Silver & Platinum Hair Maintenance
Silver Hair Maintenance Tips:
Wait one week after dyeing your hair silver to wash it again. Leave your hair alone for one week after getting the silver so that it can recover and replenish any lost oils. If you wash your hair immediately after coloring your hair, you risk dryness or breakage.
Use color-safe, sulfate-free shampoos and conditioners. Focus the shampoo on your roots and scalp, and the conditioner on the mid-lengths to ends of your hair.
Deep condition your hair one to two times a week with hair masks. Choose a mask meant for color-treated hair. Wash your hair with shampoo, then rinse it out. Apply the mask to your hair while it is still dampened.
Use cool or lukewarm water to wash and rinse your hair. Hot water is very damaging to hair, and even moreso on dyed hair, and also causes hair color to fade faster. You can make hair color last longer by using cool to lukewarm water to wash it.
Limit washing your hair to once or twice per week. Gray hair dye faces faster than most, so the less you wash your hair, the longer your color will stay.
Limit the heat styling to keep your hair healthy and your color vibrant. Let your hair air dry whenever possible, and learn to embrace your hair’s natural texture. Heat styling not only damages hair, but can cause your hair color to fade faster.
Use a low heat setting when you do heat style your hair. Use a heat setting between 300°F (149°C) and 350°F (177°C), or between 250°F (121°C) and 270°F (132°C) if your hair is especially fine.
Always use a heat protectant when heat styling your hair. Apply the heat protectant to your hair while it is still wet. If you are using it on dry hair, let the product dry first.
Use silver, purple, or gray color-depositing shampoos. Get a toning service at the salon if you notice yellow tints in your hair. Toning should be done every 10-12 weeks.
If you swim, make sure you wet your hair and apply a moisturizing cream before you go in the pool or ocean. When the hair is already wet, it doesn’t absorb anymore water, versus when it’s dry, it’ll absorb ocean/pool water.
Use Olaplex shampoo, conditioner, and mask.
Use Wella toner at home as needed.