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Do color enhancing shampoos/conditioners really work?
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I've seen so many brands come out with color enhancing series such as aveda, john frieda, pantene, etc. Do they actually work? What happens if a person with dark hair uses something that was made for blondes or a person with red hair uses a brunette shampoo. Do they really make a difference in the color of your hair?
There's a John Frieda product out that I want to use to lighten up my hair a bit (the Go Blonder series), but my hair is dark brown at the moment, with honey-brown highlights. Should I even bother with it? Will it work? -
I tried some of the color enhancing products for red hair with the hope that they'd reduce fading. None of them worked but the John Frieda product did make my hair nice and shiny. Not shiny enough to justify the cost though. Does the product for blondes contain peroxide or anything that would lighten hair? I recall a discussion here a long time ago about leaving this or another similar product on for too long with undesirable results so if you're going to try it, follow the instructions and don't leave it on longer thinking it will make your hair lighter.
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It doesn't contain peroxide in it. The ingredients are as follows:
Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Lactic Acid, Glycol Distearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Betaine, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract (Matricaria), Citrus Medica Limonum Peel Extract (Lemon), Curcuma Longa Root Extract (Turmeric), Crocus Sativus Flower Extract, Helianthus Annuus Seed Extract (Sunflower), Vitis Vinifera Juice Extract (Grape), Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract (Grape), Glycerin, Benzyl Alcohol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Cocamide MEA, PEG 40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Glycine, Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Xylene Sulfonate, Malic Acid, Tocopherol, Disodium EDTA, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Fragrance, Yellow 10 -
These products promise much more than they can deliver. Essentially, they fill them up with extra dye and hope that will be enough to stain your hair. For darker colors, you won't see much of anything.
The only people who might see an effect are blondes who use darker color products. People with dark hair colors won't see much difference at all.
This is one area in which cosmetic chemists continue to try and develop new products. (It was a problem I worked on in the mid 1990's. We just never found ingredients that could consistently color the hair. Of course, that wouldn't stop the marketing people from moving ahead with a good story product.
Notice they call them "color enhancing". That's because 'enhancing' can mean just about anything the company wants it to mean. -
I use pureology and think it does help.
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Yes if it has a lead acetate which is proven to darken hair or bleach (hydrogen peroxide, chamomile extract) to lighten and some dyes that are food grade.
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I have a related issue. I have long dark hair that has never been dyed or tinted. After getting a trim at the salon, a hairdresser has put in some "color enhancing" deep conditioning mask without a warning. I noticed only after I got home.... He didn't wash it out properly, so there was color on the skin of my scalp. Afterwards I noticed that there was a new dark red tint in my hair and the gray hairs were less visible, somehow. The hairdresser guy just told me that nothing changed and that most customers never noticed and were happy about the outcome.
I am devastated because I have never meant to add any color in my hair.I happen to like nature's intent.
Three weeks have gone by and now I can definitely say that the lighter parts of my hair are now tinted with a red orange.
I have been shampooing normally and doing hot oil masks and also I did three treatments of vitamin c, trying to get the red tint out. My hair is thin and "porous" so I am afraid that it will permanently remain reddish... Or I will have to cut off all of the length.
The name of the treatment was Wella Color Reflex mask in brown. On top of everything, it seems to have been discontinued, so I can't even find the ingredients list.
Please, someone knowledgeable, tell me want this product did to my natural hair and what should I expect?
Is it possible that this product will never wash out entirely and that it penetrated my hair permanently? -
I can't find an ingredient list for this product either but it sounds like it left a semi-permanent stain on your hair. It should wash out if you shampoo often enough. Good luck!
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@ Nucci - I don't think I would be going back to that hairdresser. In my opinion a hairdresser should ALWAYS ASK before putting anything on your hair. If you are not a regular client and they don't know you well, they could be putting something on your hair to which you have a previous allergy. Not good.
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I really appreciate your responses. Thank you!
Most people wouldn't tell a difference. There is just a way that natural hair reflects the light that I may never get back. The red pigment really catches electrical light, more so than sunlight. The driest and lightest parts of my hair are ones that the pigment refuses to leave.
I have never written in any forums. The absurdity of the incident has obviously put in me in distress. At this point,blaming others, or chance, seems like a waste of energy. I have already spent so much money and time trying to rescue the situation. I even began paying attention to all the ladies in the metro and on the streets, trying to sort out who does what with their hair. The truth is that most people have dyed hair these days, even very young girls, so to most, my issue is not an issue.
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The good thing about it Nucci is that hair does grow. Eventually the parts you see the dye deposits in will be scissored off and fall to the floor. This, too, shall pass.
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