Every summer, the sun, the wind and bathing in the sea or in the swimming pool represent a dangerous equation for the hair fibre, which can be damaged and become “unmanageable”. Indeed, the hair reacts to UVA and UVB rays, which leads to oxidation of the pigment (a problem for colored hair) and a weakening of the keratin. Result : the hair is very dry. Other aggressors such as wind, salt or chlorine also cause damage which can be significant.
Providing good sun protection during the holidays is good. Guaranteeing hair that is ideally nourished and maintained a few weeks before is even better! To do this, simply follow our schedule to the letter, containing advice and tips from hair beauty professionals, hairdressers and colorists.
With a cure
The holidays are not easy for the hair. The idea is therefore to take good care of them before departure, to arm them against all the aggressions they will suffer.
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Good hair health starts with a healthy scalp. Each week, a clay-based hair mask cleanses, regenerates, revives the cellular activity of the scalp, but also cleanses and rehydrates the lengths. In great shape, the hair regains maximum shine and volume. The good solution ? The easiest way is to use a ready-to-use mask in the form of a mixture of clays and essential oils adapted to each type of hair. If necessary, dilute with water in a bowl to obtain a creamy consistency, easier to apply. It takes 150 ml of product for an application on medium-length hair. Brush and lightly dampen hair. With your fingers, take the dough to deposit it in a medium layer, line by line. Then apply to the lengths. Massage the scalp with the fingertips for a few minutes. Then apply a plastic film and leave for 20 minutes, but no more.
Once there
To repair your hair after a day of sun, bet on monoi or shea butter. Packed with essential fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins, they can be used on the skin as well as on the hair. Apply a dollop of product to your damp hair, before shampooing, massage the lengths for a few minutes, then rinse and wash as usual.
With a color that reacts well to the sun and baths
The sun always lightens the color, whether natural or artificial. A beautiful patina at the end of the holidays depends on the state of health of the hair as much as on the quality of the coloring that is used, knowing that its pigments are more fragile than the natural pigments of the hair.
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In the salon or at home, a color is ideally renewed a few days before leaving on vacation. It will thus hold longer, despite sea or pool baths and repeated shampoos. The good solution ? Prefer a semi-permanent coloring, called “tone on tone”, much less aggressive for the fiber than an oxidation coloring, which always weakens the hair, even the best cared for. It is first applied to the roots and then diluted, the last ten minutes, on the lengths, to ensure a more uniform result once in the sun. If you have played the plant color card all year round, good news, it oxidizes very little in the sun and will hold up well despite the wind, the sea or the swimming pool. If you want to get a balayage enhanced by the effect of the sun, take care to do it a little darker than usual, that is, a tone below, so that the color does not lighten too much afterwards. On the other hand, avoid bleaching, at the risk of finding yourself under the sun with straw on your head. Ultra-sensitized, a platinum blonde is no longer equipped to withstand UV rays, the sea or the swimming pool. The parade ? Use a very clear gloss that combines care and direct pigments to infuse shine.
Once there
Who says sea bathing says multiplication of shampoos. To revive the color and limit the loss of pigments, carry in your luggage a repigmenting hair balm, which envelops the hair in pigments on the surface. This can also be used as a detangling treatment during vacation time.
With a convenient fit
During the holidays, you don’t necessarily want to spend too much time blow-drying or sophisticated hairstyles. If the hair has been cut regularly, the original cut must have evolved well.
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In fact, there is no strict rule in this matter. Depending on the state of the hair before leaving, we can cut or not! When the hair is damaged, it is preferable to cut the ends to prevent the split ends from fraying. And then they will have to be cut much more in September, which is recommended in any case at the start of the school year. The good solution ? Cut a few centimeters, degraded or tapered, the hair immediately regains volume, line and style. They therefore require little maintenance and dry in the open air. But keep your beautiful lengths, in order to tie them more easily in a bun, bun or ponytail, more practical for swimming and sheltering them under a hat.
Once there
For flawless style without using a hair dryer, apply a leave-in moisturizer to your towel-dried hair, brush it back, then tie it in a ponytail with a fabric elastic. Release your hair as soon as it is dry. Other option: the braids, to obtain pretty waves.
And for my keratin straightening?
For a perfectly mastered hairstyle during the holidays, make an appointment with the hairdresser a week before departure. As straightening is also a deep treatment for the hair, it will be trimmed, provided that the lengths are well protected with hair oil before each swim, salt being the number one enemy of keratin.
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