Think about it, you’re using a heat hotter than an oven on your hair. I realise this post is geeky AF, but bear with me. I’ve tired to make it concise and helpful.
We are pushing hair to its limits with colour and styling goals. Maybe if we can understand what our hair is, we can be more sympathetic to its needs?
When exposing your hair to excessive heat without protection repeatedly, the hydrogen bonds that hold protein chains together break, literally burn away, leaving your hair with no inner strength or structure. Essentially, it’s fu*&!£d. In science speak, this is called denaturing. When you denture a protein it is irreversible- you can’t unboil an egg!
Your hair has an outer layer called a cuticle; an armour of protective scales that swell and change shape when stressed (colour, heat, water etc). Some of these scales will be so damaged they will simply not go back to where they should be and over time it won’t protect those inner most needed chains in your coretex.
Your coretex is where the magic is. Millions upon millions of helix like chains that are the essence of your hair. The colour it is, how it moves, how strong it is all comes from the coretex.
Clever, eh?! Companies are working head to bring out products to combat the damage we inflict but nothing is good as prevention itself. Motto of the story, always use protection.
Products I love:
- Redken Pillow Proof
- Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate
- Olaplex No7 Oil (also acts as UV protection!)
- Colourwow Dream Coat
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Rebecca Day Hair 