Grays? Transformed!
Lighten them with a “soap cap”
Hair that lacks pigment picks up colors from things like chlorine, shower water and product residue, leaving grays dull and discolored. The brightening fix that Abbie Thompson, haircolor educator with Sally Beauty, relies on? “A quick technique that uses a mix of bleach, developer and shampoo to gently lift unwanted pigment from hair.”
TO DO: Mix 1⁄4 cup each of shampoo, powder bleach (like Clairol Professional Kaleidocolors Clear
Ice Powder Lightener Packette, SallyBeauty.com) and developer (like Ion Sensitive Scalp 20 Volume Creme Developer, Amazon.com). Wearing gloves, apply evenly to damp hair. Let sit 5 to 10 minutes; rinse.