How To Look After Your Hair After Bleaching

We all know that blondes have more than fu... Ok, let's cut the BS. Aye our pilus might exist one feisty shade of platinum, just being a blonde is also pretty hard work.

Glorious though it may be, unless you desire your ends to split, your lengths to frizz, or your roots to plough a dazzling shade of brassy-yellow – you take to take to know how to care for blonde hair.

Follow these top tips from colour queen Harriet Muldoon at the Larry King salon in London to ensure your blonde colour stays in tip top condition.

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During lockdown, when salons closed, at that place were of class serious global health concerns facing us, but I also know that for all my blondies out there the worry of maintaining their hair was another big worry.

Different our brunette friends, a adept bleach job requires lifting and using stronger peroxides so I therefore would never advise doing your roots yourself. These are skills that have taken us years to perfect, knowing how to keep the hair in its best condition, and any mistakes you make may be harder to prepare in the long run.

Thankfully salons are able to stay open right now, so if you are looking for a refresh then it'south always wise volume an appointment.

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But while I'd never recommend bleaching your own hair from dwelling, in that location are several ways to look after your hair and keep it looking its brightest and best from your ain bathroom.

Over the last few months I have been discussing products with my fellow color Queen, Amy Fish, and working out which ones we can recommend to use at dwelling house that will give the best tone and astonishing shine.

TONERS

These are semi permanent colours used past colourists to right or raise to make your color personalised.

As the weeks get by and your blonde needs some pigment adding in, we would recommend Redken's Colour Extend Blondage Purple Shampoo, the product no bleach blonde can alive without.

This toning and strengthening shampoo will go along your blonde brighter, and is the one I oftentimes utilize in the salon.

Top tip: only use onto the root area if the ends already have enough tone. If your hair doesn't need much tone or you have highlights I recommend mixing with your regular shampoo.

For all the gilt girls, Christophe Robin's Shade Variation Mask in Gilded Blonde volition reboost your creamy/ vanilla blonde shades.

TREATMENTS

Pilus masks are essential, not only once damage has been washed but throughout in gild to give your blonde the TLC it needs.

When it comes to timing, with hair masks information technology'southward a case of 'the longer the better'. Leaving a mask on for a few hours will give it fourth dimension to work its magic, working inside the cuticles and making the hair stronger.

Wrapping your hair in cling film or a shower cap volition work as an insulator, using your torso's heat to seal in the moisture working its way into the cuticles.

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REDKEN BLONDE TREATMENTS

Much like the way nosotros are all into applying hyaluronic acid onto our faces, we should do the aforementioned for our hair.

Redken Colour Extend Vinegar Rinse rebalances hair ph and gently clarifies for enhanced smoothness and shine.

Pureology Superfood Hydrate Mask is i of our favourites, nifty for blondes and contains coconuts and avocado oil (dreamy!).

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PASTEL SHADES

Hot tip: if yous are wanting to get for a pastel hue why non add some Crazy Colours pigment into your handling?

Rose gold, processed floss, peach there are and then many to endeavour. Just avoid the bluish shades if y'all are wanting to go dorsum to platinum soon after...

HIGHLIGHTS?

Creating multi tonal furnishings is also a skill, then I would once again suggest you against trying to do this yourself at home. Even so, Color Wow take a root camouflage which can be painted on the hairline and brushed through the departing if y'all want to soften the blend.