Whether they appear in your twenties or much later, white hair always ends up appearing. Caused by a lack of melanin pigmentation, they gradually lose their color! If some free themselves from social injunctions And assume them, like Letizia of Spain, Sophie Fontanel or even Zazie, others compete in subterfuges to camouflage them. They tear them off, try to delay them or even cover them with homemade coloring. If you opt for the latter option, it is better to follow certain rules. Nicolas Waldorf, hairdresser and former star of the program Incredible transformations on M6 reveals the mistake we should definitely not make.
How to properly cover your white hair using coloring at home? A hairdresser reveals the mistake not to make
When the first white hairs appear and you want to camouflage them yourself, it is better not to go in blind. For the color to hold, the expert recommends above all to hydrate the hair fiber as much as possible beforehand. “Hair is like a memory card. If it is damaged, it cannot print,” he imagines. To do this, apply serums, leave-in treatments and moisturizing products to prepare your hair and avoid washing them a few days before coloring so as not to dehydrate them.
Also, the hairdresser strongly advises against applying color over the entire length, especially when it comes to hair that has already been colored in the past. Once the hair is pigmented, it is not possible to apply such a strong oxidant a second time. “It’s like adding wallpaper on top of a layer of wallpaper. After a while, it no longer holds, it shows and you risk excess.”, explains the hairdresser. The hair then becomes drier and more brittle. In addition to damaging the texture of the hair, this excess color also risks darkening your hair. In fact, successive colorings accumulate in the hair fiber and cause a so-called effect. “charcoal” on lengths and ends. “It will make your roots lighter than your lengths and it’s not aesthetic at all”, affirms the latter. Also be careful not to leave the coloring product on for too long.
To avoid this, Nicolas Waldorf recommends focusing only on the roots and leaving the lengths natural or lightly colored. This helps preserve the health and natural appearance of the hair while effectively camouflaging the first white hairs at the roots.