Spray the L’Oréal Professionnel Metol Detox Pre-Treatment on dry hair from the tip all the way up to the root. Apply 8 to 10 pumps on short hair and 15 to 20 pumps on medium to long hair, focusing mainly on the lengths. Gently remove the presence of metal after the colour service with the L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Shampoo.

The protocol has been co-created with L’Oreal Professionnel Partner hairdressers: Charlotte Catherin (French balayage & color artist @charlotte_catherin), Sebastian Langman(Color, Balayage & Lightening Expert @sebastiancolorist) and Washington Nunnes (Color, Balayage & Lightening Expert @wnunnes.) Learn more about Metal Detox on L’Oreal ACCESS. Metal Detox consists of a 3 step in-salon protocol used by your professional colourist during a lightening or colouring service, followed by a 2 step at-home protocol to be used under guidance from your salon stylist. Collectively, these include the Metal Detox Pre Treatment Spray, Metal Detox Shampoo, Metal Detox Conditioner and Metal Detox Mask. To discover whether you could benefit from removing and prevent metal build up in hair, ask your hair care professional at a salon near you about Metal Detox. 1 Protect the hair fibres from any future metal deposits with the L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Masque. Apply the L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Masque evenly onto shampooed and towel-dried hair. Leave on for 15 minutes, and then simply rinse thoroughly. Then continue to dry and style the hair as desired now that the colour treatment is no longer compromised.

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This incredible professional routine consists of only three easy steps – with no additional service time required.

The Metal Detox innovation took the industry by storm. And now that L’Oreal has added a new multi-tasking addition to the range, your clients can focus on having fun in the sun whilst ensuring their hair stays in ultimate condition. How L’Oréal Professional’s Curl Expression range can benefit your clients with curls, coils & waves The degree to which this occurs is very dependent on geographical location, from country of residence to regional differences. High concentrations of metal in hair1 can be found in 90% of the population of certain European countries. Start the routine with a professional in-salon Metal Detox pre-treatment, which your stylist will apply to your hair before the colour in salon, for up to 87% less breakage risk*Discover the Salons Direct blog, your trusted source for industry news, product releases, how-to guides and more! Start by neutralising the presence of metal before the colour service with the L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Pre-Treatment. For transparency reasons, the gloss for my hair was completely clear, any added colour would alter the results of the Metal Detox so what you see in the next pictures is literally my hair stripped of metal deposits and looking as it did on the day I got my highlights done. Before & After Metal Detox Laura's hair before (L) and after (R) L'Oreal's Metal Detox treatment at Zeba Thanks to our collaboration with the worldwide authority on metal, Ioannina University, we indentified a perfect molecule: Glicoamine. It is the only active agent small enough to trap and neutralize metal inside the fiber. Fiber integrity is preserved, color is mastered, and the oxidant gets to fully do its job. L’Oréal Professionnel Metal Detox Shampoo is designed to be used with the same frequency as any regular shampoo. If your hair type requires shampooing daily, then go ahead and use it every day.

Inaccurate colour results following a colouring or lightening service, fast colour fading and dulling or altered tone with subsequent washes can all be frustrating experiences for both clients and professional hair colourists. Research has shown that metal build up in hair follicles pre and post colouring services can contribute to these unwanted changes. In your salon chair, it can be booked as a solo session with a hair gloss or toner to revive your hair between colouring sessions. For example, say you colour your hair every six to eight weeks, you can pop in around week three or four to get that salon-fresh hair again. Mike tells me 'You can get a build-up of metals in the hair even if you have the cleanest water supply, if the pipes are old the copper from the water will sit on top of the hair. The results of Metal Detox are very visual on blonde hair, but for balayage or brunettes the time to get it done is when the hair is getting those orangey, copper tones,'

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Metal Detox is the new amazing disruptive haircare innovation regime, capable of successfully neutralising excess copper metals inside the hair to reveal true colour clarity and deep hair cleansing. To get the most our of your colour, balayage or lightening services, ask your colourist for the in-salon Metal Detox protocol. Find a salon now.

Step 1: Metal Detox Pre-Treatment neutralizes excess copper. Used before any colour, balayage or lightening service. Apply the Metal Detox shampoo evenly onto wet hair. Then, lather until the formula transforms into a rich foam, followed by rinsing. Depending on the client, shampoo either once or twice. L’Oreal’s Metal Detox Oil is a concentrated lightweight oil with the power of Metal Detox to help stop hair breakage and colour fade and improve hair condition. Enriched with Glicoamine, this concentrated oil will protect your client’s hair from the deposit of metal particles. Product Features: Metal particles accumulate inside the hair fibre from exposure to water during regular washing. This negatively impacts colour results and enhances the risk of hair breakage during colouring services. L’Oréal Professionnel introduces a ground-breaking solution to this problem with the Metal Detox Hair Protocol, a member of the Serie Expert collection of targeted hair care products developed to meet specific hair concerns. Using Metal Detox as part of your hair regime will improve colour vitality while reducing hair breakage.

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We’re trying to say it’s really up to us to protect our hair as best as possible to maintain the healthiest hair we can. The level of metal in hair can vary, and this will depend on the water quality where you reside, along with the hair porosity of each individual. The Metal Detox hair system is a professional hair care protocol that neutralises metal deposits found in the hair fibre. This is done through key ingredient Glicoamine, which is small enough to penetrate the hair follicle. With Metal Detox, your colourist will achieve better colour results at the salon during colouring, balayage and lightening while also lessening the risk of hair breakage. Metal Detox’s patented technology contains no sulphates and is enriched with Glicoamine - a molecule small enough to penetrate and neutralise metal found inside the hair fibre. The results of using this cleansing shampoo is hair with enhanced shine and health. During a colouring or lightening service, your professional hair colourist will implement the 3 step in-salon protocol which includes theDetox Pre Treatment Spray, Metal Detox Shampoo, and Metal Detox Conditioner. Depending on your hair type or needs, the Metal Detox Mask may also be used. If you’ve got your finger on the wellness pulse, you test your heavy metal levels at least yearly. You don’t need to be a celery-drinking, crystal-toting health fanatic to know that, whether through diet or environmental factors, the body retains heavy metals that medical practitioners say can cause health ailments like excessive lethargy, headaches, and allergies. The hair also retains metal buildup through regular washings (not to mention foils from highlights and straightening chemicals, too)—there are, no doubt, a certain level of metals in your water. (The amount of heavy metal buildup on your hair varies geographically; for instance, London is amazing for hair— limestone-rich, less metal deposits—while Los Angeles is nothing short of a healthy hair nemesis, due to added ammonia and chlorine. And who knows how much self-tanner has seeped into the water from Malibu?) This metal residue will also cause your hair color to grow dull or green-ish, and can lead to damage. Recognizing the metal buildup is one thing—getting rid of it is another.