5 Tips To Prevent Hair Damage When Colouring Your Hair

19 September 2019

It’s never been more on-trend to add exciting and unique colour to your hair. However, it’s a well-known fact that dyes can dry out and damage hair, stripping it of natural oils and causing a severe case of split ends. So what is the best way of maintaining coloured hair?

Read on for top dyed hair tips from the team at B&M. Here, we’ll show you how to prevent hair damage while colouring. We’ll also reveal how to wash dyed hair without losing colour, as well as introducing you to some of our favourite products for keeping hair healthy, whatever shade or style you choose.

How to Prevent Hair Damage When Colouring

One of our top dyed hair tips is to be careful when choosing the product you use to dye your hair in the first place. It needs to have been developed professionally and should contain natural ingredients where possible. The best dyes come with a specialist conditioner within the pack.

We highly recommend the Garnier Colour Sensation and Vivids Colour Sensation ranges, some of the most popular tones from which include deep brown, luminous brown and silver diamond blonde. These luxurious dye packs include nourishing rose oil infused conditioner to protect your hair.

Always perform a patch test before dyeing your hair, and make sure you precisely follow the instructions on the packet. Leaving the dye on too briefly may mean that the product will wash out entirely, and leaving it on for too long can cause serious hair damage.

Maintaining Coloured Hair

The best means of keeping hair healthy after dyeing is to utilise a good coloured hair shampoo and conditioner from the first day on which you apply the dye.

These products contain vital nutrients to prevent your hair from drying out or breaking and will also stop the colour from fading. Our top shampoos for maintaining coloured hair without breaking the bank are:

We especially love these conditioners for coloured hair:

TRESemme Colour Protection Conditioner
Herbal Essences Ignite My Colour Conditioner

Bleach

If you want to become a beautiful blonde, it may involve bleaching your hair. This is a delicate procedure and can cause severe damage if you don’t follow the correct steps!

Before you begin, it’s vital to ensure that you choose a product that will protect and nourish your hair, locking in its moisture so that the peroxide used to lighten it won’t cause damage. Jerome Russell’s Bblonde maximum cream peroxide formula contains avocado oil & seaweed extract for this very purpose.

One of our most vital dyed hair tips is to always wear gloves when applying bleach - as it can severely irritate the skin - and never allow the chemicals to make contact with your skin or eyes.

There is a risk that your blonde hair can turn yellow - or “brassy” - over time. However, this can be avoided by using a silver tinted conditioner such as PRO:VOKE Touch of Silver Colour Care Conditioner. The same product can be used to help grey, silver or white hair regain its beautiful glow.

General Dyed Hair Tips

As well as the above advice, there are a few more steps you can take to keep the condition of your dyed hair perfect.

Don’t “overwash” your hair - you should only wash it every 2-3 days so that you don’t hamper the production of natural oils that keep it healthy and shiny.

Condition it regularly and arrange for a trim every three to four months to keep those split ends at bay.

Try to use heat on your hair as little as possible, but before using a hair dryer, straighteners or heated curlers, make sure you use a protective spray or other product that is specially designed to prevent damage caused by this type of equipment. Coloured - and especially bleached - hair is more likely to incur damage of this kind.

B&M Top Tip: Take a look at our hair care range for more affordable, high-quality products that will help in maintaining coloured hair and keeping your mane looking luxurious.

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