After dyeing, my hair lost its shine; it looks tired, lifeless and straw-like. How can I help it?

Hair colours contain more than 20% active ingredients, of which the most known are hydrogen peroxide and ammoniac. Hydrogen peroxide is the source of active oxygen that destroys (burns) natural hair pigmentation, changing it by colour. This reaction takes place in the alkaline environment; therefore, the ammoniac is added. It is proven that hydrogen peroxide damages the hair already after the first application. The alkaline environment damages hair as well, making it thin and brittle. Due to the influence of hydrogen peroxide, the scales open on the hair and natural pigmentation is destroyed. Therefore I recommend to dye hair with natural colours, without peroxide and ammoniac. They do not lift the hair scales and do not change the natural structure or damage the natural pigmentation but wrap the colour around the hair. The natural colour does not destroy the hair but wraps it. The best known is henna. It has no harmful ingredients, and it ensures stability and shine to the hair. In case of dry hair, a bit of herbal oil (jojoba oil if possible) should be added. Natural hair colours (such as the French house J.F.Lazartigue) contain, besides henna, algae and other herbs. Since they do not have any ammoniac and peroxide, they do not destroy hair but wrap the colour around it, strengthen the hair and make it shine, and what is important– they completely cover the grays. However, it is not possible to turn dark hair into light hair with them+D5.

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