{"id":1892,"date":"2019-12-20T11:15:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T11:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2019-12-18T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:50:16","slug":"washing-hair-before-dying-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/washing-hair-before-dying-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Wash My Hair Before Dying It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cShould I wash my hair before getting it colored?\u201d is an important question if you want to achieve the best possible results. It\u2019s a frequently asked question for most hairstylists because the answer is a bit counter-intuitive for some people.<\/p>\n
Simply put, your hair should be clean but not freshly-washed before dying it, almost regardless of what type of dye and what procedure you\u2019ll be going with.<\/p>\n
The reason for that is you don\u2019t want your hair and scalp to be dirty but you still want them to have a protective oily barrier against the staining and irritation caused by the dye.<\/p>\n
Especially if you go a bit back in time when dyes were harsher on the skin, people knew that they shouldn\u2019t wash their hair because the natural oils on their scalp protect them from the painful irritation. Today, hair dyes are much milder and less harmful but they can still be unpleasant to use on recently-washed hair.<\/p>\n
So, should you wash your hair before you dye it also depends a little on what type of hair you have \u2013 naturally oilier hair<\/a> will develop its \u201cprotective barrier\u201d quicker than drier hair. Still, even in that case dying dirty hair is not a good idea as it will lead to a bad and uneven hair color.<\/p>\n Here are some basic guidelines that work for most people:<\/p>\n \u201cShould I wash my hair before getting it colored?\u201d is an important question if you want to achieve the best possible results. It\u2019s a frequently asked question for most hairstylists because the answer is a bit counter-intuitive for some people. Simply put, your hair should be clean but not freshly-washed before dying it, almost regardless of what type of dye and what procedure you\u2019ll be going with. The reason for that is you don\u2019t want your hair and scalp to be dirty but you still want them to have a protective oily barrier against the staining and irritation caused by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n