What to change
- Condition every time you shampoo, and use a mask on some wash days.
- Choose a color-safe shampoo; Malibu C says its Un-Do-Goo clarifier is not color-safe.
- Wait after a service before clarifying: OLAPLEX asks for two weeks after permanent color for its No.4C.
- Wash with lukewarm water and detangle only with conditioner in.
- Use heat less, on the lowest setting, with a heat protectant.
Spacing out services
The American Academy of Dermatology suggests spacing touch-ups, especially in dry weather, and, if you want both a perm or relaxer and color, having the perm or relaxer first and the color about two weeks later.
Porosity after color
Bleached lengths often take in water fast and dry fast, while new growth behaves as it did before. Care for them as two sections: more conditioner and leave-in on the colored lengths, lighter at the roots.
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