By Nancy Jo, Haircolor Advisor

Not when their blonde hair is green! Here is an easy way to keep your blonde hair from turning green from swimming pools and Jacuzzi water. First of all, lets discuss why it turns green. Hair, and especially blonde hair, is porous and that means thirsty hair. Your thirsty blonde hair will take a big drink of whatever liquid touches it first. If the big drink is chemically treated pool water, Voila! green hair. But if you saturate your hair with tap water first and then take a leap into the pool, your hair isn’t as thirsty and won’t fill up with the pool water. So if you’re a blonde and you’ve been passing up on all of that fun in the pool, go ahead, try this and take the leap.

By Hair By Design

The active ingredients of the vast majority of hair treatment chemicals raises the pH of the hair so that the structure of the hair can be altered by other ingredients of the treatment. PH is a scale of how acid or alkaline something is. A neutral pH on this scale is “7″. A value of “0″ pH would be very acid, and a value of “14″ would be extremely alkaline.

In other words, chemicals applied to hair are designed to make it very alkaline, which allows the hair to be permanently colored or curled or straightened, depending on the other ingredients in the solution.

Simple heat alone does not alter the structure. I watch my best friend curl her hair with a blow dryer and curling wand every 2.5 days; I don’t think we have to belabor the point on this.

Temporary colors are temporary because they do not significantly alter the structure of the hair. If you’ve used any temporary color, you can see it wash down the drain over the next few times you wash your hair. The color solution does not penetrate the cortex of the hair but stays on the cuticle.

Where permanents do not work, where hair color does not last, it is because

What is that necessary ingredient?

Protein!

Your natural hair is composed of (x) amount of protein. That amount did not change until you chemically altered your hair. So, what the heck happened?

When you dyed, permed or relaxed your hair, the chemical, in order to make the desired change in the structure, destroyed protein in the
process.

If you looked at hair under a microscope while it is being exposed to hair treatment chemicals, you would see actual explosions on and in the hair as the chemical destroys the protein! The alkaline chemical burns through some of the protein of the cuticle, lifts the cuticle, and goes to work on the protein cortex of the hair.

Depending on the strength of the chemical, the length of time the hair is exposed to it, and other factors relating to the hair itself, part of the protein is literally burned up in the process.

Each time you use the chemical treatment, it actually destroys up to 50% of the protein of your hair! In other words, the first treatment you lost 50% of the protein of your hair. The next time you treated your hair, you lost 50% of the remainder, and so on, until eventually you have lost virtually all the protein of your hair and the structure of the hair itself has been significantly compromised.

This magnified photo shows a strand of hair that has not been chemically processed.

The image on right shows a strand of hair that has been damaged due to chemical processing.

4 Simple Solutions for Correcting Hair Porosity
Written by Audrey Sivasothy at AssociatedContent

Hair porosity refers to the hair’s ability, or inability, to absorb water or chemicals deep into the cortex. Unfortunately, damage to the hair shaft can affect the hair’s level of porosity. Too much porosity reduces the hair’s ability to retain moisture, move well, and fight breakage.

This article will help you understand why you should be concerned about your hair’s porosity levels. It will also describe 4 simple ways that you can correct your hair’s porosity issues.

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Other couple of haircare products are my favorites. They are: Tigi and Proclaim. Tigi is a salon brand product while Proclaim can be found at any Sally Beauty stores.

Tigi

This line of haircare products are really nice. I really like their ‘Dumb Blonde’ products because being a blonde can be really damaging so what else can you get it presentable and shiny again? Tigi Dumb Blonde conditioner works like a dream. It’s a ph balanced reconstructor conditioner that you can use on daily basis and keep your hair in premium shape. The price isn’t an issue because it works so well. Using this on frequent basis will keep your hair in good shape regardless how much damage you undergo to your hair.

Available for sale: Bed Head Dumb Blonde Reconstructor, 25.36-Ounces

TIGI Dumb Blonde Smoothing Stuff

This gem of TIGI Dumb Blonde line is really wonderful because it works what it says – full of goodness that keep your hair in a superb shape especially with chemically processed hair. It has a line full of goodies that you can use to keep your hair wonderfully moisturized with oils and shine ingredients. This line promises a lot of shine whether you use a glossing polish or spray on shiner. I love this smoothing stuff by TIGI Dumb Blonde because it has a bit of olive oil in it and will keep your hair shiny and soft. It’s a must to manage flyaways and frizzy hair.

Available for sale: TIGI Bed Head Dumb Blonde Smoothing Stuff 1.69 oz

I am always on a lookout for quality haircare because of dyed hair. Dyed hair needs a lot of TLC while making it look beautiful at the same time. Shine and antifrizz are the key for any dyed hair whether you’re blonde, brunette or redhead.