Color touch-ups that are meant to solely revive your color and not lift your roots can be done comfortably at home. Many women prefer the salon to avoid the messiness, but it is possible to save your bathroom along with your time and money with at-home touch-ups. Semi permanent hair color can stain any and everything it comes into contact with. It can dye your skin, bathtub, sink, and most certainly clothes and carpet. There are different ways to clean the dye, but here are some preventive measures to ensure that your bathroom does not undergo the same transformation as your hair.
Wear gloves to prevent the dye from penetrating your hands.
Apply Vaseline or petroleum jelly to the skin to prevent the dye from staining your hairline and face.
Clean your bathtub or sink to prevent the dye from bonding to the soap scum.
Line the sink with saran wrap and create a hole for the drain to prevent the sink from being stained.
Also, line the tub with a thin layer of petroleum jelly to prevent stains. Remember to wash and scrub your bathtub immediately after rinsing your color to thoroughly remove the excess dye and petroleum jelly to prevent slipping.
Run the water while your hair hovers the sink or bathtub to prevent the dye from setting.
Sleep with a towel or t-shirt over your pillowcase to prevent potential color bleeding.
What You’ll Need
1-Adore Cinnamon 58
1-Adore Crimson 68
½-Adore Copper Brown 76
Disposable gloves
Dye brush
Dye mixing bowl
Vaseline or petroleum jelly
4-Hair clamps
T-shirt
Plastic processing cap
Directions
Put on a t-shirt that you do not mind ruining.
Put on gloves to prevent the color from penetrating your skin.
Mix all of the color in a mixing bowl with the dye brush.
Start on freshly washed and stretch naked hair that is sectioned in four or more parts and secured with hair clamps.
Cover your hairline or entire forehead in Vaseline to prevent your skin from being dyed.
Work in small sections by creating a smaller section within one of the quadrants and secure the bulk of the section with a hair clamp.
Hold the ends taut with one hand and with the other hand use the dye brush to paint on the dye from roots to ends.
Finger comb the product through to ensure that the hair is thoroughly saturated.
Cover your hair with a plastic processing cap and allow the dye to sit for an hour.
In most cases, “loosening up” is a positive thing; it’s associated with relaxing, letting go, and having a good time. But when my curls decide to loosen up, it’s a whole different story.
No matter what kind of wavy, coily, or curly you are, you can probably relate: curls that start out bouncy and fresh in the morning sometimes deflate, like a tire losing air, until they’re stretched, flat, and frizzy. But why?
“Curls have a mind of their own,” says Tara Love, the founder of Tara Love Hair, a salon that caters to African-American and multicultural women. “They are very unpredictable because you never know what they will do from one day to the next.”
Gravity
“Maybe the reason why curls fall or get looser is because of gravity,” she speculates. “The hair can also be heavy, as in high-density hair with thick strands. Fine, short hairs tend to curl tighter and experience no real gravity pull.”
If your hair is thick and dense, gravity is likely to blame for your stretched curls—and it’s not easy to fight a force of nature. That being said, you can make your hair less susceptible to the effects of gravity by using lightweight products that won’t weigh you down further. “For curly styles that you want to stay in place, leave-ins and oils are needed,” Love shares.
“I love an old staple called Infusium 23,” she adds. “It’s light and controls frizz. If you need a little oil, I love Jane Carter Nourish and Shine. It’s great for hair and body. Rub a bit in the palm and apply.”
It’s also a good idea to switch out your hard-hold gel for a light cream to keep curls buoyant. CurlTalk member @oh.hi.its.steph recommends SheaMoisture Curl Milk: “I find it to be perfectly moisturizing and curl-enhancing, but not terribly heavy either!”
High-porosity curls and waves are more likely to loosen throughout the day than low-porosity curls. That’s because high-porosity hair has large gaps and holes in the cuticle, making it very easy for the hair to lose moisture; and when moisture evaporates from high-porosity hair, it renders products less effective—which results in loose, frizzy curls.
“If you’re highly porous you might be in need of protein,” says this CurlTalk commenter. A silk protein treatment can help repair the gaps in your hair cuticles to keep your curls intact.
Since highly porous hair loses moisture easily, it’s essential to stock up on ultra-hydrating products, like leave-in conditioners and sealers. You can also add anti-humectants to your hair care routine, like Ouidad Climate Control Heat and Humidity Gel, to seal the cuticle and keep moisture in. At night, try a heavy hair butter treatment—Mizani Strength Fusion Intense Night-Time Treatment is a great option—to lock in hydration and prep your curls for a new day.
In one recent study, physicists studying the curvature of steel rods stumbled upon some interesting findings, namely, what makes curly hair go limp. Their conclusion? “The actual number of hairs per square inch on any individual’s scalp…that greater or lesser crowding may play a role,” according to Time Magazine. In other words, if you’ve got a lot of hair, your individual strands may just be too crowded to stay curly all day.
If this is the case for you, there are two things you can do:
One, incorporate a hard-hold gel into your routine to give you the all-day definition. After smoothing Carol’s Daughter Coco Creme Curl Shaping Cream Gel through your hair, twirl individual pieces around your finger to create a defined curl pattern and diffuse dry.
And two, accept that you’ve been blessed with thick, luscious curls—and at the end of the day, no matter how loose they are, your curls are beautiful. (At least, this is what I like to tell myself!”>
It’s important to note that even with a full morning routine of leave-ins, creams, and gels, curls sometimes need a little midday refresh. What can you do? It’s just their nature.
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