{"id":18835,"date":"2013-02-26T09:41:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=18835"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:12:05","slug":"dying-your-hair-damaging-or-divalicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/dying-your-hair-damaging-or-divalicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying your Hair: Damaging or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From brunette to blonde, blonde to auburn, auburn to jet-black.\u00a0 It can be a blast to change up your look by reinventing your hair!\u00a0 With so many shades and coloring styles to choose from, you’re almost guaranteed to find a color that leaves you and your lovely locks looking gorgeous. However, harsh chemicals and strong ingredients may actually be doing more harm than good.<\/p>\n

Damage can be avoided, but first let’s look at how you are dying your hair. By box or salon?\u00a0 Permanent or semi-permanent?\u00a0 All the time or a one time try?\u00a0 These are all factors to consider when waging your cost-benefit risk analysis on the dye job. Let\u2019s start with the basics; the more you dye your hair, the more likely your hair will become damaged.\u00a0 If you try a color once and then let it grow out or fade, your hair will still be strong and healthy.\u00a0 If you are constantly using hair dye with harsh chemicals, you will see the damaging effects.\u00a0 In fact, prolonged periods of coloring treatments can lead to hair thinning.\u00a0 So if you already struggle with thin hair, frequently dying your hair may not be ideal.<\/p>\n

Coloring your hair from one shade to another shade in the same color family (light brown to dark brown) will also be more forgiving and less damaging on your hair than going from a dark brown to a bleach blonde.\u00a0 Bleach is extremely harsh on your hair, drying it out and making it feel like straw.\u00a0 It\u2019s rumored that bleach will make your hair actually fall out, but really it just makes hair very easily breakable and severely damaged.\u00a0 If you have bleach damage, you should wait until the problem area grows out and can be cut off before you start to fix the color of your hair.\u00a0 All dye contains some level of hydrogen peroxide, which is a strong chemical.\u00a0 Be sure to check the active ingredients and hydrogen peroxide levels in you dye before you begin, to ensure you won\u2019t be damaging or drying out your hair too much.<\/p>\n

When choosing a box or salon dye, you should consider your option to use permanent color or semi permanent color.\u00a0 While there are advantages and disadvantages to both, you need to find what type of dye is best for you.\u00a0 Permanent color\u2019s obvious advantage is that it lasts a very long time.\u00a0 However, since the color does not fade, your roots will start to show sooner and you may have to dye your hair more often.\u00a0 Semi permanent color only lasts for about 12 to 15 washes, and then naturally fades back into your original hair color.\u00a0 While it doesn\u2019t last a long as permanent, this type of dye helps with hiding abrupt root lines.\u00a0 Semi permanent dye is a good choice for someone testing out a color and worried about getting stuck with a shade that they may end up hating in a few days.<\/p>\n

Finally, while box dye is much more affordable, salon color is more professional and sometimes safer.\u00a0 If you are extremely serious about a coloring job, you should consider having it done by a professional.\u00a0 Otherwise, act on impulse and change up your color for fun with a box dye.<\/p>\n

A new hair color that is rich and shiny is easy to achieve if you’re smart about your choices.\u00a0 Avoid damage and dryness by doing your research, spreading your dye appointments out and not straying too far from your real color.
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