Maintaining vibrant balayage requires regular care with products like sulfate-free shampoo, deep conditioner and heat protectant to preserve its vibrant blend of hues. These products help shield hair against heat styling tools like blowouts and bleaching as well as chlorine and salt water which may leave mineral buildup that dulls color or even completely changes its hues.

Shop our selection of sulfate-free shampoo for colored hair and purple shampoo that reduces brassiness to maintain healthy shades and keep your shade looking its best.

Shampoo

Shampoo should be an integral component of every haircare routine. Choose from our selection of color safe shampoos to protect, hydrate and style your locks to their absolute best.

Professional shampoos are typically used before and after hair dyeing to protect hair and lessen chemical’s impact on cuticle cells. They’re specifically formulated for salon use by hair stylists and cosmetologists and may contain strong chemicals or more concentrated mix of ingredients not suitable for daily cleansing.

Shampoo for colored hair should also be designed to protect its color and moisture by not including drying surfactants such as sodium laureth sulfate. In addition, consider using deep conditioning treatments weekly in order to restore moisture to dry and damaged locks; look for products made with essential oils such as L’huile Rose for optimal nourishment of strands.

Conditioner

No matter if it is an eye-catching cream and honey balayage or vibrant royal purple shade, you want your shade to remain vibrant for as long as possible and retain its vibrant hues. Utilizing color-safe haircare products is key to preserving your look for as long as possible, including shampoos, conditioners and treatments formulated without sulfates and providing heat protection and UV defense. Limit how often you wash your strands to prevent dryness and color fading by washing every two or three days with either warm or cool water. Explore our range of color-safe shampoos, conditioners designed to reduce brassiness in blonde hair and other protective styling products to keep your strands soft, shiny and healthy. *Sulfates may cause your strands to break more easily leading to duller, less-hydrated tresses as well as more frequent coloring sessions.

Heat Protectant

Make the most of every opportunity when styling, whether for special events or everyday life! A heat protectant will keep your color safe by maintaining a safe heat level (around 200 degrees F) that won’t dry out your strands or fade your color shade.

Heat protectants work by creating a thin film on the hair to spread and slow the absorption of heat by the strands, says Keene. A typical heat protectant spray might contain ingredients such as PVP/DMAPA acrylates copolymer, quaternium 70 or hydrolyzed wheat protein to even out how quickly your strands heat up during styling and thus reduce any potential heat damage to strands.

Without heat protectants, hair can experience everything from color shifts (blonde becoming brassy) and cuticle damage to breakage and even split ends. In order to preserve your locks’ color and health, it’s crucial that a heat protectorant be applied every time you turn on your blow dryer or use flat iron.

Mask

Color-treated hair can be particularly vulnerable to damage, so a comprehensive haircare routine is key in order to keep it in optimal health between salon visits. Alongside shampooing and conditioning treatments, include weekly deep conditioning mask treatments into your routine for maximum strength, suppleness and vibrancy in your mane.

The best hair masks for colored hair contain nourishing ingredients that repair damage, enhance color vibrancy, and increase shine. Furthermore, these gentle cleansing agents gently remove build-up without stripping color or moisture from your strands.

Use products containing shea butter, argan oil and Japanese red camellia oil that soften strands while fighting frizz, increasing shine, detangling and providing parched strands with moisture. Some masks even protect against heat of up to 450 degrees! And be mindful of ingredients like sulfates, parabens, mineral oil and dyes – opt for one featuring light scents of white nectarine and pear for maximum color protection!