for hair that has undergone a chemical process. Coloring agents contain chemicals, the most common ones being ammonia and hydrogen peroxide. Ammonia is one of the culprits to damaging hair.
What to do?
The first thing you must do is avoid coloring products containing ammonia, which is an alkaline agent. It helps molecules of hydrogen peroxide to stay longer in hair strands to produce new hair color through pigmentation. However, in the process, it opens hair cuticles wide so that molecules penetrate better. Open cuticles snatch hair shine and make hair look damaged. In curly color treated hair, it produces frizz.
More about ammonia
Darker shades of pigments have lesser amount of ammonia and larger amount of pigment. You will notice a low lifting ability in such shades. Lighter shades have less pigment and more ammonia. The lifting ability is high. This is just like natural hair. Darker hair has more pigment than lighter hair.
Ammonia free color
Ammonia-free coloring hair products for women contain an alternative compound called monoethanolamine, popularly called MEA. It opens hair cuticle, but gently and not wide open like ammonia does. This leads to less damage to hair. Again, it depends on how frequently you color treat your hair. If you have a habit of trying out different hair shades, you may be exposing your hair to permanent damage.
It also depends on how you care for your color treated hair. Have you got exclusive shampoos and conditioners for colored hair or are you still using the regular, old ones? If it’s the latter, you are inviting hair disaster. Use the best hair colors and the best hair care products; watch your hair shine in your favorite shade!
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