Ask yourself when you first noticed NEON hair. Probably when Cassie rocked it at the VMA’s in 2016. It’s a super fun edgy colored hair choice however managing colored hair in the summer can be tough! Damage to hair from the sun, sea, and chlorine are tough if you’re not using color protection haircare products.

 

Summer hair – bad guys

 

Ultraviolet sunlight

Color fade or ‘photodegradation’ is when ultraviolet rays break down the chemical bonds in colored hair causing a bleaching effect. Hence as summer rolls by you find hair fades into one overall dull color. Your hair color loses contrast.

SeaSalt

Hair is very much like skin.  Hair retains water to keep it moist. If you lose your hair’s water content it becomes ‘dehydrated’ and dry, like skin.

The sea has a high salt content consequently it leaches water out of your colored hair. As a result you get dry, parched and brittle locks.”

Chlorine

Chlorine is a bleaching agent and in a swimming pool it begins oxidizing. This creates copper. Copper reacts with your hair and gradually starts to turn your hair an odd green shade ( see photo above)

 

Can you fix sun damaged hair?

 

 

• Heal your scalp

 

Angel En Provence color protection shampoo 100% organic vegan-friendly. It uses ginkgo extract and an active ingredient called Helichrysum. Helichrysum (a plant extract from the Sunflower family) is proven to repair damage to the scalp. Think hot styling tools causing frizzy or damage to colored hair.

 

Using a combo treatment like Helichrysum color protection Shampoo & Conditioner sets up a great base to protect your colored hair.

 

 

• Protein up your colour

 

Angel En Provence has a 100% organic vegan-friendly Color Mask created using extracts from the bitter orange flower.

The mask is packed with proteins to strengthen hair from within. The naturally extracted sunscreen factor in the mask protects colored hair from fading caused by UV rays.

 

 

• Spray in some hydration

 

Angel En Provence 100% organic, vegan-friendly ‘leave in’ hydration spray for colored hair, from it’s Iris range, is perfect to put in your bag for the beach.

This colored hair hydrating spray delivers an intense dose of nourishment and antioxidants. The Ginkgo Biloba extract inside the spray provides thermal protection. Argan oil adds shine, intensely restoring, reconstructing and hydrating