7 Reasons Why Color Melting is Worth a Try
Did you know that women change their hairstyle an average of 150 times in their life?
That’s more than once every year! There’s no denying that we love to play around with how we look, and switching up our hair is one of the best ways to do this.
If you’re bored with your current style and are dying for something different for your hair, let us introduce you to color melting. This new hair technique has become a hit around the world and it could be your next favorite look.
Check out everything you need to know about color melting in our guide.
1. No Worries About Roots
Color melting blends your root color with a color of your choice seamlessly, melting the two together. Once it’s done, you won’t know where one ends and the other begins! If you use your natural color as your root color, this means that root growth doesn’t need to be a worry.
Unlike all-over color where your roots will start showing after just a couple of weeks, you can let your hair grow and grow without worrying. There won’t ever be that horrible, harsh line between your roots and your dyed color. If you want, you can let the melted color completely grow out without ever getting a root touch-up!
Of course, touch-ups are recommended to help maintain your look. Or, you can simply re-dye the dyed parts of your hair, taking it back to your natural root color.
2. Less Maintenance
Having a full head of color is a lot of maintenance. You need to tone your color, make sure it’s even all over, and book frequent appointments to prevent regrowth lines. Color melted hair is much less hassle and way easier to look after.
Because it blends into your root color, it often doesn’t matter if it’s completely toned or even. If you’re aiming for a natural look, it’s super easy to achieve! For the busy, modern woman, it’s the best solution for beautiful hair without the maintenance.
3. Less Damage
Hair damage is no joke. It can cause split-ends, frizziness, and breakage. If your damage gets very bad, you can end up with unwanted layers from your breakage or have to chop off large amounts of your hair.
So, picking a style that causes less damage to your hair is definitely a smart decision. This is where color melting shines. Because you’re not dying your whole head, the damage from color melting is very minimal and unlikely to compromise your hair. If you maintain it properly with the right products (such as protein masks and SLS-free shampoo) then it should stay healthy and strong.
There are ways that you can make color melting even less damaging than it already is, too! For example, you can opt for a single-process color. This means that your hair only needs to be colored once, without any toning, such as going from natural blonde to brown.
You could also ask for partial-foil color. This is when only the top layer of your hair is dyed, leaving the bottom layers completely natural. When your hair is down, you won’t see that the underneath layers aren’t dyed, so it has the same effect with half the damage!
4. Less Time in the Chair
If you hate long visits to the hair salon, you’ll love color melting! For the stylist, this should be a pretty simple style to achieve. It can be done with or without foils and doesn’t take long at all to achieve.
Whilst a full head of foils can take up to 5 hours out of your day, color melting should only take 3 hours at the absolute maximum. You might still need to take a couple of magazines with you to keep you busy! But, if you can’t spare half your day dyeing your hair, this is a great option.
5. A Natural Look
If you want, you can make your hair look very natural with color melting. Just like highlights, with an experienced stylist, you can make it look like you were born with multi-toned hair. From a beach babe to the girl next door, you can create a new, natural look that you’ll love.
6. Try Out New Colors Without Huge Commitment
If you’re thinking of trying out a new color but are a bit of a commitment-phobe, chances are that you’ll love color melting! Rather than dying the whole of your hair, you can choose how much of the new color you want. If you’re not a huge fan, it’s not going to take years to grow out and you can always cut it off into a chic, stylish bob.
Rather than switching to an entire head of color, you can blend gray, red, blonde, or any color you’re dreaming of with your base shade. Not only is this less of a commitment, but it’s also less bold, helping you ease yourself into new colors.
7. Fade Color Out to Balayage
When you opt for color melting, you don’t have to go for permanent color. A very popular way to do it is to lighten your hair into a balayage before applying a semi-permanent color over the top. The color will stay for around 10-20 washes, and when it disappears you’ll be left with a gorgeous blonde balayage!
If you like a natural look but want to try a bolder color, this is a great option. This makes it much easier when it comes to how to choose your new color as there’s much less commitment. You really have got nothing to lose!
Try Color Melting Today
Color melting is a trend that is definitely here to stay. It’s an easy way to get gorgeous, low-maintenance hair color, and you’ll rarely be in the salon!
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