Light ash blonde hair looks very stunning and does make a strong statement. Giving you an unmistakable look even from a distance.
Definitely an image hair color. That will need a great deal of your loving care and attention if you want to keep your hair in great condition and the color vivid.
Keeping your light ash blonde hair healthy and strong is a must. If you want to have great looking tresses and the longer your hair is the more the need to have a good light blonde hair care routine.
A light ash blonde reflect is a sort of cool platinum shade that was worn very well by Lady Gaga. The effect is produced by a toner and is just one of several reflects you can achieve. Once your hair has a high degree of lift.
Tones such as beige, gold, rose or platinum are all very dramatic colors.
But do know what you are in for before you begin on your journey of change.
These hair colors look fantastic but they are also very high maintenance.
First Step Lightening Your Hair.
To achieve a light ash blonde hair coloring you may have decided to add a full set of highlights. Or go the whole hog and plump for an allover color.
Either way to achieve such high lift your hair will need to have a bleach applied first.
The reason for bleaching your hair is to eliminate the black, brown, red and some of the yellow pigments that make up your hairs natural coloring.
And the lighter you go when bleaching your hair. The more important the upkeep is. As it doesn’t take long for that very light blonde color to start having a yellow tinge.
Fighting The Breakage When Lightening Your Hair.
Going for a light ash blonde hair color it is of the utmost importance to keep your hair as healthy and strong. Which means using the correct products for your bleached hair.
To do this most top quality salons would recommend that you use one of the plexes. The most popular one being Olaplex.
If your hair stylist doesn’t recommend one. Then make sure that you ask for one.
It may be an added cost but believe me you won’t regret it.
Plexes now what are they? Well it happens to be a hairdresser’s nick name for the hair bond strengthening systems on the market today.
These bond restorers work on a molecular level to repair your hair bonds that are broken down by chemical damage. So giving strength to your hair.
Do make sure that you also take home and use the booster or no 3 of the products range that has been used on your hair.
Read more about the benefits of Olaplex when lightening.
Tips To Help You Maintain Your Light Ash Blonde Color.
Maintaining you’re really light blonde colored hair will take a little time and effort.
And yes you will be spending a lot of time visiting your stylist for toning and coloring.
If you don’t mind your dark roots you can make your visit about every eight weeks. But if you cannot face these and they drive you crazy it will be more often.
To help you get through the eight weeks find yourself a spray on root concealer. If you ask your at your hair salon I am sure that if they do not stock this item they will recommend where you can purchace one.
This way you can style your hair and when finished. Spray the roots that show with the concealer.
One point to remember though. The more that you touch up your roots the more your color will tend to overlap. This over time will cause breakage to your hair.
If You Are A Sun Lover With Very Blonde Hair.
If you love the sun your light blonde hair does not. It is important to give your light blonde hair some protection with a hat.
Or if you don’t like the feeling of anything on your head.
Go with a good spray of a hair UV protection product or give your hair a wet look by combing through some conditioner before venturing outside.
Because a little protection is better than none at all.
Remember very light hair contains a lot less melanin than darker hair. So the sun’s rays will penetrate your hair much easier.
Leading to your very blonde hair getting damaged and your ash blonde color fading faster than usual. Leaving you with a more brassy blonde shade than your original ash.
Making Your Hair Color Last.
To achieve your light blonde hair coloring a bleach was applied followed by a toner. So as to give your hair a specific hue.
Each time that you shampoo your hair pigments from your toner will wash down the drain. Meaning that your hair will slowly revert to its bleached state.
A great way to keep the tone for a longer period in your light ash blonde hair.
Would be to refresh your hair with a glossing hair treatment at the salon in between color services.
Because adding a glossing to your hair will help to seal your hairs cuticle. Which in turn helps to lock in the color pigments of your light ash blonde tone with the added benefit of giving your hair a nice glossy finish.
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate.
Keep your hair hydrated if you are not a natural very light blonde.
To achieve your beautiful light ash blonde color your hair has been put through some harsh chemical processes. You will find that it will be dehydrated and slightly damaged.
Therefore you will need to be very gentle on your hair.
Yes washing your hair less often is definitely the way to go.
The importance of using the correct hair care products to maintain your light ash blonde hair is essential.
Make sure that you use shampoos and conditioners with formulas that are specifically designed for maintaining and protecting colored hair. These shampoo’s are generally sulphate free and and the conditioners contain a UV protection.
Nourish your hair daily by spraying on a leave in conditioner.
Deep condition your hair on a weekly basis without fail. As your hair will be very porous and this will help to restore some of the moisture.
When You Decide That You Want To Go Darker.
You have now decided that you would like to change your hair from your present light ash blonde back to your darker color.
With hair that has been bleached and toned you will find that you cannot successfully dye your hair back to a darker color.
Due to the fact that your hair is probably too damaged or over processed.
The dark color will not stay in bleached hair. You will find that first of all it grabs the color differently often much darker than you imagined.
But you will find that this will not hold for long as the color will wash out easily. Leaving your hair looking dull drab and very ashy.
The best way is to just grow the light blonde color out. Or as your roots grow turn the whole look into a balayage effect using highlights.
Do make sure that you are willing to spend the time and money to upkeep your light ash blonde hair or for that matter any of the other dramatic very light tones. They all look amazing when well-kept and healthy. But there is nothing worse than seeing a head of high lift hair that is yellowing and looks dry and brittle.
Thank you for spending the time to read my post. I hope you liked it.
