Everything you need to know before trying out this tricky hair hue.
Everything you need to know before trying out this tricky hair hue.
GET THE COLOUR
The do-it-yourself option
Try Liese Creamy Bubble Color in Maple Red ($16.90). Unlike the usual liquid formulas, this hair dye dispenses as a mousse that spreads easily all over your mane. Good to know: the brand has improved its formula so the mousse supposedly sticks to hair better than before. A new addition to the brand’s range of hair dyes, this bright, warm copper red is perfect for those with fair to medium skin tones.
The professional option
Not sure which crimson tone suits your complexion? Turn to the pros; head to a salon that carries dyes from the Vibrant Reds series in Shiseido Professional’s Primience range – a hair-colouring service using one of these costs roughly $250 if you have long hair. These dyes have a yellowish-brown base to neutralise the naturally reddish tinge in Asian hair for a more vibrant colour. As a rule of thumb, bright reds complement fair skin best, copper brings out a glow in medium skin tones and purplish-reds flatter deeper skin tones.
Call 6732-8115 for stockists.
BOOST IT
Go for an in-salon treatment such as Kerastase’s Fusio-dose, which hydrates your tresses and revives the look of your dye job. The one offered at J’s Salon, Kerastase Fusiodose Signature Ritual (from $176 for 45min), includes a shampoo, two doses of a tailormade cocktail, a hair mask and a blow-dry. The customised blend, made using a concentrate and a booster, targets your hair’s primary and secondary needs, as determined by your hairstylist after an assessment of your locks.
Call 1800-838-3388 for stockists.
STAY IN THE RED
Use sulphate-free formulas such as Kevin Murphy Hydrate-me.wash ($40) and Kevin Murphy Hydrate-me.rinse ($40), which are great for coloured hair as they don’t strip strands of colour as quickly as a normal sulphate-based formula would. Plus, we think the bottles’ design is ingenious: the cap is at the bottom, which means you don’t have to turn the bottle upside down to use up the last bit of product.
