Condition: Color Correction

Color Correction is usually NOT the salon professional's fault. Most often, color is applied correctly to match a swatch that is the guide. However, when the color is applied to a swatch, there is no presence of minerals, product buildup, and/or oxidizers. Therefore, if the color is applied to hair without first removing minerals, styling product build-up, and oxidizers, the color will last less than two weeks leading to the need for Color Correction.

Click on Hard Water under Hair Solutions to learn more about which minerals in your water can discolor your hair. Additionally, cigarette smoke residue and oral medications can also affect how well color remains in the hair.

Color Correction is usually associated with:

• Color Fadage and loosing vibrancy
• Highlights getting dark or cloudy looking
• Reds not lasting
• Brassy tone
• Color not matching the swatch
• Unevenness of color

Assuming the color was applied properly and the correct colors were used in the formula, the problem is almost always elements that were on the hair before the color was applied.

Wellness Solution

Before any attempt to re-color or highlight hair, it is IMPERATIVE that first a treatment using fresh-dried vitamins and natural chelators be applied to the hair. As indicated in the Condition description, mineral build-up can sabotage successful color results. Therefore, removing the minerals to normalize the hair will immediately solve the problem and you might find there is no need to have your color corrected.

If mineral build-up is severe, we recommend a freshly-activated vitamin treatment processed with heat in the salon to prepare the hair for color correction and to ensure successful results.

Our wellness approach using naturally-derived, fresh-dried vitamins will:

• Remove minerals and oxidizers
• Remove styling product buildup
• Remove most medications that have seeped through the scalp
• Remove yellow discoloration caused by cigarette smoke