Prevent Hair Color from Bleeding

When you dye your hair multiple colors, you can often encounter problems with the various colors bleeding into each other, or into bleached hair. Any hair dye will inevitably fade, but you can take steps to slow that that process and prevent it from affecting the rest of your head.

Steps

Keeping Multiple Dyes from Bleeding Together

  1. Use conditioner to keep color dyes from bleeding onto lighter hair. During the dyeing process, coat lighter hair in conditioner to protect it. The conditioner will act as a shield when you rinse the dye itself out, lessening the unwanted contact that the dye has with your hair.[1]
  2. Wait 24 hours before shampooing your hair after getting it dyed. Washing it too early can dislodge the coloring agents. Though it wouldn’t affect the vividness of your dyed hair too much, those colors can easily find their way into the parts of your hair where you don’t want them.[1]
  3. Cover your hair when bathing. Unless you’re ready to take all your showers cold, you’ll need to start washing your hair over the sink in cold water. During shower time, wear a cap or pin it up out the way to ensure it doesn’t get wet in the hot water. Hot water opens up the cuticles in your hair and lets some of the dye out; run-off here will be particularly noticeable when you’re trying to keep the colors in your hair separate from one another.[2]
  4. Shampoo with color-safe shampoo.[3] You’ll want to use shampoo that’s designed for color-treated hair, to better keep all your colors from bleeding.
    • If your hair’s getting too dirty with fewer shampoos from fewer showers, try out a dry shampoo to keep your hair clean in those interim periods.

Preventing Color from Fading

  1. Shower less. Water is the primary culprit in color’s bleeding and fading. While you need not swear off showers altogether (please don’t, actually), regular washing causes the dye to fade.
    • If you usually shower every day, try transitioning to every other day. Or: wear a shower cap to protect your color on the days you’re only washing your body.
    • To supplement this strategy, you can try adding a shower filter specially designed to cut down on mineral content in your water. Minerals like iron and lime are particularly harsh on dyes.[4]
    • This advice will be especially relevant if you’re looking to stretch out the timeline on your semi-permanent and demi-permanent hair dyes, as they’re intended to wash out after 12 and 24 shampoos respectively.
  2. Wash with the coolest water you can handle. Warm water isn’t going to be the end of your hair color, but hot showers will only expedite the color’s fading. Heat and steam opens the cuticles of your hair and allows the dye to seep out more easily.
  3. Shampoo less often, and with color-safe shampoo. You’ll want to use shampoo that’s specifically marketed for color-treated hair. You should also shampoo less often, as all scrubbing and water will have a negative effect on your hair color.
    • If your hair’s getting too dirty with fewer shampoos from fewer showers, try out a dry shampoo to keep your hair clean in those interim periods.
  4. Use hair sunscreen. Spritz some hair sunscreen onto your damp hair to better protect your color when you’re out at the beach, or going to be in the sun for extended periods of time. UV rays continue to penetrate and bleach hair, whether it’s dyed or not.[5]
    • Focus on the crown of your head with the sunscreen, as it receives the most sunlight.
  5. Apply a color glaze. Celebrity stylists suggest using a color glaze product in between dyeing sessions. Glaze will boost the brightness and gloss of your hair, combatting the natural color fade that occurs over time.[6]
  6. Wear hats or scarves while you’re outside.[7] As mentioned above, UV rays will bleach your hair and affect your hair color. Cover your head while you’re out and about to keep the color consistent, especially when your hair has been freshly dyed.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.outrageousrainbows.com/blog/prevent-color-bleeding
  2. ↑ http://www.hairboutique.com/ask-karen_p/index.php/color-correction-tips/
  3. ↑ http://www.totalbeauty.com/content/gallery/best-color-protecting-shampoos/p55282/page1
  4. ↑ http://www.allure.com/hair-ideas/2013/how-to-make-hair-color-last-longer#slide=5
  5. ↑ http://www.allure.com/hair-ideas/2013/how-to-make-hair-color-last-longer#slide=6
  6. ↑ http://www.allure.com/hair-ideas/2013/how-to-make-hair-color-last-longer#slide=4
  7. ↑ http://www.kingshead.com/salon/colorcarefor.shtml

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