246 Keeping Your Hair Vibrant in the Winter Chill

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What if you could transform your winter hair routine into a masterpiece of color and shine? Join me, Danise Keilitz, as we unlock the secrets to flawless winter hair transformations. As the cold weather takes its toll, I share tried-and-true tips to keep your color-treated locks looking vibrant and healthy. Discover why sulfate-free products are your best friend and how strategic hair washing can extend the life of your color. Winter air may be dry, but your hair doesn’t have to be. Together, we'll explore practical advice and industry insights that will help you thrive, whether you're a styling pro or just looking to refresh your look. Let's embrace the creativity and care that creates beautiful, lush hair all season long.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to All About Hair, the podcast for anyone who
loves the hair industry.
I'm your host, denise Kylitz, aformer stylist educator and
owner of four award-winningsalons with over 30 years of
experience.
Whether you're refining yourskills or expanding your hair
knowledge, you're in the rightplace.
Join me for expert tips,industry insights and practical

(00:25):
advice to help you thrive in theworld of hair.
This is all about hair, allright.
So now?
I know it's probably snowy, icywhere you're at.
I know it's really cold whereI'm at.
So what are we supposed to do?
Let's play with our hair, shallwe?
All right, let's start withsilver hair with lowlights.

(00:49):
Yeah, what is that?
It is when you take your graybeautiful hair and you ask your
stylist to put lowlightsthroughout.
This will deepen the contrastin your hair and it will give
you a sense of depth, if youwill, and plus, it adds a lot of
shine.
So how do they actually weavethe darker gray into your hair?

(01:15):
They could either usehighlights with foils or they
can actually paint it on thereas well with a technique called
balayage painted on there aswell with a technique called
balayage.
That's really used a lot latelyin the salons.
A lot of younger stylistsprefer to use that method.
All right, what's another colorthat you might be thinking?
Maybe you've got brown hair.

(01:35):
Chocolate with caramel balayage.
I tell you, that is beautiful.
You take a deep chocolate color, kind of think like a Hershey's
chocolate bar.
That could be the color of yourroots, and then you have your
stylist paint on caramelhighlights or caramel balayage

(01:57):
on the ends.
It is a beautiful combination.
It's going to give you thatdepth, it's going to give you
that shine.
It's going to give you thatspice, if you will, that you
need when you're feeling kind ofgloomy on the inside.
All right, what about youredheads?
Yeah, I'm talking to you.
Auburn hair with caramelhighlights.
Okay, hear me out on this.

(02:18):
Okay, you take your Auburn hairand you balayage just a few
highlights, especially aroundthe face, the face framing.
All it does is it gives thatdimension that you're looking
for, that spark that you'relooking for.
You know we're inside, we'rereading our books, we're cooking
, we're trying to stay motivated.

(02:40):
We need that extra sparkle, dowe not?
I think so.
Now let's talk to you women thathave that chestnut brown hair,
but you don't want it too dark.
How about me?
How about me Don't want to beblonde.
I just need some dimensionalblonde highlights.
So what you do is you take yourbase of your brown and it could

(03:03):
be a chestnut brown, it can bea medium brown and you just
place strategic highlightsthroughout, and those are blonde
highlights, not caramel blondehighlights.
They could be very, very finehighlights.
They could be chunky highlights, because that's really making a
big comeback, but, uh, try notto make them too chunky.

(03:26):
It's very aging.
We want to stay youthful, don'twe?
So I would say, just soften itup around your face, some face
framing and you should be goodto go.
Let's talk about how to takecare of your color treated hair.
The wintertime poses its ownproblems.
The air is drier in the house,our skin's drier and, guess what

(03:48):
?
Our hair is drier too.
So you want to make sure thatyou're using color protection
for your hair.
That means you want to makesure you're using shampoo that
doesn't contain any sulfates init.
You don't want any kind ofstripping product in your
shampoo and you want to makesure that your shampoo and your
conditioner says safe for colortreated hair.

(04:11):
Okay, some of the dandruffshampoos that are out there.
I know we're all combating dryscalp, so we're using our
dandruff shampoos.
Most of those are not safe forcolor treated hair, so just be
careful with that, okay.
Another thing you want to do islimit your how often you're
washing your hair.
Really, really try to go two tothree days.

(04:33):
Okay, you're just going toextend the color, your color,
longer, because every time thatyou shampoo your hair,
especially with warm water,you're opening that cuticle up.
You're losing those colormolecules that were deposited in
there, so your hair is going toturn brassy.
You're going to need a toner alot more frequent, probably in

(04:55):
like two or three weeks.
So my advice would be to uselukewarm water and, if you can,
cool water.
Most of us can't do that.
I can't do that.
So another thing that I woulddo is weekly mask treatments,
deep conditioning for your hair.
Again, your skin is drier inthe wintertime.

(05:15):
You've got the heaters going.
Your hair is going to be drier.
You really need those weeklymasks to help support that
moisture retention for your hairand, along with avoiding the
hot water, when you'reshampooing your hair, you want
to avoid hot water period andhot styling tools.
So if you can let your hair airdry, that's even better.

(05:35):
But if you are using hotstyling tools, please, please,
please, please, use heatprotection.
I don't care what brand everybrand has heat protection out
there.
It's a spray that you spray ondry hair before you put that
curling iron in or the flat ironon there.
Okay, also, you might not havethought about this, but make

(05:56):
sure you're still using your UVprotection on your hair in the
wintertime.
If you're getting out there fora walk hopefully you are,
because exercise is king Ifyou're getting out there for
your daily walks, make sureyou're spraying UV protection on
your hair as well.
If you want your color to last.
You'll, you'll thank me.
Also, it is so important to getyour regular maintenance done

(06:22):
for your hair color.
Okay, get those touch-ups done.
I know the older we get, thosegrays just seem to be persistent
and they just keep popping up.
When we used to go six weeksfor our touch-ups, now it's
maybe four, sometimes threeweeks in between touch-ups.
I hear you.
I'm one of those too.

(06:44):
So just make sure that you'regetting your touch-ups.
That way, too, your stylist canadjust your toner on the end,
so your color will always stayfresh.
Look fresh.
Okay, ask your stylist too,maybe about a mini touch-up.
We used to offer these in thesalon where they just do the
T-zone like what we'd call.

(07:04):
It is a T, meaning around yourface and down your part line.
That would get you through andstretch your money.
Your stylist might offer it.
They might not.
I don't know.
It's worth asking.
The worst they could say is noright, all right, this might not
be a concern of yours, but itmight be.

(07:26):
Avoid chlorine and salt saltwater.
If you're a swimmer, if you'regetting to the YMCA, if you get
into the gym and you're swimmingfor exercise that warm water
you know it feels good just makesure you put on a swim cap.
Keep the chlorine out of yourhair.
If you're going hopping intothe jacuzzi oh I wish I had a
jacuzzi Just keep the chlorineout of your hair.

(07:48):
Another real good tip to do isput a deep conditioner all over
your hair before you put yourswim cap on.
That'll actually protect iteven more.
It's almost like sealing itbefore you put that cap on, and
so it's almost like a spongeright, a wet sponge can't soak
up any more water, but a drysponge is just right.

(08:09):
Also, be really gentle whenyou're styling your hair.
Use wide tooth combs in theshower with your conditioner on.
Already.
You just want to minimizebreakage.
Remember your hair's dry, it's.
It's a stressful time for yourhair.
Also, one thing the last thing,it's the most important thing
Make sure you're getting thing.

(08:31):
The last thing, it's the mostimportant thing Make sure you're
getting drinking your water.
Make sure you're eating abalanced diet.
Everything that goes throughyour body comes out in your hair
and your nails and your skinand your smile and how you feel.
All that good stuff, right?
Well, let me just say thatwintertime could be a fabulous
time to play with your hair, toplay with the canvas that is

(08:52):
your hair.
You can really try things thatyou might not try in the
summertime, because I know a lotof my friends.
They sometimes don't even gettheir hair colored in the
summertime because they'reoutside all the time, they're in
baseball caps, they're sweatingall the time or they're at the
beach.
So they think why should I goget a toner or get my hair
colored Because it's going to bewhipped around by the sun?

(09:14):
I totally get it, totally getit.
But so wintertime might be yourtime to shine and just remember
, take care of your hair, havefun with your hair.
I just encourage you to takethis season and embrace it and
have fun with it.
Be bold, be beautiful,transition your hair into

(09:37):
something maybe you didn't eventhink was possible.
Deepen a little bit, adddimension, have fun.
I hope this winter seasontreats you well.
Share this with anybody thatyou think might enjoy it, and
remember when you know better,you do better, and I'll see you
next time.
Thanks for tuning in to AllAbout Hair.

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(10:19):
Thanks again, I'm DeniseKeilitz, and remember when you
know better, you do better.
See you next week.