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To lighten your base color or not to lighten your base color?
This is the soliloquy so many aspiring blondes speak to themselves before their hair color appointments.
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To find your answer (plus some useful blonde aftercare tips), just keep scrolling.
The Pros
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When you have a lighter allover base color, you get out of salon touch-up faster, says Rez.
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Great for reddish blondes.
Clients looking for red-tinted orstrawberry blondeare perfect for a base bump, says Rez.
It can brighten the overall look.
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The Cons
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The color might become brassy.
“Natural hair color doesn’t matter when it comes to unwanted warmer tones,” Rez explains.
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More frequent salon visits.
(When I had a lifted base, I was in the salon every six weeks.
“I love the purple shampoo and conditioner by Milk_Shake,” says Brook.
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Brook also recommends that her clients get the shower head and filter by T3.
“That will extend the life of your color (not to mention the great skin benefits!)
because it will protect your hair from the minerals in the water and old pipes,” she says.
