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Choosing the Right Color Service For Your Hair This Winter

With the holiday festivities coming to an end, some people don’t want to get their hair done as much anymore. Why? Simply because it’s cold outside and they just want to be as laid back as possible. Moreso, wearing a messy bun on their head while wearing pajamas under the covers.

Even though the cold temperatures don’t help, the winter season is one of the best times of the year to get your hair done, especially because there isn’t any humidity roaming around. In this case, paying the hair salon a visit will do the trick to making you get out of those pajamas and letting your hair loose from that messy bun. At the hair salon, a plethora of services will be available for you to choose from. All the way from a haircut, to a blowout, to a color service. Of course, many feel that it is color services that will give them that so-called new look.

Downtown spoke to Daisy Englander, who is a Downtown based Master Hair Artist. Englander has a few tips and tricks to assist you with picking your next wintertime hair color service.

 

Daisy Englander

Daisy Englander’s Tips + Tricks:

  1.  Always make sure your hair is healthy enough to endure any chemical process you might want.
  2. Once you know your hair is in healthy condition, consult with your stylist to see which color options are best for your hair type.
  3. Make sure to select a color that goes with your skin tone as hair color should complement your skin and provide it with a radiant glow.

Once you are given the green light for receiving color services, get in the know of what is trending. Since it’s winter, Englander mentioned the ‘Frosted Balayage’, seamless highlights, and face-framing highlights are currently trending.

Frosted Balayage:

The balayage is the technique of free-hand painting highlights onto the hair, creating a soft and natural gradation of lightness towards the ends. The Frosted Balayage can be done in a variety of colors for brunettes and blondes.

Choosing the Right Color Service For Your Hair This Winter
Photo Credit: Daisy Englander

Seamless Highlights:

These highlights have a natural-looking texture and dimension, which create an effortless yet elegant look.

Choosing the Right Color Service For Your Hair This Winter
Photo Credit: Daisy Englander

Face Framing Highlights:

The lighter-colored pieces of hair around your face adds much more visual interest as well as draws attention to your face. Think Cindy Crawford in the 90s!

Choosing the Right Color Service For Your Hair This Winter
Photo Credit: Daisy Englander

Have fun picking your next color and always consult with a professional hairstylist on which tone works best for you.

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Best Shampoo For Your Hair Type

Finding the right hair products can take time, but the first step is being aware of your hair type. There are all different kinds of hair: curly, wavy, straight, frizzy, thick, thin, oily, color-treated, damaged, etc. Buying shampoo is overwhelming because of the amount of options, but to get the best results it is essential to get the kind that is specific for your type of hair.

Along with finding that ideal shampoo, pairing it with the matching conditioner ensures positive results.

It can be a challenge, but luckily Downtown Magazine has narrowed down the choices and picked our top shampoos for each hair type.

Curly

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Curly Sexy Hair by Sexy Hair
Price: Shampoo & conditioner, $39.69 on Amazon

Curly Sexy Hair is the perfect match if your hair is curly and you are looking to enhance those curls. It is made with Sea Algae & Cacay oil and it tames those unmanageable curls by adding shape, definition and bounce for all curl types. Your curls will retain softness and moisture along with smoothing and controlling frizz all day.

Straight

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Brazilian Keratin Therapy by OGX
Price: Shampoo & Conditioner, $26.61 on Amazon.

OGX has killed the straight hair game with their Brazilian Keratin Therapy shampoo. It is infused with coconut oil, keratin proteins, avocado oil and cocoa butter to make your hair ever straightened. It helps strengthen and soften the hair, along with adding a luminous glow and a beautiful shine.

Color-Treated

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Color Extend Magnetics by Redken
Price: Shampoo & Conditioner, $55.00 on Amazon

Redken’s Color Extend Magnetics is not only a bestseller, but has captivating results. It’s a shampoo for colored hair that is lightweight and gentle sulfate-free. It’s part of the exclusive SMART hair care family, and the new RCT Protein Complex treats hair from the root to the core to the tip, giving all 3 levels the custom nourishment they need.

Volume

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Extra Volume by Moroccan Oil
Price: Shampoo & Conditioner, $55.00 on Amazon

Moroccan Oil’s products are all so amazing, but their Extra Volume shampoo and conditioner are outstanding for those wishing for more volume. It’s goal is to transform and volumize fine hair from lifeless to lively by antioxidant-rich argan oil and revitalizing nutrients—including linden bud extract that naturally plumps up hair. This product brings body, shine and manageability for healthy-looking hair. It is color safe as well as sulfate-free, phosphate-free and paraben-free.

Frizzy

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Frizz by Living Proof
Price: Shampoo & Conditioner, each $25.00 on Living Proof.

Living Proof’s No Frizz shampoo does wonders for those battling frizz. It weightlessly blocks humidity, smoothes hair texture so strands are polished and frictionless, as well as nourishes and conditions, leaving the hair feeling moisturized. It is formulated for color and chemically treated hair as well as sulfate-free and silicone-free, making it ideal for all frizz-prone hair types.

 Oily

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Extraordinary Clay by L’Oreal Paris
Price: Shampoo & Conditioner, $12.48 on Amazon.

For those who struggle with oily roots and dry ends, Extraordinary Clay is the perfect choice. With 3 Refined Clays, it instantly purifies oily roots and hydrates dry lengths in a lightweight fashion for beautifully fresh, flowing hair from root to tip. It is silicone-free and in up to 48 hours the results of purified roots and hydrated ends show.

Damaged

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Repair & Protect by Pantene
Price: Shampoo & Conditioner, $13.99 on Amazon.

Suffer from damaged hair? Pantene’s Repair & Protect is made for damaged, stressed, and overworked hair and is gentle enough for permed or color-treated hair. Its Pro-V formula nourishes hair, fueling it with protecting power against future damage for stronger, healthier, more beautiful hair. Strong hair beats damage.