How do you maintain highlighted hair?

How do I keep my highlights from fading?

Do highlights require maintenance?

Getting and maintaining highlights requires a certain level of commitment. Those lovely blonde accents woven throughout your locks might look perfect when you walk out of the salon, but after some time, the colors dull and your dark roots appear. Most hairstylists recommend going back for a touchup every 8 to 10 weeks.

How do I maintain my hair after highlights?

How often do highlights need to be touched up?

Generally speaking, it's a good idea to go in for highlights every 6-8 weeks. However, the length of time you can go between highlight appointments varies depending on you and your hair, based on the following factors.

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What not to do after getting highlights?

Don't wash your hair too often. The highlights are affected by just water, too, and using the product too often can stress your hair beyond its limits. Also, avoid excessive rinsings; just tilt your head back and let the water run through your hair for several minutes to get the shampoo and conditioner out.

How do you refresh highlights?

The trick for toning it down? Treat your highlights as you would brassiness — with a color-depositing shampoo. Depositors are formulated with dye, so they essentially re-introduce a deeper (or lighter, depending on the look you're going for) color to your hair each time you lather up.

How do you keep highlights looking good?

Are highlights difficult to maintain?

Maintaining highlights on blond hair is no easy feat, as it's super prone to brassiness. "Every two to three weeks, you should use a purple shampoo—like Joico's Color Balance Purple Shampoo—to keep the blond highlights bright and full of life," says Tzipi Benmaier, Bumble and bumble senior colorist.

What do you put in your hair after highlights?

Is toner necessary after highlights?

Toners are a necessary step when your finished highlights look orange-y, brassy, or too contrasting next to the existing dark from a natural base hair color.

How do you keep highlights bright?

Does highlighted hair need special shampoo?

Meanwhile, King points out that people with platinum-blonde hair will benefit from a purple shampoo to neutralize brassy undertones, and that redheads and brunettes should seek out color-safe shampoos that help preserve the richness of their color while brightening the highlights.

Why do my highlights fade so quickly?

A common reason behind fast-fading hair color is insufficient processing time, meaning the hair color did not stay on long enough. This especially holds true if you or your client have grey hair. Grey hair cuticles are tightly packed down and take longer to open and absorb artificial hair color molecules.

Is purple shampoo good for highlights?

Purple shampoo works to neutralise the brassy or orange tones in brown hair to cool the overall look so highlights pop. If you have brown tresses with a few highlights, you can definitely use purple shampoo to keep those lighter tones fresh.

How do you maintain blonde highlighted hair?

Do highlights blend after a few washes?

"Unfortunately, toners only last a few shampoos and as they rinse out, highlights can look muted or dull. This can make the allover color look less fresh than when a client has just left the salon," Baumhauer said.

How do I keep my highlights from turning brassy?

How often should you wash your hair with highlights?

To help preserve the color, as well as your hairs natural oils, Lekkos recommends washing your hair as little as possible, ideally every two to three days.

Can I put a toner on highlighted hair?

Yes. You can mix two toners to attain the desired color and eliminate orange or yellow tones from your bleached or colored hair.

How long should highlights last?

Keep in mind that due to root growth, all-over coloring will need to be touched up every four to eight weeks, while highlights can last up to two or three months. Ask your stylist about a gloss treatment following your color. This step can really add a boost to the color and make hair shinier.

Can I oil my highlighted hair?

Can I Oil My Hair After Coloring? Yes! Coconut oil can benefit all hair types - especially dry, damaged, and color-treated hair. The chemicals present in hair dye can make your tresses dry and rough, but coconut oil counteracts these effects.

How often should you use purple shampoo?

Keep in mind that purple shampoo does not replace your regular shampoo and should only be used once or twice a week. Doss warns that there is such a thing as too much purple. “When you eliminate too much yellow, it visually ends up darker and a lot of people don't want it to look darker,” she says.

Can I wash my hair everyday with highlights?

Bleaching and highlighting your hair makes the follicle more porous, so it absorbs excess oil and looks less greasy, explains Heath. Most color-treated gals can go two to four days without washing (if you're just touching up, you can stick to your regular routine).