How to Make Your New Hair Colour Darker and Longer Lasting?

Have you just coloured your hair and now you want to make its colour darker and longer lasting? A colour protection shampoo plus conditioner is exactly what you are looking for.  It’s extremely easy to use, and it requires no post-application maintenance either. Colour protection shampoos are particularly made for coloured hair. They’re way much gentler than typical shampoos or normal shampoos and carry no harsh detergents or soaps. But do keep in mind that whichever hair color you apply, eventually it will fade away. A color protection shampoo will only assist in slowing down the process.

What ingredients make a shampoo color protective?

The best color protection shampoos are formulated as innovative blends of natural and organic ingredients with nutritional add-ons that are gentle enough to keep your scalp and hair nourished from root to tip. They also have rich, organic herbal bases and compounds that allow them to preserve the artificial hair color.

The best color protection shampoos, being completely natural and organic, also prevent the natural hair colors from fading away, thereby assisting in premature grey hair prevention to some extent. For example, Indus Valley Colour Protective Conditioning Shampoo has a combination of Henna, Manjistha, Aloe Vera, Fenugreek Seeds, Amla, Ashwagandha, Soya Protein, Casein, Honey, Tea Tree and Lemon, with supporting harmless organic compounds that strengthen hair by moisturizing, conditioning and nourishing the hair follicles from the root up.

 

How is a Colour Protection Shampoo different from a Regular Shampoo?

There are 2 major differences between the two. A color protection shampoo would come naturally enriched with vitamin E and UV filters to protect your hair from sun exposure. And, a colour protection shampoo would typically have more conditioning power as it would have a pH balance of 5.5 which is similar to that of our skin.

For how long will a color protection shampoo extend my artificial hair color?

An extension of your color would depend upon the kind of ingredients that your colour protection shampoo has and upon the quality and quantity of bleach or dye in your artificial hair colour. The length and texture of your hair is another factor that would decide the extent of your hair color. Indus Valley Colour Protective Conditioning Shampoo, when applied twice or thrice a week, can extend the life of your color treatment from a couple of weeks to over a month.

Now that we have discussed color protection shampoo in detail above, here are 3 major things apart from using a colour protection shampoo that you should consider for color extension.

• Do a mask once a week

A mask contains ingredients that nourish and strengthen the hair follicles. Especially If you have chosen to color your hair blond, masking would be very important to neutralize the effect of bleach or the harsh chemical processes undergone by your hair and scalp. Chemical treatments on your hair make them dry and brittle requiring a little “recharge” periodically.

• Minimize heat styling

Heat styling is in trend these days and the more your colored hair is exposed to this styling method the more it starts to damage. Try using heat protection sprays. The natural ingredients in the sprays might reduce heat damage considerably. However, they only reduce the damages caused from heat and cannot shield your hair from damage altogether. Minimize using heat styling tools.

1. Eat right

Beauty starts from within, so feed your hair from inside out. Your diet should be rich in nutrients such as fish, spinach, avocados, nuts and seeds to nourish your hair with omega-3 fatty acids and other healthy nutrients making it strong and shiny. Adding some walnuts will help you with vitamin E infusion.

In Conclusion

The best color protection shampoo won’t contain alcohol, will have No Parabens and No Resorcinols either. Its sulfate levels will also be quite low making it completely safe for both men and women.

Do leave your comments below if you have any queries, or if you would like to add more to this topic. Till then!