Faking it

Male hair coloring is the greatest taboo of all. Now I know some of you will be hardened color heads – you’ve done the surfer Sunkist look, worn the dusted blonde Beckham Mohawk with pride – until he missed THAT penalty – but how many of you have considered coloring you hair to sharpen up your already good looks or to emphasize that great new haircut? It may also be that the time has come to cover some grey hair, and these days you don’t have to go for the Berlusconi black out style.

Colouring hair can do much more than, well, just changing the color of your hair. A lot of the queries on my last article related to those males with very fine or thinning hair, and what they should do to combat it. Well, if you have fine hair or are thinning a bit on top, professional color products can swell each individual hair by at least 20% of its original thickness as well as enhancing the color of the finer shorter down hairs which sit closer to your skin (scalp). This makes them more prominent and visible, giving the appearance of more hair, particularly when using a darker color.

Combine this coloring effect with a great thickening shampoo or lotion and you can begin to feel much more confident about your thinning locks.

Combating & Enhancing Grey Hair

There are also some simple tricks you can use to give grey hair an edge. If you don’t want to cover it up then try using a silver shampoo such as Schwarzkopf BC Colour Save Silver Shampoo or Philip Kingsley Pure Silver Shampoo [see recommended products below]. These specialist products are designed to cleanse the hair of any absorbed contaminates such as cooking oils, smoke and pollutants in general, grey, blond or bleached hair – as these will tend to develop yellowy tones as a result. It also contains a violet pigment which neutralizes the unwanted yellowness, eliminating dulling tones by adding a shimmering brightness to grey and white hair.