I dye my own hair at home and use professional Wella hair color. I was wondering if I should shampoo after I use it and then condition. Or if I should just condition my hair after use.
Professional Hair Care Tips - Great shampoo and color question!~ After you color your hair, you should always wash it afterwards, then condition it as usual. If you a doing a root color only, do this to refresh your overall color about every third root color:
Take any color thats left over and add about 1/4 cups of warm water and little shampoo to it. Shake it up in the bottle. After you rinse out your root color, squeeze the mixture into your hair and work it through to the ends. Leave it for a few minutes or so. This is called a soap cap and will help refresh the color throughout your hair. Then shampoo and condition.
Also, when you apply any color to your hair, it actually responds better on hair thats a little bit dirty. (not been washed for a day or so) The color mix will eliminate any oils. Many times when I worked as a hairdresser, my clients would come in and tell me how they had washed their hair before they came. They seemed proud of it. Truth was (and I told them many times), that this isn't necessary. Its like cleaning your house before the cleaning lady gets there!