Okay... I am not a sylist, beautician, consultant, hairdresser, or colorist so I have absolutely no credentials what-so-ever but I have read in the instructions to wait at least 24 hours after you shampoo your hair to color it (and keep it free of all styling products). You want to wait so that your scalp is not as sensitive, which it will be right after being washed. A couple of days or more is fine too since coloring products are harsh chemicals. And after you color the professionals say it is best to wait a day or two, but sometimes when the color is just too heavy looking it's hard to wait... at least for me. Some products are to be applied to wet hair and some to dry, so it just depends on the type. I always condition my hair fully before I color... let's say the week previous I will go through hot oil treatments or hair masques... and then after the coloring I usually end up washing it the next day and then every other day, and in about a week it looks like my own. My own natural highlights start shining through and it looks natural, just brighter than my own natural color. That's why I personally color it.
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When you colour, you want your hair to have some natural oils, so it's better to wait at least 24 hours after a shampoo to colour. If you colour immediately after a shampoo, the colour will grab differently along the shaft of hair, making your hair patchy - dry ends will pick up much more colour than the roots, etc. Shampooing immediately after colouring - is like washing money down the drain - it takes 24 or more hours for the cuticle of your hair to close after colouring - shampooing before then will wash away that colour you just applied. Let the cuticle close, and then use colour saver shampoos and conditioners to keep colour in the hair shaft.
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