Reaching for the hair dye bottle? How to treat coloured hair
It's a day that many women dread – you're standing in front of the mirror brushing your mane, when there, in the midst of your lustrous locks is a wiry grey strand.
A recent survey revealed that not only are more women experiencing a loss of pigment in their hair, but it's happening at a younger age.
The Daily Mail reported that the research, exclusively provided to Life & Style, has found that 32 per cent of British women under the age of 30 have discovered their first grey hairs.
So what's a girl to do? Well there are two options – embrace it, or hide the evidence with natural hair dye.
Both have their benefits, of course. Recently, vintage fans have gone out of their way to artificially obtain the silver-fox look, so if you went au natural, you'd be right on trend.
However, if you feel coloured hair has a more youthful appearance, you need to think about how you will care for your processed locks.
Jane Stacey, international technical director at TONI&GUY salons, warned that your hair will not stand an unlimited amount of treatments.
"Hair is a very fine and delicate fibre – it can only take so much colouring," she explained.
Ms Stacey added that ladies should always seek professional advice when choosing their natural hair colour and stick with it. "Don't think that it is realistic to change from dark shades to light as often as you might like to," she added.
In terms of how to care for processed hair, it's a case of lavishing attention on it. Always use a moisturising natural shampoo and suitable conditioner, complemented with top-up treatments which will inject a new lease of life into your locks.
Regular hair cuts are also a must, especially for longer hair, to keep on top of those split ends.
Bear these tips in mind and no-one need ever know that your occasional silver highlights are natural. And we promise we won't tell.
Posted by Claire Thomson
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