Hairstyling Tips: Keeping your blonde hair color looking great

They say blondes have more fun, but if you're using salon hair color to achieve your look then you probably know there's certain upkeep you need to do.

Regrowth, brassiness and fading are all problems which can be addressed rather easily if you know what to do. Below are some easy tips for maintaining your beautiful blonde locks.

Avoiding Brassiness: At the salon, it all begins with choosing the right hair color. It's critical to your looks. If you select ash blonde shades it will neutralize the yellow and on the other hand more golden shades will add emphasis to brassy shades.

At home, you can use a toner between your hairstyling visits or select a blonde tone which is designed to keep the brassiness at a minimum.

Color Fading: It's critical to make sure your hair is well conditioned before you go to the salon because you want your hair to absorb as much of the color as possible.

When you're home you want to use hair products and shampoos that are color specific. Also use products that have sub block so that the fading is minimized by fading and over sun exposure which in California this is easy to do.

Hair Regrowth: While regrowth is inevitable, there are several things you can do to disguise your roots.

For one, try not to go more than three shades light than your original hair color. This will make your hair treatment less of a contrast when regrowth occurs. You can also try using highlights to make the contrast less obvious.

You can also try using a zigzag in your part. This will naturally hide the darker regrowth and looks very natural.

Headbands and scarves also do a wonderful disguising the regrowth.

Going blonde or blonder can damage your hair. You want to be care about that. However, if you're good at keeping it well conditioned between your salon visits, maintaining and protecting your hair will be the best way to continue to make heads turn.