Protocol Guide
Copper & Red Aftercare
How to keep your copper vibrant, luminous, and fade-resistant.
Red pigments are the largest color molecules and fade fastest with hot water and clarifying shampoo.
Color Preservation
The Aftercare Hub
Great hair doesn't end when you leave the chair. Follow Syd's customized maintenance guides to protect your pigment, shine, and hair integrity.
Protocol Guide
Vivid & Fashion Color Aftercare
Protecting creative tones, split dyes, and high-impact pigments.
Direct dyes sit in the outer hair cuticle and wash out quickly when exposed to heat, swimming, or harsh cleansers.
Protocol Guide
Gray Coverage & Blending Care
Maintaining seamless roots and soft dimensional grow-out.
Gray hair has less natural moisture and can resist moisture absorption if untreated.
Protocol Guide
Dimensional Color & Balayage Care
Extending contrast, shine, and tone between appointments.
Lightened sections are porous and can oxidize into unwanted brassiness from tap water minerals and sunlight.
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