Quote: If you’re naturally red, you need products with UV blockers.

Henna to Keep Natural Red Hair from Fading

If you’re a natural redhead, I’d skip the other hair products and go straight for henna. After all, it’s semi-permanent when used correctly, gives highlights, doesn’t harm your hair, and makes it feel thicker and more luxurious. And these days henna is mixed with other natural substances like marigold flower powder, cloves, and indigo to create a multitude of different shades of red and brown.

Try hennacolorlab.com or thehennaguys.com. Both use mixes of henna and indigo to give you stunning colors naturally, from strawberry blonde to striking red and burgundy.

Quote: These days henna is mixed with botanicals like cloves and indigo to create a multitude of different shades.

The Best Shampoos for Redheads

If you’re a dyed redhead, the first thing to know is to make sure all your hair care products are color-safe, whether they are made just for redheads or not. Then you can look for temporary color-depositing products like these:

• John Frieda Red Boosting Shampoo
• Tressa Color Maintenance Watercolors Shampoo
• Inova Professional Color Deposit Shampoo
• Celeb Luxury Viral Colorwash
• Joico Color Infuse Red Shampoo

Whatever your shampoo choice, it’s best to use cool water instead of hot water while cleansing. Using hot water with any shampoo will cause your salon color pigments to slip out of your hair even faster, reducing the effectiveness of your color-depositing shampoo.

What About Red Hair Toners?

Red hair toners are hair masks and glosses that you can use at home in place of a toner that you would visit the salon for. So yeah, let’s save some money. At-home toners are quick and easy to use, you can usually apply them in the shower and rinse them out after a few minutes.