Hair Repair After Dying

What's the best products or solutions to fixing dead or damaged hair after you've dyed it a lot? xxx

some answers i found for you hun...

Depending on how brittle the ends are, you will not be able to repair it
with conditioners and serums. I tell my clients all the time, that
the best conditioner for hair is scissors. Since you want to grow your
hair long, if you don't cut off the dead ends, your ends will split, if
these aren't cut off, they will just keep splitting all the way to your
route and eventually fall out. You don't have to get a short haircut, I
don't know how long your hair is now, but if you cut off and inch or
two (which is not that much) that will be a good start to growing out
your hair. Then treat it and continue to trim it every 8 weeks or so.
Growing your hair out with your hair in the condition it's in now won't
do you any good. It will look dry and brittle and worse than when you
started. I nice fresh cut will help. Good Luck


Well you do need to go in for a trim at the hairdressers - this dosen't
mean you have to take it all off, but just remove the last centimetre or
two off your hair. This will remove the worst of the damage, while
keeping your length. You need to buy a leave in hair treatment that will
help your hair to become healthy again. I have your same problem, along
with my hair being chemically straightened so I use this product:
L'Oreal Proffessionnel Expert - Intense Repair (Intense Nutrition Masque
for Dry Hair. It smells SOOOOOOO good and comes in a little yellow tub.
You wash your hair and leave the treatment in for 20-30 minutes under a
shower cap. Then rinse out for great smelling, super smooth and healthy
looking hair. Do this twice a month and in no time your hair will seem
healthier and smoother.

I recommend looking for Bedhead by TIGI shampoo and conditioner. It's
pretty expensive and only available at salons, but if you can find it,
it will do wonders for your hair. I recommend you use the green one
named Control Freak. It keeps your hair silky and frizz free, and when
used with the serum while blowdrying/straightening will be totally
fabulous for your hair. Have a look for these two products. They are
soooooo good xx


So you've fried your hair. We know. We know. You got a little crazy with
the curling iron, you stayed out in the sun for days on end or your
colorist went overboard dying your black hair white-blonde. Maybe you
put a perm atop a coloring job and fried your hair that way. In any
case, if your hair feels like straw, it's fried. And believe it or not,
there's relief. First of all, you need to lay off the hot tools (flat
irons and curling irons) as much as possible and then you need to get
your ends trimmed every 3 weeks. Then you need to follow these fried
hair fixes to repair the damage:





Option #1: The simple fix

You need a deep conditioner, stat. Look for a product that contains
keratin and is labeled for dry, damaged hair. Run product throughout
hair and leave on for several minutes. The product will absorb into your
hair shaft and soften your hay-like strands. Time it takes: About 10
minutes, not including the shower. We suggest deep conditioning twice a
week the first couple weeks, then continue once a week. Try not to
wash your hair every day, water is very drying to hair (not the
shampoo). If you take a shower but opt not to wash your hair, protect
your hair with a shower cap.

Option #2: Bring in the blowdryer

For this fix, you need a conditioner with cetyl alcohol,
according to colorist Robert Ramos in InStyle Magazine. "It's an
ultrarich fatty acid that helps hair retain moisture," says Ramos. A
great conditioner is [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] (I use this and it's great). Comb conditioner through hair then blast is with a hair dryer for 15 minutes. Rinse.



Option #3: The complicated (but sure) fix

We love this recipe shared by celebrity stylist Chris McMillan outlined in Allure magazine. (You may know McMillan as Jennifer Aniston's hairstylist).
Step 1: Mix in a bowl 2 tablespoons each of rinse-out conditioner, a leave-in conditioner, a deep conditioner and a hair mask.
Step 2: Comb the mixture through clean, damp hair making sure to focus most of the product on mid-shaft down to the ends.
Step 3: Wet 2 large towels, wring them out and heat one in a microwave
for 1-2 minutes (depending on how hot your microwave gets the towel, you
want it tolerable to touch, but steamy warm).
Step 4: Wrap hair up in the hot towel while you heat second towel in microwave.
Step 5: Alternate wrapping hair in towels about 2-3 times.

This ultra-deep conditioner should be repeated once a week.

Option #4: Cut it off



It may sound crazy, but cutting off damaged hair is the only way to
truly repair it. To keep hair in great shape, get a trim every 3 weeks
(yes, 3 initially) and swear off razor cuts and styling tools including
curling irons, blow dryers and flatirons.
Also stay away from any processing, which will only weaken hair further.
According to Allure, relaxers are the harshest on hair, followed by
bleach, permanent color, demi-permanent dye and then rinses or glazes.
If you have damaged hair, opt for highlights instead of all-over color
and ask your stylist to use a glaze instead of dye if you are going
darker. For camouflaging gray hair, stick with demi-permanent formulas.


about.com

Hope some of these help xxx

I have my hair cut every 6 weeks. Use the hairdressers shampoo, conditioner and put in a leave in moisturiser most days and even the hairdresser comments what good condition my hair is.