There are so many hair types, and various levels of damage, so it makes sense your road to repair is personal. We’ve rounded up the most effective damage deleters on the market so whether you’re dealing with colour damage, hard water build-up or everyday Heat Styling, you can rekindle strength and softness.
By Astin, Salon Artistic & Education Manager
How Do You Boost Bleached Hair Health?
Blonde hair transformations are best paired with the right Haircare to avoid damage. But with commitment and the right care, super blonde shades can really shine – and last! Maintaining internal hair bond health is key as high-level lightening can affect the natural elasticity of the hair, leading to brittleness and breakage. By staying ahead of this ‘hair trauma’ with a pro-active Haircare routine, you can enjoy the lightest of light blondes while keeping hair feeling and looking luxe, healthy and hydrated!
Must-Get: Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave in Treatment
This is like a super-charged beacon of hair health, designed specifically for hair severely affected by bleach and daily stressors. Formulated with an acidic pH, it works to deeply strengthen damaged hair while conditioning and smoothing – basically filling in what colour has taken out while reducing breakage and split ends and protecting hair from Heat Styling up to 230°C.
What Is Hard Water Damage?
Have you heard of hard water? It’s the stuff that’s full of elevated levels of dissolved minerals - specifically calcium and magnesium - picked up enroute to your shower head. With constant exposure, hard water can leave hair looking dull and feeling drab. Swimmers can also suffer from hard water damage as minerals – or chlorine – can attach to the hair fibre making it feel stiff and prone to colour fade and damage. Hair becomes impossible to manage and a good clean seems like a dream.
Must Get: Kérastase Première Decalcifying Repairing Hair Shampoo
This super-powered product provides clarification and repair, targeting and removing mineral deposits them whilst boosting hair health. The results of gently decalcifying the hair fibre are restored softness, shine, and manageability. Basically, well-behaved, great looking lengths for the long haul!
Why Does Hair Need a Metal Detox?
When Hair Colour and metals in hard water collide, the results can be pretty distressing for your tresses! Already fragile hair lengths can become more brittle, leading to breakage and uneven colour results. A reset is essential for anyone who has regular all-over colour, balayage, or dull, distressed hair lengths from semi-permanent colour play.
Must-Get: L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Mask
There is no better Hair Mask on the market to protect hair against hard water deposits, wash after wash. When applied to clean, towel-dried hair, tiny patented Glicoamine - a chelating nature-inspired agent that penetrates the hair to attract and get rid of metals – goes to work preventing unwanted build up that can cause havoc with Hair Colour. Leave for five minutes and rinse. The results? A next level detox and 10 times more hydration.
How Do You Rebuild Fragile Hair Bonds?
You can rebuild fragile hair bonds by introducing a Bond Building Shampoo and Conditioner as soon as you spot the signs of damage — frizz, dullness or hair that just won’t behave. Used daily, these are designed to rebuild structural links slowly and steadily inside the hair fibre.
Must-Get: Matrix Instacure BuildABond Shampoo and Conditioner
Anything Matrix develops is worth dipping into. And this is no exception! A Shampoo and Conditioner combo enriched with citric acid for strength and squalane for softness, this duo nourishes without overloading the hair, creating 8x stronger and 94% smoother hair over time.
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