When choosing hair colour, trends are not the only consideration, because you should like what you see when you look in the mirror. When you live in Australia, where the sun burns a little more intensely and seasons change without notice, your hair deserves to be dressed in shades that do more than just look good.
How to Maintain Your Hair Colour Between Salon Visits
Keeping that fresh salon-looking colour should not become a full-time job. Using the proper regimen, products, and a little loving care, you can make your hue stay shiny and bright well past the point at which you leave the chair.
Wash Less, But Wash Smarter
When you use harsh shampoo, the colour washes off quicker with every wash. Try to wash twice to three times a week at max. Coloured hair requires a sulphate-free formula developed to meet its needs. We suggest GK Hair Moisturizing Shampoo, which does not strip the hair but allows the results to be soft and not squeaky.
Parabens, alcohols, or shampoos with a high pH level dry out the cuticle and desaturate your colour. Continue with GK Hair Moisturizing Conditioner to make ends smooth and avoid frizz.
Use Lukewarm or Cool Water
According to the fashion world, scalding hot water may be lovely to the touch, but it’s the worst for coloured hair one can experience. The heat loosens the cuticle so that pigment sneaks out. Rinse with slightly warmer water after shampooing and finish with cool water at the end to close the cuticle and retain lustre.
You can also have cool rinses, which are going to make your hair feel silkier and look shinier without the use of additional products as well, because cool rinses are going to also flatten the hair shaft.
Don’t Skip Leave-In Care
Never use a shampoo without a leave-in conditioner to protect your hair in terms of UV rays, heat and humidity. GK Hair Argan Oil Serum is a liquid serum, non-greasy, and adds lustre, keeps frizz at bay, and protects the shade of your hair from the sun and the hair damage of styling.
There’s also the ThermalStyleHer Cream you can use in case you are drying your hair or curling it. It protects your colour and offers you thermal protection.
Limit Heat Styling and Always Use Protection
If you're using a straightener, curlers or a blow dryer, make sure you're using it below 180 degrees. Blow-drying with high heat not only strips your colour-treated tresses of vitality but also often leads to colour fade and fried strands!
Sleep Smart: Silk and Satin Help
Cotton pillowcases cause friction, breakage of wounds, dryness and even fractures. Go for cotton or silk, or a satin pillowcase to help your hair slide & keep it moisturised throughout the night.
You can also leave your hair to fall in a loose braid or bun so that the tangling doesn't happen while you sleep. The result? Less frizz, fewer wrap headaches.
Use Colour-Depositing Products (But Don’t Overdo It)
Colour-depositing masks or toning shampoo are saviours when your blonde is turning yellow or your copper is turning pale.
A good hair colour shampoo or purple shampoo should be for your ash blonde. To maintain copper or red tones, a red colour-refreshing conditioner is recommended every 1-2 weeks. They should not be used regularly because they may overcompensate and end up making your hair patchy or even too dark.
Deep Condition Weekly
Colour-treated hair is dehydrated. Apply a revitalising mask to it once a week so it can repair and strengthen your hair while keeping it light and bouncy. In fact, you need a product that will restore strength and deeply nourish your hair with Juvexin (keratin blend), such as GK Hair Deep Conditioner.
Apply from mid-length to ends, and don't rinse out until wet 10-15 minutes later. Apply with the use of a wide-tooth comb to spread evenly in the shower.
Don’t Overbrush or Tug
We all have our different hair colour ideas but you should know that coloured hair is particularly weak when it is wet. Never begin at the roots, but with a wide-toothed comb, always detangle. Start on the ends and proceed upwards so as not to break your hair.
Best Semi-Permanent Hair Colour ideas
Semi-permanent hair dye or a temporary hair colour is ideal when one only wants to change but is not willing to take the plunge. It makes your hair shinier, adds some greys, and, after a few weeks, it fades away, with no incidents similar to harsh regrowth and no stress.
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Copper glow is a warmer and shinier version of light brown or blonde hair, and copper glow is made to last longer when combined with GK Hair Moisturizing Shampoo.
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Chocolate brown is rich, shiny, and perfect with most skin tones— you can add a touch of GK Hair Argan Oil Serum just to shine it up.
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Blue-black is a high-gloss, bold finish that gives natural dark hair a beautiful fade.
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Ash blonde hair colour or ash brown dulls brassiness and is sophisticated all season long (apply GK Hair Shield spray over it so it is not damaged by any UV rays).
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Pastel purple and lilac are soft and trendy, and they work great with pre-lightened hair because they fade beautifully: there are no bad regrowth lines.
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At the top of these are root touch-up sprays or powders, which enable you to cover greys or regrowth in between salon appointments.
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Soft pink/rose gold is fun and understated. Take care of the softness and vibrancy of colour with GK Hair Deep Conditioner once a week.
Hair Colour Mistakes You’ll Want to Avoid
Hair colouring is an exciting thing until a few of the most common mistakes make even the most popular colours really bad. Missing out on a strand test before the application of colour is one of the greatest screw-ups. It is an easy procedure that could be used to avoid allergic reactions or patchy outcomes.
Others also wash their hair immediately after colour and use very strong shampoos which wash away the pigment. To keep your shade new, only use mild colour-preserving pre-shampoos. To style, use GK Hair Shield Spray and blow-dry or curl hair, protecting it against heat and UV factors.
Final Thoughts
Picking a proper colour from your hair colour ideas is not a big thing, but rather maintaining it to be vibrant, soft and healthy is where the real job starts. Small habits do count; whether you are trying out the semi-permanent colours or keeping your favourite ash blonde, you need to take care of the small things.
Little things are very important, such as avoiding harsh shampoos, protecting your hair against the Australian sun, etc. You can use our trusted products to maintain that salon-fresh feeling for longer, no matter the season or the shade you get.
