Mermaid Tales: How to Care for Mermaid Hair

Looking the part is just half of the battle won. Here’s a quick guide on how to care for a crazy-colorful mane!

If you’re feeling adventurous, and your hair is in a relatively healthy state, then you might want to consider going for the mermaid hair trend—a hair color look that’s characterized by bright colors, metallic tones, and loads of creativity. To get this look right, it’s best to go to your trusted colorist as this is no easy feat for amateurs. After you’ve gotten your dream mane, you’ll need to keep these tips in mind because caring for your hair afterwards will literally make or break your hair. Seriously, without proper care and products, your chemically-abused strands may just fall off so it’s a must to keep these tips in mind:

Color Me Mine

If you’ve gone for the more “conservative” approach, and opted to keep your roots dark, and simply color the lower half of your mane, the after-care should be a breeze. You’ll want to make sure you shampoo or cleanse close to the scalp, then condition the ends with a deeply hydrating mask. For this, we’d recommend Tresemme’s Shampoo Split Repair, P399, and Hair Treatment Mask Platinum Strength, P299.

TRESEMME SHAMPOO SPLIT REPAIR

TRESEMME HAIR TREATMENT MASK PLATINUM STRENGTH 180ML

Blonde Ambition

For this look which requires bleaching the entire head, and adding a myriad of hues from roots to ends, it’s advisable to lay off the old school way of cleansing by limiting your wet shampoo days to twice or thrice a week only to keep the color from fading to blonde. In between those days, use a dry shampoo like Dove’s Refresh+Care Volume & Fulness Dry Shampoo, P299 to absorb oil, and keep you feeling fresh. To keep your tresses from further damage, always use a heat-protecting product like Tresemme’s Hair Styling Keratin Smooth, P495 which acts like a barrier so that strands do not feel the full impact of extreme heat styling.

DOVE REFRESH+CARE VOLUME & FULLNESS DRY SHAMPOO

TRESEMME HAIR STYLING KERATIN SMOOTH 236ML

Red-y to Wear

Red hair requires more maintenance than any other shade since the dye molecules found in red hair color are typically larger than that of other hues. Since those oversized molecules can’t penetrate the hair shaft as deeply, after just three weeks, red hair is already in a lackluster state. To keep hair vibrant-looking, a shampoo specially formulated for colored should be used. Dove Hair Therapy Shampoo Color Care, P293 has a low-sulfate formula and color-lock in technology that keeps hair color looking bright for up to eight weeks! Finish off with a luminizing product like Toni & Guy’s High Shine Serum Drops, P990 which coats hair with vitamins so that hair looks brand new again.