Common Hair Colour Mistakes That Cost You Money
You think hair coloring is expensive. Wait till you see how much it would cost you to fix a hair color mistake. We see many clients who have messed up their hair color treatment and had to pay even more to fix it and get their desired result due to lack of knowledge and careless mistakes.
In this blog, we aim to point out some of the common careless mistakes you make that can ruin your hair coloring appointment and cost you a fortune.
Costly At-Home Mistakes
Using box dye/home-made colors over previously colored hair
Overlapping colors is a mistake most Sri Lankans least expect to have any damage. When people don't want to spend on a touch-up or recolor at a salon, this is their go-to choice. They buy a box dye, which is a hair coloring kit that can be bought from stores.
Using these old-colored dyes makes:
- Hair looks muddy and dark
- Not knowing what you do can cause unpredictable colors
- Hair weakens with too many chemicals
This may cost you professional color removal services and additional root smudges to fix dark and odd-looking areas.
Bleaching hair at Home
This is an extremely bad practice for your hair health. DIY bleach often causes severe breakage and frying of your hair. Bleach is an aggressive chemical, and even leaving it slightly longer than you should can have dangerous effects
Common effects include:
Scalp burns
Uneven color changes and spots
Overlapping bleach on bleach can break off hair right away.
We recommend that you avoid any bleaching at home. Rely on a trusted hair coloring expert. These people know how to section hair, find which places need stronger bleach, which places need less, and many more.
Otherwise, you have to endure high bills to recover. Sometimes the damage is serious; even the salon won’t be able to help you at all, and you have to get advanced medical assistance.
Ignoring the Hair Type
Although obvious, most people, and even some salons, still ignore their hair type before considering hair color treatment. Different hair types absorb hair colors differently.
For example, fine and curly hair absorbs dye very quickly, while others resist. This means when dyeing fine or curly hair, they may turn out stronger colors than expected. Other hair may have patches and fade if not done properly.
Also, overlapping can leave some parts of your hair with different textures as well.
The main costs will be on color correction and hairbond repairing as well.
Skipping Test
You can always test out a small strand to have an idea about how the chosen color might turn out, and also test for allergies. You can also use AI to upload your picture with the desired color to have a visual idea as well.
Costly Maintenance Mistakes
Washing hair too soon
Impatience is a common weakness among humans, not just in Sri Lanka. That’s why salons normally get the blame for fading, yet unknowingly the culprit is themselves as well.
Rinsing your hair with harsh, sulfate-based shampoos immediately strips the pigments and fades the tone of your hair color treatment.
Ignoring proper aftercare
It doesn't end with shampoo. You must also prevent deep conditioners or UV protection from causing rapid fading and dryness. The only cost this mistake is going to cause you is you having to re-dye sooner.
Going too blonde too fast
We can understand your sudden urges to try out blonde hair. But make sure your hair can handle the shift. Trying to lift dark hair to platinum in one session might be possible. But it may also destroy the hair bonds.
This may require expensive hair reconstructive treatments.
These are exactly what expert hair salons like Noeline’s help with. Experience a session packed with careful and calculated care, leaving no room for mistakes, and you get all the advice to maintain it properly. Book an appointment with us.