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Highlights and Roots
Q: I used to have medium blonde hair with much lighter natural highlights around my face and at my neck (hairline in back),
and a deeper dark blonde in back. The colour combinations were lovely. But as I aged (I am now 30) my hair has darkened so much most
people call it light brown/brown, but the stylists I see call it dark blonde. It still has a tonal variation from front to back, but
much more subtle.
I don't have the budget to get salon colouring, so I do it myself. About 8 months ago I started
highlighting my hair with {brand name deleted}, then with {brand name deleted} cool blonde highlights. I liked it at first, but hate
roots. But when redoing the roots I found they either went too light, didn't blend properly (too light on new roots), or I couldn't
place them correctly (My hair is thick and wavy), so my hair ended up getting lighter and lighter over time, and looking fake.
The solution I seem to have found is to use {brand name deleted} in Palomino dark blonde in
between highlighting which blends the roots but still shows the lighter sections. I'm thinking this way I can use the semi-permanent
dark blonde about once per month, and then only highlight once every 4-5 months or longer (after the dark blonde has washed out), so
I don't end up with fake blonde hair all over.
My question is: Is this a good long-term course for my hair? Or is this too much chemicals in
the long-run. After I use the Palomino, before using the conditioner that comes with it, my hair feels extremely dry and yucky.
Please let me know if what I'm doing is smart, or if I should choose another course of action.
A: Even with semi-permanent haircolor, there are ingredients included in the formula to enable the hair to more easily absorb the
color molecules. These ingredients swell the hair shaft slightly and raise the cuticle layer of the hair, allowing the color
molecules to pass through into the hair shaft. The primary purpose of the conditioner included with these color kits is to smooth
the cuticle layer back down, and help to seal in the color.
As a result, you can still damage your hair by overdoing it with the semi-permanent color,
particularly on the highlighted strands. However, this is much preferred to using harsher color formulas. The key is to make sure
to keep the hair well-conditioned. This will not only keep your hair moisturized and healthy looking, but should help to increase the
longevity of your haircolor application.
The only potential change I would recommend to your current routine is to wait until you clearly
need the haircolor refreshed before making a new application of the semi-permanent color rather than doing it on a scheduled basis.
All in all, I would say you are a very smart woman. You have looked for and found a less harsh way
to prolong your preferred hairstyle.
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