What Does “Color-Safe” Actually Mean? How to Read Hair Product Labels

What Does “Color-Safe” Actually Mean? How to Read Hair Product Labels

You're in the aisle holding two bottles. Both say color-safe. One's $9, one's $34, and the ingredients lists barely look like they're speaking the same language. There's no obvious way...
How Much Color Fading Is Normal? A Week-by-Week Timeline

How Much Color Fading Is Normal? A Week-by-Week Timeline

Nobody tells you what normal looks like. You leave the salon with hair that looks incredible. Then, somewhere around week three, you find yourself checking it in different lights, wondering...
How to Care for Color-Treated Hair Without Sulfates or Parabens

How to Care for Color-Treated Hair Without Sulfates or Parabens

You're in the shower, squinting at the back of a bottle you grabbed on sale. Sodium lauryl sulfate. Methylparaben. Fragrance. You spent two hundred dollars on your color three weeks...
Tagged: Color Care Tips
The Complete Routine for Thinning, Color-Treated Hair: A Step-by-Step System

The Complete Routine for Thinning, Color-Treated Hair: A Step-by-Step System

Everything sold for thinning hair promises volume. Everything sold for colored hair promises moisture. And if your hair is both thinning and color-treated, you've probably run into the same problem:...
Hair Thinning After Coloring: Does Hair Dye Cause Hair Loss?

Hair Thinning After Coloring: Does Hair Dye Cause Hair Loss?

You got your hair colored six weeks ago. Now there's more in the drain than you'd like. Your ponytail feels thinner every time you wrap the elastic around it, and...
Tagged: Color Care Tips
The Complete Routine for Thinning, Color-Treated Hair: A Step-by-Step System

The Complete Routine for Thinning, Color-Treated Hair: A Step-by-Step System

Everything sold for thinning hair promises volume. Everything sold for colored hair promises moisture. And if your hair is both thinning and color-treated, you've probably run into the same problem:...
7 Ways to Fight Frizz in Color-Treated Hair

7 Ways to Fight Frizz in Color-Treated Hair

You ran a flat iron through it this morning. Twenty minutes outside and somehow it's halo-ing again. Color-treated hair has its own relationship with frizz, and it doesn't always feel...
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5 Ways to Add Shine to Dull Color-Treated Hair

5 Ways to Add Shine to Dull Color-Treated Hair

Same color, same length, same haircut, and somehow it just doesn't catch the light the way it did six weeks ago. The shine quietly disappears before the color does. Shine...
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6 Things to Do in the First 72 Hours After Coloring Your Hair

6 Things to Do in the First 72 Hours After Coloring Your Hair

The salon mirror shows the color exactly the way it was meant to look. Whether you walk out with it three days later is a different question, and most of...
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How to Care for Color-Treated Hair While Traveling This Summer

How to Care for Color-Treated Hair While Traveling This Summer

You spent the morning packing the perfect summer wardrobe. Bathing suits, sun hat, sandals you broke in last week. Then, somewhere on day three of the trip, you catch your...
Easy Summer Hairstyles for Color-Treated Hair

Easy Summer Hairstyles for Color-Treated Hair

Ever notice how a fresh color looks its best the day you walk out of the salon, and how quickly summer chips away at that? A pool day here, a...
Tagged: Style Trends
The Best Hair Colors for Olive Skin Tones

The Best Hair Colors for Olive Skin Tones

If you happen to have olive skin, the right hair color can bring out its natural richness and depth. The secret? You need to choose shades that enhance your unique...
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