Should I use shampoo for color treated hair?

I have two toned hair - the top is black and the underneath is blonde. I really love it but I always have to redye the black and it is a pain. I thought it was because I straighten my hair so much but someone told me it's because I don't use shampoo for color treated hair. Currently I use tresemme, anti-breakage. What kinds of products should I use?Should I use shampoo for color treated hair?
Caring for Color-treated Hair








The absolute worst thing that you can do to color-treated hair is to straighten it or perm it. An occasional chemical process will not usually result in severe damage. Damage results from the cumulative abuse you inflict upon your hair. If you must perm or straighten your hair in addition to coloring it, wait at least two weeks before coloring it. Perms and straightening solutions tend to lighten hair and add a brassy look to dark hair, so it's best to perm or straighten two weeks before coloring hair. Dual processing your hair, applying two chemical processes in rapid succession, whether it's color or perm is going to damage your hair. You'll find your hair breaks much easier when you perm and color it, and styling will be more difficult.








Repairing damaged hair is a misnomer. The best you can do for damaged hair is to encourage the flakey cuticle to lie flat against the hair shaft and reflect the light better. In addition to a scruffy cuticle, you'll probably experience split ends. Healthy hair is another misnomer: hair is dead. When people speak of healthy hair, they're referring to a healthy shine鈥攍ight reflected by a smooth cuticle.








If you've subjected your hair to a chemical assault, follow the steps below to restore a healthy shine and manageability to your hair:








1. Trim your hair every four to six weeks to remove split ends and make your hair more manageable. A good haircut is the best foundation for the rest of the steps. It allows you to spend less time fussing with your hair and applying heat and more chemicals in an effort to coax it into doing what it doesn't want to do.





2. Use a shampoo specially formulated for color-treated hair, and if you must wash everyday, shampoo only once. When you shampoo, avoid tugging your hair, and wash gently. Rinse thoroughly to remove all traces of the shampoo. Don't wash your hair if it isn't dirty.





3. Use a conditioner for color-treated hair each time you shampoo, and apply a little extra to the ends. Rinse thoroughly to remove all traces of the conditioner. Removing all traces of shampoo and conditioner minimizes any film that attracts dirt, hides hair's natural shine, and makes hair less manageable. It also means that you may not have to wash as frequently.





4. Apply a deep conditioner once a month.





5. Use a special micro-fiber hair-drying towel. They absorb more moisture than regular bath towels, allowing you to apply less heat to dry your hair.





6. Use a wide-tooth comb to detangle your hair with minimal breakage.





7. Blow-dry your hair when it's almost dry. The more heat you apply, the more damage you inflict to the cuticle. Dry with your fingers instead of a brush until the very end of the drying process. Ionic blow dryers reportedly dry hair up to 60 per cent faster than other blow dryers.





8. Avoid curling irons and hot rollers. Style your hair with a brush and blow dryer.





9. If you must apply mousse, styling gel, and/or hair spray, apply them sparingly. All of these styling aids contain drying chemicals and dull the shine.





10. Brush your hair gently.





11. If you have long hair, use hair accessories instead of rubber bands for ponytails.





12. Avoid chlorine, and when you do swim, wash the chlorine out of your hair as soon as possible after swimming.





13. Avoid excessive exposure to the sun.





14. When you color your hair, there's no need to apply color to your entire head. It may be easier to color your entire head, but repeatedly coloring the ends inflicts more damage and encourages breakage. Instead, apply color to the roots and pull the color through with a wide-tooth comb at the end. Color your entire head no more than twice a year.





15. Use a temporary rinse in between colorings to extend the life of each permanent or semi-permanent color application.








If your hair is beyond help from repeated chemical processes, your last line of defense is a short haircut. Follow the steps above after your haircut to grow manageable, shiny, healthy looking color-treated hair.Should I use shampoo for color treated hair?
truthfully it doesnt matter unless your using cheap bargain shampoos, they have a tendency to be higher in cleansers which over time can dull and strip the hair. The main ingredient in shampoo's are Sodium Laurel sulfate, and Ammonium Laurel sulfate, the cleaning agent. Look for a shampoo that uses Sodium Laurel NOT Ammonium Laurel Sulfate, ammonium will dry and dull your color. I recommend Nexxus, Paul Mitchell products if you get them at the salon, at the store, use something like Tre semme or something thats not the cheapo, and make sure no ammonium! good luck
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