Vivid hair is an amazing way to change your style and show off your creativity. However, not everyone wants to commit to bright, fire-engine red or funky green right away. Some prefer more muted, deeper colors like plum or pastels like light pink and blue.
While deeper, darker colors are easy to maintain, pastels require a bit more of your time and attention. Once you apply light blue hair dye, you shouldn’t expect it to stay for long if you wash your hair with hot water and a sulfate-containing shampoo. Let’s learn how to care for light blue pigment so it keeps making you smile every day.
Avoid Heat
The common mistake people with light blue locks make is washing them with hot water or styling with hot tools every day. Before dyeing them, you usually need to pre-lighten them, which already raises the hair cuticles. As you apply the heat, they open up even more, letting the pigment escape. Unfortunately, pastels are not bright overall, so they wash out more easily and faster, in a few weeks. So, you’re just encouraging fading.
To maintain the color, use only cold or lukewarm water when washing your hair. Let the strands air-dry when possible and style them naturally. If you really need to use heat for this, apply a color-safe heat protectant beforehand.
Use Color-Safe Products
Not all products are good for bleached and colored hair. Some can speed up pigment loss, especially if they contain sulfates. Once you tint your locks with Arctic Fox dye, look for sulfate-free, color-safe products:
- shampoo;
- conditioner;
- mask;
- oil;
- heat protectant.
Check out reviews online to make sure they really help preserve your pigment. They should also help keep bleached hair smooth and conditioned, reducing dryness and breakage.
Stay Away from Salt and Chlorine
Everyone loves to ride the ocean waves and splash in the pool. But your light blue hair will hate the salt and chlorine with a passion — both can make the color dull, no matter which shade of dye you are using. Moreover, your hair will become dry or brittle after repeated exposure.
When it comes to pastels, you can expect your color to fade noticeably after a few dips. So, when swimming in the sea, ocean, and pool, pin your hair up, or use a swimming cap so your sensitive strands don’t take a deep dive with you.
Light Blue Is Worth All the Requirements
Pastel colors might sound like a lot when it comes to maintenance, but the basic care is similar to that of other vivid pigments. If you want your hair to stay light blue, make sure you avoid hot water and limit the use of dryers, straighteners, and curling irons. Additionally, use only color-safe products that won’t strip the baby blue shade from your locks right away. When you’re swimming in the pool or ocean, try to keep your hair out of the water.
