You may have heard of it a few times in a glow bath, but you have no idea how it really works. Because we’re going to teach you how to take a glow bath at home, with simple and easy to find products, but not only that. We’ll explain to you how the technique works. All this so that you get silkier and softer wires in a few steps. Check it out!
Preparation of the hair for the shine bath:
Define the products you will use
The first decision you should make before taking your shine bath, is to decide whether to use dye or tonic. Choose a color close to the color of your hair, at most one shade above, or opt for a shade in the colorless version that will have the same effect of shine in the treatment and will not cause any change in color.
If necessary, touch up the root
If your root is already undone or you are going to use a different color from the one you already have, touch it up before the treatment. The pigmentation of the mixture prepared for the shine bath is not as high as that of a common dye, so it can make a difference or stain the strands. The ideal is to have at least the root ready to minimize these effects.
Do an allergic test
If this is the first time you use any of these products, do a test on a small lock before applying it to the whole hair. Apply and wait a few hours to make sure there will be no irritation to your skin or scalp.
Prepare the skin
Those who use dyes constantly know the importance of protecting their skin from ink stains. Pass a good moisturizing cream or Vaseline on the ears, forehead, neck and neck to avoid fixing the pigment in these regions.
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What’s a glitter bath?
Shine bath, or hair glazing, is a hair treatment that aims to restore color, softness and shine to your hair, natural or chemical. It is indicated mainly for those with opaque, dry and brittle hair. Using the correct products, you make a seal of the capillary fiber, forming a protective film on the wires.
The application mixes dye or toning, according to the habit of each client, with moisturizing cream and vitamin ampoules. This mixture helps to prevent the color fading, besides treating the threads. The effects of the shine bath last about eight washes, so it is indicated that you do the procedure from one to two times a month.
But if your hair is virgin and you don’t want to use dye or tint on it, no problem. There are alternative recipes that also achieve the same moisturizing effect. The same thing for hairs that have lights or Californian. Tune it up, you don’t want to throw a flat dye and take the effect out of your stirrings, do you?
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Products indicated to make the shine bath:
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Castor oil: encourages thread growth and strengthening.
- Argan oil: acts on hair reconstruction by moisturizing and strengthening the hair.
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Coconut oil: enhances the hydration and softness of the threads.
- Grape extract: leaves the hair silky and soft.
- Vitamin D: is ideal for fighting dryness and split ends.
- Vitamin E: nourishes the dry and brittle threads.
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Liquid keratin: replenishes the protein in the threads.
- Liquid Bepantol: a great ally to restore the structure of the threads.
- Tincture or toning of your preference: helps to give the final shine to the strands.
Homemade shine bath recipes:
Ingredients:
- A tube of dye and oxygenated water 20 volumes (you can use the same one that comes in the dye);
- Or tonic and fixative (you can use the same as the tonic);
- Three tablespoons of a white hair moisturizer;
- One tablespoon of oil, vitamin, keratin or bepantol (of your choice).
Step by step:
- Wash your hair with anti-residue shampoo.
- Take off the excess water with a towel.
- Pass the mixture through the wires, strand by strand, from root to tip.
- Massage with your hands to stimulate the penetration of the mixture into the wires.
- Let it go for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Rinse your hair gently.
- Finish with a conditioning cream to close the scales.
- Rinse and dry as usual.
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What is the difference between shine bath and hydration?
The difference with a simple hydration, is that the union of the treatment products with the dye or toning brings pigmentation and color strengthening to the threads, combining nutrition and tone enhancement.
The treatment also cannot be seen as a coloring, since its application is made as a mask and the mixture with moisturizers and oils does not allow the fixation to be as intense as a traditional dye application. If you need to touch up the colour, at least do the root before applying the shine bath.
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What kind of hair is the shine bath for?
It is suitable for all hair types, especially those that are damaged. Those who have undergone intense chemical processes such as progressive brushing or straightening should bet on this treatment every 15 days to recover the hair. However, in this case you should use the toning and not the dye to not open the cuticle and further damage the hairs.
Hair that suffers from external factors such as wind, sun exposure, chlorine and salt can also benefit greatly from a good shine bath.
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Brazilian journalist, specialized in entertainment content production for the digital market. He was a reporter for Jornal do Brasil where he signed a fashion and beauty column in the Barra notebook, worked for 5 years in TV Globo entertainment.
