How Heat Affects Your Hair Color

We all know that heat affects hair color in many ways, whether it’s from the sun, blow-drying, hot-irons to even washing your hair with hot water, all can change your hair color. That’s right! Heat will also cause hair color to fade fast while leaving hair dry and creating damage. The hair shaft consists of the cortex with a central axial medulla and an external cuticular layer. Hair damage due to heat will commonly be on the surface, cuticle layers, and possibly the keratin fiber structure. Avoiding heat altogether will always be best to keeping hair color vibrant and youthful looking. Unfortunately, many with color-treated hair can not escape from washing and blow drying at home. If you fall into this group, here are several tips to consider. When you need to wash your hair, use COLURE’s sulfate-free Super Luxe Shampoo formulated for color-treated hair. Thoroughly rinse and wash your hair using cooler temperature water to avoid heat damage. Follow up by using COLURE’s Super Luxe conditioner. This product has an equal balance of protein and moisture to provide superior protection against heat. Then towel dry hair until damp until you can no longer squeeze any more water out from the hair. Next, use COLURE’s Leave In Spray Plus, this product provides maximum heat and color protection, excellent for blow-drying. Be sure to set the dryer to a low heat setting, keep the blow dryer at least 3-4 inches away from the hair while moving in one direction and applying heat for no more than 30 seconds per section, this will prevent heat damage to your hair and color.