Hi everyone!
I'm super new here and I am also very new to the world of taking care of damaged hair. I was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction to help me breathe some life back into my platinum bleached hair.
The story behind how my hair got this way was a salon visit this last Wednesday in which their senior hair colorist took on the job of fulfilling my request of going platinum. To be fair, I wanted to go from dark brown (level 3 I think) to platinum blond and then silver. I had also box dyed my hair black about 4 or 5 months back. She warned me about possible breakage from doing this, and that was fine~ I'd been wanting this hair color for many years, so I went with it. I paid extra for a Kerastase protein treatment to go with it too. It took about 3 and a half hours in the salon and if it helps you get the gist of the damage my hair sustained from that ... the strands were literally stretchy and elastic when wet! Pieces of hair were definitely falling out during the wash and dry at the salon, it was a little bit scary to see! It's only been a few days since I had it done so I haven't washed my hair yet, but it feels super brittle and tangles very easily. Thankfully the breakage didn't ruin my hairstyle since it's short and kind of spiky already, but I can really feel how damaged it is. I have an appointment to get my hair cut today and I'll be having layers cut in, but not anything significant enough to chop away the all-over damage.
I know that no amount of product or treatment is going to fix the damage. But of course I want to be proactive about what I can do to improve upon the damage that I have accepted to achieve the color I want. My knowledge about caring for such "special needs" hair is very minimal though. So I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to tell me what they think I should be doing with my hair to strengthen it and get it looking/feeling more healthy.
I have not yet washed my hair since I was directed to wait, but in the interim I bought:
Shimmer Lights shampoo by Clairol (for turning my platinum into silver)
Coconut Oil hair serum by Hair Chemist (instead of argan oil because they all have a yellow tint to them)
K-Pak Reconstruct Deep Penetrating Reconstructor by Joico
I've heard people mention everything from hair masques to protein treatments, but I don't know much about them and have no clue what would be most useful for hair as significantly damaged as mine~ Any advice for a newbie like me would be really appreciated!
I'm super new here and I am also very new to the world of taking care of damaged hair. I was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction to help me breathe some life back into my platinum bleached hair.
The story behind how my hair got this way was a salon visit this last Wednesday in which their senior hair colorist took on the job of fulfilling my request of going platinum. To be fair, I wanted to go from dark brown (level 3 I think) to platinum blond and then silver. I had also box dyed my hair black about 4 or 5 months back. She warned me about possible breakage from doing this, and that was fine~ I'd been wanting this hair color for many years, so I went with it. I paid extra for a Kerastase protein treatment to go with it too. It took about 3 and a half hours in the salon and if it helps you get the gist of the damage my hair sustained from that ... the strands were literally stretchy and elastic when wet! Pieces of hair were definitely falling out during the wash and dry at the salon, it was a little bit scary to see! It's only been a few days since I had it done so I haven't washed my hair yet, but it feels super brittle and tangles very easily. Thankfully the breakage didn't ruin my hairstyle since it's short and kind of spiky already, but I can really feel how damaged it is. I have an appointment to get my hair cut today and I'll be having layers cut in, but not anything significant enough to chop away the all-over damage.
I know that no amount of product or treatment is going to fix the damage. But of course I want to be proactive about what I can do to improve upon the damage that I have accepted to achieve the color I want. My knowledge about caring for such "special needs" hair is very minimal though. So I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to tell me what they think I should be doing with my hair to strengthen it and get it looking/feeling more healthy.
I have not yet washed my hair since I was directed to wait, but in the interim I bought:
Shimmer Lights shampoo by Clairol (for turning my platinum into silver)
Coconut Oil hair serum by Hair Chemist (instead of argan oil because they all have a yellow tint to them)
K-Pak Reconstruct Deep Penetrating Reconstructor by Joico
I've heard people mention everything from hair masques to protein treatments, but I don't know much about them and have no clue what would be most useful for hair as significantly damaged as mine~ Any advice for a newbie like me would be really appreciated!
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