Found out my color depositing conditioner has been fading my highlights cheaply

I was at a supplier expo in Orlando last month and one of the brand reps mentioned something that caught me off guard. She said most color depositing conditioners actually strip existing dye because of the surfactants they use to keep the pigment suspended. I had been using one on a client every 2 weeks thinking it was protecting her blonde, but it was probably making her toners wash out faster. She was coming in every 3 weeks for a refresh and I thought that was normal for her hair type. After the expo I checked the ingredient list and sure enough it had sodium laureth sulfate right there. Now I'm testing a different brand with no sulfides to see if she can stretch to 5 weeks. Anyone else have a color conditioner trick that actually works for maintaining highlights?

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terry_bailey352d ago

Most color depositing conditioners actually strip existing dye" well that explains why my sister's hair looked like a faded traffic cone after using that pink one. Guess we've all been bamboozled by fancy labels.

matthewh282d ago

Yeah that tracks with basically everything marketing tells us now. It's like how "moisturizing" shampoo strips your hair more than regular stuff because of the sulfates they add to make it feel fancy.