Blonde Care Bible

As above, the right products could be make or break (literally).

If you’d just spend a few hundred dollars on a beautiful silk shirt would you take it home and wash it with dishwashing liquid? Probably not, so why would you do the equivalent of that to your hair?

The right products will make such a difference to the colour longevity, the condition and the health of your hair.

See the very bottom of the page for a list of our current fav products and why you would choose them!

Keeping with the silk shirt analogy, would you just grab your iron and give it a go it without checking the care tag? If blonde hair came with a care tag, it would say: Always use a heat protector!

Your hairdryer, straightener and other hot tools will often clock in between 150-230°, which when you think about it is pretty damn hot!

Burnt blonde hair will look warmer, it will appear dull and can actually begin to look darker.

Chlorine and salt water can dry your hair out significantly. To help avoid this, we recommend wetting your hair with clean water, braiding it and popping in a leave in conditioner before you swim, then rinsing it asap when you’re done!

This will also help avoid chlorine and copper build up turning you hair green.

If you have managed to turn your hair green already, don’t try any of the weird home remedies, there’s a sachet we can sell you for $7.20 which will remove the green and neutralise the minerals causing the problem. Or we can do it in the salon and follow it up with a toner and a treatment to make sure it’s looking and feeling fresh again!

Just get in touch and we’d be more than happy to help!

Without naming any names, we recommend avoiding products with heavy non water soluble silicones, waxs, oils and harsh soaps.

A lot of popular supermarket brands fall in to this category and while we’re all for you doing you and working within your budget etc. it can become a problem during colouring as build up can cause colour not to take properly or worse, can cause a negative chemical reaction (like your hair literally melts off) when lighteneing.

If you’re desperate to continue using your chosen go to products, you can avoid potential reactions by using a professional clarifying shampoo followed by a mask every few washes, or at least the wash before your colour appointments!

The sun obviously burns our skin, but did you know repeated exposure can also burn your hair? You probably don’t want your freshly blonded hair getting a tan, so using a leave in product with UV protection is a pretty great way to keep it safe.

Hard water, tank water, copper pipes, overly chlorinated water and a bunch of other things can create mineral deposits in your hair, which can cause dullness, brassiness and limp hair.

The are also very likely to react with hair lightener, causing a negative chemical reaction which causes a lot of unnecessary damage.

The easiest way to avoid this is by using a shower filter, but you can also use a Malibu C hard water sachet ($7.20) or the Malibu C blonde wellness products to neutralise the minerals and keep your hair looking it’s best and avoid reactions.

If you’re not wanting to do any of those, but know you have any of those things, please let us know before we start your service so we can attempt to neutralise it in salon to avoid reactions. We’ll never sleep again if your hair melts off in our chair.

We love a good purple shampoo moment as much as the next girl, but did you know that purple shampoo actually doesn’t have the ability to lighten your hair at all?

It’s a common misconception that it can make your hair blonder, but all it actually does is leave a little bit of a purple coating on the outside of your hair shaft, and since purple and yellow are opposites, it will give your hair a less yellow appearance. But if you overdo it, this can start to make you hair look flat, dull and even darker!

If your blonde is on the lighter side, or if you’re not a fan of overly grey or ashy tones, less is definitely more.

For most blondes, once a week is enough to keep brassiness at bay without overloading your hair. If your hair is super light or you want to maintain a slightly warmer tone, scale it back to every other week or even once a month. Keep an eye on how your hair looks and adjust as needed.

Other options include using a purple conditioner, an in salon toner or a custom toner mask

With the above in mind, did you know we can make you a custom toning mask? This can be in any shade you like.
Warm, cool, beige, honey, peach, blue - you name it! The benefit of this is that we can match it to your in salon toner, so you can maintain your salon fresh look for much longer.

If this is something you’re interested in, let us know! We love crafting these for each individual look.

You may have done this before you left the salon, but just in case, here’s when we recommend you look at coming back:

Bleach on scalp: 4-6 weeks
Foils: 6-12 weeks
Balayage: 3-6 months

If your stylist has advised a different time frame then absolutely do that! Our recommendations are generic and they know your hair :)

Our appointments tend to book pretty well in advance, so if you have preferred days and times it usually pays to get in touch at least a few weeks before to make a booking so you don’t miss out ❤︎

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