The best thing I found for my hair was Kerastase Specifique Bain Deviant. Described as "balancing shampoo for oily roots and sensitized ends", it's a clarifying shampoo that is still gentle on the body of your hair (most clarifying shampoos and drying if used too often)
Then about four or five years ago I started getting blonde highlights in my hair. Over that time I've learnt a lot about what you should, and what you shouldn't, do for coloured hair (a lot of it thanks to makeupalley.com)
I love TiGi Superstar shampoo. It smells amazing, and is sulfate-free so it's gentle on coloured hair and reduces fading (you should not regularly use a clarifying shampoo on coloured hair. They work by basically deep-cleaning your hair, so they would also strip your colour).
If you have dyed-blonde hair you should also be using a purple toning shampoo once a week to stop the colour getting brassy (yellow/orange). The best one I have come across is Joico Color Endure Violet Shampoo, which you leave on for five minutes. A bottle lasts you a long time (despite my love for Redken I would not recommend their Pure Pearl toner)
Out of the dozens of conditioners I have tried by far the best for highlighted hair is Redken Extreme. It doesn't moisturise (so using a leave-in conditioner after is a good idea), but adds protein to your hair, which is something cloured hair often lacks. If your hair feels dry or is breaking off, despite you using moisturising conditioner on it, it is most likely lacking protein. Although using too much protein on your hair, or when your hair doesn't need it, can dry it out, so you have to figure out what the right balance is for you.
Out of the dozens of conditioners I have tried by far the best for highlighted hair is Redken Extreme. It doesn't moisturise (so using a leave-in conditioner after is a good idea), but adds protein to your hair, which is something cloured hair often lacks. If your hair feels dry or is breaking off, despite you using moisturising conditioner on it, it is most likely lacking protein. Although using too much protein on your hair, or when your hair doesn't need it, can dry it out, so you have to figure out what the right balance is for you.
Regular deep conditioning treatments have also really help keep my hair healthy, my favourite being Philip Kingsley's Elasticizer. You use it before you shampoo, which I much prefer to having to either hang around in the shower for 15mins at the end, or getting out and getting back in. The "elasticising effect improves suppleness, stretchability, strength and shine whilst leaving your hair softer, less brittle, beautifully manageable and lustrous." You use it weekly, and you can already feel a big difference just as you're rinsing it out in the shower.
Last, but definitely not least, the best hair product I have ever come across...
Batiste dry shampoo. Costs just £2.05 for a can, and if like me you have fine hair where the roots get oily quickly it is an absolute god-send. You just shake the can, spray onto your hair and rub it in. Like the talc technique, but works so much better and is way less messy.
Last, but definitely not least, the best hair product I have ever come across...
Batiste dry shampoo. Costs just £2.05 for a can, and if like me you have fine hair where the roots get oily quickly it is an absolute god-send. You just shake the can, spray onto your hair and rub it in. Like the talc technique, but works so much better and is way less messy.
This leads us onto the age-old question: how often should you wash your hair? Every day, every other day, twice a week? Once every three months? (love you HoG)
How often do you guys wash your hair?
What are your favourite hair products/tips?
Has anyone had any success with home-made hair masks?
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