[Dragonfly]

From the Beauty Brains:

The Biggest Cause Of Fading Hair Color

Kylie’s question: What would ammonium laureth sulfate do to color treated hair?


The Left Brain’s colorful reply:


Ammonium laureth sulfate is a detergent commonly used in both salon and store brand shampoos. You might even find it in some body washes.

It will remove color from your hair about the same amount as other shampoo detergents such as Ammonium lauryl sulfate, Sodium lauryl sulfate and Sodium laureth sulfate. Even baby shampoo detergents like PEG 80 Sorbitan Laurate or Cocamidopropyl Betaine will strip color from hair.

But even worse than these detergents is water. In fact, if you just soaked your head in pure spring water, much of your color will be drawn right out of your hair (artificial color that is).

If you want to protect your hair color from fading, reduce the number of times that you wash it. Also, reduce the length of time you rinse it by using less shampoo when you do wash.

[GlossyAbby]

thx for posting this!

[Angels_Decay]

Thanks for posting!! Hehe I just dyed my hair a few days ago.

[love2482]

Very interesting! To bad if I don't wash my hair at least every 24 hours it turns into a greasy mess.

[noeggerath]

Aww.. it has been almost a week and two days since I dyed my hair jet black and it makes me SO frustrated that my water and lather still comes out purple!! My hair does not look as black as the first day, I hate that It makes me sad actually...I can't avoid washing my hair daily, though. I go to the gym so that requires to get a daily shower }
Do you know about anything that would work even if I still wash my hair daily?

[beadjunky]

Wow. I had no idea.