Do you color your hair, or use other chemical treatments on it? If you do, your hair is fragile. You need to treat it differently than hair that hasn’t had processing.

Chemical treatments swell the cuticle during the process and drys it, plus leaves rough and nicked. This makes it prone to breakage and makes hair dry. Your chemically treated hair has lost a lot of cuticle, and that means it doesn’t absorb conditioners as efficiently.

You always, always want to use shampoo for color treated hair. This shampoo keeps your color from fading and is more gentle, decreasing damage. You need a heavy duty conditioner, as well. Deep condition your hair after any treatment, plus use it on your hair once a week thereafter.

Your chemically treated hair may have lost its shine, as well. If you use shine sprays or finishing sprays, your hair will look healthier, even if its not.

Use a heat protective leave in conditioner, even if you use other conditioners in the shower. They give you even more shine and keep your hair from heat damage both from the styling you do and the sun.

Try to let your hair dry naturally as much as possible. If you just can’t do it, try drying your roots only and leaving the ends damp. Don’t rub a towel on your hair – this can break your hair. Just wrap it in a towel, or blot gently, or both.

Get your hair trimmed regularly. The hair at the ends is usually split worse than at the top, and getting rid of those can make it look much better. Your hair will have swing and bounce once again.

Do you have any tips for chemically treated hair? Let me know on twitter, Facebook, or leave me a message here on the blog.

Ok, we’ve all had it happen: We dye or highlight our hair, and the color is gorgeous. In what seems like no time, the color has faded from rich to dreary. There is a noticeable loss of color and tone, and we’re just not happy with it anymore.

Joico Color Endure can fix dull, dyed hair and extend the life of your highlighting or coloring. Really. It’s a process that preserves, protects, and nurtures your hair. It leaves your hair vibrant and lush, and keeps your color true. You can preserve your color for much longer, and you no longer have to worry about faded, drab hair.

Joico Color Endure is made especially for color treated hair. It uses green tea antioxidants and contains a broad spectrum UV protectant, so sun damage and free-radicals that can destroy your hair color are neutralized. The products also contain a formula specifically designed to strengthen and moisturize color treated or damaged hair.

Color Endure Shampoo:
Pamper your hair with this lovely color preserving shampoo, which gently cleans and protects your hair without fading your color. Your hair color or highlights will last much longer and there won’t be any tone changes. No more brassiness, and no more dull, drab hair color.

Color Endure Conditioner:
Your color stays superb with this great color-preserving conditioner. Your hair is left soft, strong, and manageable, and brassy tones are neutralized. Highlighted hair is brightened, and your hair will look and feel wonderful.

Joico Color Endure products are scented with a luxurious floral blend that smells absolutely wonderful. Jasmine, violet, sandalwood, and amber are blended together to give you a lush scent that’s never overpowering and always subtle. I’ve been known to open the bottle just to smell it. The scent surrounds you subtly all day; every time your hair moves, you get another sweet waft of scent. Lovely.

Do you color your hair, and have you used Joico products? Let me know on twitter, facebook, or leave me a comment here on the blog.