How to Keep Red Color from Fading

Natalie does her own hair color and knows how to keep it from fading.

Red hair color is the easiest and quickest to fade. That is because the red color molecule is the largest of all hair color molecules.

• The best preventive tip to make red color last longer is to shampoo and rinse in cool water. It is like washing your bright color laundry in cool water. The hot water open the cuticle allowing the red pigment to be shampooed out faster.
• Always us a color-safe shampoo.
• After processing red hair color, rinse thoroughly with warm water until it runs clear before applying shampoo.
• After shampooing and rinsing, Apply a solution of 1 cup of warm water containing 2 oz of white vinegar. Work it throughout the hair and process it 10 minutes. Rinse it from hair with warm water. Final rinse with cool water.



This video demonstrates Natalie's of Jeannie's Hair Company expertise with color

Why Red Hair Color Fades Fast

Why does Red hair color fade very fast?
This is a question I am asked frequently.
I have compared twelve bands of hair color and they all fade so much faster than other colors.  Some  red brands last up to twice as long as other brands of red color, but they only last 25% as long as other colors in the same brand.
This is a big problem now because red is such a popular color. While it was just a trend, most thought it would not last.  Now it is so fashionable, I believe it is a classic. 
That is why the question is asked more now than ever.

Reasons red color fades faster:

• Red hair color molecule is larger and heavier than any other hair color molecule.
• Red hair color molecule is too large to penetrate the hair shaft so it adheres to the surface.  If the hair is pre bleached, the cuticle is open so wide that the color will penetrate this hair shaft.
• The Red molecule will shampoo off the hair in a matter of about two weeks compared to other colors that will not shampoo off the hair.

There are some steps I have taken that help the red last four times longer. 
Tomorrow, I am planning to do a scientific controlled experiment to discover how much longer the red color will last when these steps are followed.

• I will color 3 swatches of hair on the same mannequin following the exact same procedure and using the exact same formula on each swatch of hair. 
• Swatch# 1 will be colored , processed and dried following manufacturer directions.  I will save this swatch and not shampoo any more to compare to the others after the experiment.
• Swatch # 2 will be colored , processed and dried following manufacturer directions.   
• #3 swatch will be processed the same as #1 and I will use the steps that I found that will make it last longer.
• Swatch #2  and #3 will  be shampooed and dried 30 times
• Then I will compare the 3 swatches and calculate the amount of fade on each swatch.

I will document and repair the results in three days.



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