Happy with the color at your roots but a bit perturbed by increasingly darker lengths?

We’re here to help you understand why the color in your lengths may become darker and duller over time, and to help you adjust your color application so you achieve your color goals.

Why Does color Become Darker In The Lengths?

color can become darker in your lengths if you:

• color frequently and layer color in your lengths
• have porous hair

Porosity:

Porous hair will over-absorb color, leading to darker and duller color results. Hair can be naturally porous due to its texture. In particular hair which is very fine or curly tends to be porous and it can soak up more color, leading to darker outcomes.

Damaged hair will also be porous. Hair which is healthy will not just look and feel better, it will also perform better when colored. It will absorb and hold color better. Hair which is moderately damaged can over-absorb color, which will directly lead to darker color results. Hair which is very damaged will not absorb color at all, and it can literally lose the ability to retain color pigments.

Your hair should be considered in three sections – the upper roots, and the mid-lengths and ends. The ends and mid-lengths have been exposed to more coloring or lightening processes, and more heated styling and environmental factors which weaken and degrade the hair, and as such they are much more porous than the roots section.

If you have porous, fragile or damaged hair, then it is best to reduce processes in your lengths, so you should color regrowth only, without adding further color to your lengths.

If your hair is damaged, we recommend weekly intensive conditioning treatments to rehydrate, deeply nourish and strengthen your hair.

We prefer pure botanically based products, such as our Repair Mask, Repair Spray, Split End Serum and Tsubaki Oil. A weekly or bi-weekly conditioning or oil mask will restore condition and rebuild and repair damaged hair.

Fast-Growing Hair & Frequent coloring:

If you have fast-growing hair you may find that you are coloring quite often to stay on top of regrowth.

If you are coloring frequently (every 2-3 weeks), then it is best to apply color to your regrowth only. This will avoid color layering and build-up, which will occur if you layer color on top of color in your lengths every two weeks.

Stick to roots only color applications if you have fast-growing hair. Apply color just to your regrowth for the full processing time, without adding any color to your lengths.

Color Perfection:

If you tick any of the porous, damaged, or frequent coloring boxes, a simple tweak to your coloring approach will give you beautiful regrowth coverage, while reducing permanent color processes in your lengths.

We call it color Perfection.

With the color Perfection approach, you apply permanent color to your roots only for color maintenance. Permanent color (20 or 27 vol developer) will cover grays, giving you complete coverage at your regrowth. Use a toner or semi-permanent (5 vol developer) only to boost color and tone through your lengths.

This approach reduces the permanent color processes in your lengths, preventing damage and color build-up in your lengths and ends. It is particularly helpful for porous or damaged hair.

If your hair over-absorbs color or is very damaged, reducing processes and color applications in your lengths will improve your color results and hair condition.

The color Perfection approach can keep your hair healthier and your color results consistent, preventing the dreaded darker and duller color outcomes.