We girls love to experiment when it comes to hair styling, however, when it comes to hair colouring, some of us chicken out because of overriding fears of chemicals and how they will make our hair dull and lifeless. But, little did we know that many of our seemingly harmless hair care habits are to be blamed.

Install a filter in your shower You won’t need an Instagram filter to post a ‘lovely hair day’ photo once you have a filter installed in your shower! Trust us on this because a filter can remove chemicals like chlorine from the water and give your hair a chemical-free wash. This way you minimize draining your hair of the lovely hair colour you just got done!

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Shampooing can wait Don’t shampoo often and in fact wait till you think your hair isn’t greasy enough for a good wash. Shampooing your hair twice a week is good enough, but if you can’t think of just twice a week routine then give hair styling some thought. Wash your hair on Sunday and bun it up on Monday; wear a pony on Tuesday; a side-braid on Wednesday and wash on Thursday! You’re sorted, aren’t you

A cold wash only No matter how tempting and relaxing a hot shower on one of those slightly chilly monsoon days may sound like, strictly go for a cold shower. The hot water opens your cuticle and releases the colour and moisture from your hair. We suggest you shampoo and rinse with cold water only and towel dry your hair. Cold water locks cuticles and keeps the shine in your hair for long!

Less and less of heat styling Don’t scorch your coloured tresses with heat styling tools. If you don’t give up on heat syling tools, you bust your cuticles open that allow more water absorption on your next hair wash. This means loss of colour and dull and dry hair. Would you risk that after spending a fortune in hair colouring?

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