A hair gloss treatment leaves hair with a shine and enhances your overall appearance.
It is a translucent or colored gloss applied to the hair to help seal the hair cuticle, making it smooth and leaving a polished look.
Furthermore, hair glossing can enhance natural color and create depth and dimension. Still, there is more to this hair care treatment.
What is Hair Glossing?
Hair glossing is a temporary fix for hair. The gloss coats hair and seeps into the cuticle, helping improve its shine and health.
The gloss can change the color or tonal appearance of your hair. The product comprises a non-ammonia color or a glaze.
Hence, a hair gloss treatment can give your hair a shine, enhance your natural color, or even darken it.
Thus, it is a demi-permanent and oxidative color that interacts with your hair fibers to last longer.
A semi-permanent color is non-oxidative and is excellent if you do not want to commit to a permanent color change.
Difference Between Hair Dye and Gloss
The main difference between hair dye and gloss is the formulation and ingredients used. A hair gloss does not have ammonia, so it has no lift and a lower pH than hair color dyes.
So, if you are coloring your hair for the first time, a gloss treatment is gentler than a traditional dye. Still, a worthy note is that gloss will not entirely change your hair color like a standard hair dye.
It can shift your hair tone by depositing the color on top of your natural color but not changing it. For instance, you cannot go from brown to blonde.
However, you can go from a cool brown color to a warmer brown or have a different shade tint, like red.
What Types of Gloss Do You Get?
You get a semi-permanent gloss, a professional pigment product mixed with a developer. Still, you can find many different hair glosses you can mix to help adjust the color.
Also, having a hair gloss treatment will depend on how light or dark your hair color is. We recommend discussing it with our stylists to determine how frequently you need the treatment.
Furthermore, having a hair gloss treatment works well on chemically treated or dyed hair. It does have its perks when you gloss virgin hair.
Depending on the results you want to achieve, you can use a clear or colored gloss. You do not have to color your hair if you use a gloss, as a clear gloss will add more shine and improve the overall health of the hair.
Is Hair Gloss Treatments an Alternative to Dye?
Yes, a hair gloss treatment is an excellent alternative to dye if you do not have much grey hair. With the gloss, you can blend in the colors, making for great grey coverage.
You can also use gloss to highlight the different tones as a blonde. If your hair is light enough to add tone, you can use it as a color corrector.
Furthermore, using a gloss can help to fine-tune your shade to make it brighter or darker than your existing color. When you visit us at Haste, we will mix the gloss to meet your needs.
Hence, it helps to handle your hair’s brassiness or even discoloration.
Frequency of Gloss Treatments for Dyed Hair
If you have colored hair, we recommend the following:
Red or Strawberry Blonde
Red is a color that fades fast; you will need a more frequent glossing treatment. It also depends on how faded the color is. If you have reddish or dark red hair, it needs less coloring, while strawberry red will require more upkeep.
Dark or Light Blonde
It all depends on your hair tone. We think of very pale white or silver blondes; you will need glossing frequently.
Dark Hair
If you have darker hair, you can get away with frequently coloring it.
Still, determining what hair gloss treatment works best for you helps to understand your priorities. Do you want to remove the warm tone to make it more ashier?
Then, go darker and use a colored gloss to achieve your desired results. But if you want to add shine to make your hair healthier, choose a clear gloss.
The fantastic thing is that anyone can benefit from a hair gloss treatment, whether you have curly, wavy, or straight hair.
Benefits of Hair Gloss
Unlike traditional dyes that change hair color, a hair gloss adds extra shine while sealing the cuticle. This helps reduce frizz, smooth the hair, and prevent the color from fading quickly.
Furthermore, a hair gloss treatment is low-maintenance as there is no strong differentiation, and the regrowth comes through more slowly. So, you can get a color change without a permanent commitment, as it tones down the brassiness or adds warmth to your hair.
Yet, the benefits can vary based on hair porosity, which impacts the hair’s ability to hold the gloss.
Pre-care and Aftercare of a Hair Gloss Treatment
Preparing for a hair gloss treatment starts with researching the color you desire to achieve and collecting photos to bring to the salon.
As it is a demi-permanent treatment that deposits color, it is worth discussing this with your colorist to achieve realistic results.
When you visit Haste Hair, we will start by washing your hair, as we prefer applying gloss to clean and towel-dried hair.
A hair gloss treatment takes around an hour after the pre-treatment wash. It involves applying the hair gloss, leaving it on for up to 25 minutes, washing it out, and blow-drying.
When done, your aftercare at home can be easily done with a post-color treatment and a color mask to help maintain the longevity of the gloss.
Also, use the right shampoo and conditioner to match your hair color and style.
In-Salon vs At-Home
While a hair gloss treatment is mainly done at a salon by a professional colorist, you can find at-home glosses.
Still, we do not recommend at-home gloss treatments for various reasons. It is best to leave the gloss mixing process to the pros, who know precisely how to formulate it for the best results.
At home, you can end up with uneven application or miss areas where you have a lot of hair density or are very long.
When you visit us, we will provide a consultation and ensure your hair is covered. We recommend a pigmented treatment if you prefer a slight color change and want to do it at home.
With a color treatment mask, you can easily keep your hair up during salon visits as they treat and tone it in one step.
Hair Gloss Treatment Side-Effects
One thing about a hair gloss treatment is that it is low-risk, with no reported side effects. The reason is that you get a subtle color change, and it’s semi-permanent, washing out after a few weeks. The only risk might be an allergic reaction to the product ingredients.
Wrap-Up: Choose a Great Alternative to Hair Dye
A hair gloss treatment is an excellent alternative to dying your hair. It makes a slight color or tonal change, and the treatment does not damage your hair as it does not contain ammonia.
The treatment results last four to six weeks, depending on how often you wash your hair. The demi-permanent formula helps boost shine and minimizes processing.
If you want a low-damage and low-maintenance hair color shift, a gloss treatment is the right solution. Book your hair gloss treatment to change your hair health today.
FAQ
How often should I gloss my hair?
Glossing your hair depends on how complicated your color is, but usually, every six weeks is recommended.
How long does a hair gloss treatment last?
The at-home treatment lasts up to a month when you use a color-safe conditioner and cooler water temperatures, while an in-salon hair gloss treatment lasts longer.
Can hair gloss treatments damage your hair?
No hair gloss treatments do not damage your hair as they help improve its health and appearance.
Can you do a gloss treatment at home?
Yes, you can do an at-home gloss treatment. It is simple if you use a clear gloss. But it gets more complicated when you use a color gloss, and a professional colorist is best.
