Why does my Coloured hair fades off so fast?
Sounds familiar?
Almost all of us experience this sometime in our life. Right after walking out of the salon, we are so pumped with our new look, give it a week and it starts to fade. And sometimes it fades so fast and dull leaving us regretting spending all that cash.
Fret no more! Today i will reveal the secret to prolong the life of our amazing coloured hair!
Presenting:
Non-Sulphate Shampoo...
Over recent years, commercial hair products have started to introduce Non-Sulphate Shampoo. It is easy to find, it is written in bold (most times) just under the brand name. But what exactly is Non-Sulphate Shampoo and what are it's uses?
Let's take a look at what Sulphate does:
- Sulphate is mostly added to shampoo to 'clean' our hair from oils, hair products (such as hair gel, hair wax...)
- Sulphate is added to create a lather. You know the lather, the white foam, where as a child we would hold in our hands and blow and have a jolly good time.
Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is the harshes sulphate compound to find in a shampoo.
Simple to say, Sulphate is a cleansing agent that is use for all washing detergents (for dishes, clothes, floor). It is really good when u want something 'Squeaky Clean'. But not our hair especially when our hair is coloured.
-N why not?
Naturally our hair produces oil to moisturize our scalp and hair shaft. By washing out these natural oil, we force production of our natural oil and causing our hair to be frizzy and dry. And when that happens, we slap on tons and tons of hair oil to salvage the damage we created.
For coloured hair, well u guess it, this is what stripped our hair colour out fast!
-So what should i do?
Get a Non-Sulphate Shampoo.
There are a few places that carries good and trust worthy shampoos.
Some brands print in bold Non-Sulphate Shampoo but it still has the harsh sulphate in it.
What you want to do is turn the bottle around and read the ingredients, find those without these ingredients...
- Sodium Lauryl Sulphate SLS
- Sodium Laureth Sulphate SLES
- Ammonia Laureth Sulfate ALS
- TEA Laureth Sulphate TEA
- Sodium Myneth Sulphate SMS
*these ingredients are place in order of super harsh to mild
source from Sulphate free Shampoo 101
-ok i got the shampoo then what?
Wash your hair once a day or on alternate days. ( I personally wash my hair on alternate days)
You might feel your hair is not 'clean' because we are all condition to believe the 'lathering' feeling 'cleans' our hair. Dont worry your hair is clean and you may not be use to it in the beginning. Your hair might have an oily feel after wash. This is your natural hair oil and with it your hair is kept conditioned and you need not apply extra hair treatments.
Do give it a try. And i promise your coloured hair will last longer then a week.
Let Non-Suphate Shampoo be our bestfriend
Faith.Love Feline
Blogger Disclamer: This is not a sponsored post. All tips and info were expressed by my own views after experimenting on myself.
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