The schedule every girl with dreamy hair follows
When to chop, wash and cut for perfect, fuss-free hair.
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Every 8 Weeks - Balayage
Balayage, or free-painting colour onto the hair without foils, is a joy for many reasons. One, because it looks so natural and sun-kissed, and two, because it doesn't involve dying right up against the root all over, you can go a little while before you need a touch-up. In fact, it looks even better the more worn in it gets, so feel free to wait it out 'til you have to hit the salon.
Every 8 weeks: mid length and long haircuts
Long hair is the ultimate in lazy-girl styling. You can get away with getting it cut every couple of months - just try not to pick at those split ends too much. In fact, Halli Bivona from John Barrett told Marie Claire US: "I've been noticing a resurgence of women with long hair avoid haircuts for fear of loss of length, but it actually does more harm than good. The longer you leave a cut the more split ends you'll accumulate. Split ends then begin to travel further up your hair folicle, causing more dryness and damage. To avoid damaging long hair, get a cut once a seasons or every 8 weeks. That way you can keep the length but the split ends never get that bad." Gulp. Got it.
Every 4-6 weeks: single process colour
If your usual at the hairdressers is all-over colour, usually around the four week mark you'll want to head back for a root touch-up, though some ladies do rock that root-y look.
Every 4-6 weeks: shoulder length and above haircuts
There's a common misconception that short hairstyles are always low maintenance. And yeah, sometimes short hair is easier to style, but often it needs cutting more often than long hair.
3-4 times a week: thick or coarse hair washing
While having super-thick hair can take forever to style, you have the added benefit of not really needing to wash too often. In fact, sometimes twice a week is fine - whatever you feel comfortable with and fits with your rigorous Netflix viewing schedule.
A few times a week: hair hot tool styling
We all love the look of freshly-tonged hair, but deep down, we know it's like our love of deep-friend mac and cheese: probably not great for us. Halli said, "Use a heat protectant serum or spray any time you're styling your hair. A lot of tools go up to 450 degrees, but the hotter the tool, the less time you need to keep your hair wrapped in the curling iron or pass the flat iron over your hair."
Every 1-2 days: fine hair washing
Fine hair seems to attract oil and grease more quickly than thick hair - seriously not fair if you ask us. You always read about 'the less you wash your hair, the better', but if it's too oily after a day, wash it after a day. Clean hair is happy hair, after all.
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