inWaiting
September 22nd, 2009, 05:55 PM
Ok, I know it sounds crazy with the extensive damage that had been done to my hair for me to color again...However, I have been using the coconut oil and my hair has transformed. I read on here that coconut oil before coloring your hair protects hair from damage. There was no promises or guarantee, there was information on a study that was done that determined coconut oil protects the protien. I figured my roots were 1 1/2 inches long and aweful, my hair color was not great (i had used semi to tone the color before and it was washing out, grays were popping up:() and although the health of my hair is unimaginable compared to when I first came on here to LHC 2 months ago, the color roots and cut of my hair was depressing. Yesterday I applied the oil, left it in all day and night, this morning without washing i applied more coconut oil. It was not reccomended to put heavy layer of the oil in prior to coloring, but with what my hair went through I figured if the color doesn't take oh well I need to keep my hair. So I used enough oil to make it slightly greasy. I waited only five or so minutes and then colored my hair. My hair did NOT get damaged at all! My hair feels like the only thing that happened to it was a treatment. The color took beautifully, my roots lifted from dark brown to a pretty blonde, and I was able to even out the color for the length of my hair!! So with the slightly heavy oiling before coloring my hair blonde, the color took completely and my hair is more healthy than before i colored it!!