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Louise Galvin, a haircolour specialist and the woman behind Louise Galvin hair care products, is here to answer any questions you may have about haircare, haircolour and specifically how to treat coloured hair with her natural products.

Here’s what they say, “Louise specialises in achieving the most natural, gorgeous, shiny healthy hair. She uses as little colour as possible to protect the integrity of the hair and make maintenance simple. Her ‘less is more approach’ is renowned by women around the world who value her keen eye for the colour that best enhances complexion and eye tone. Her philosophy of ‘bottle before the knife’ to create youthful colour that instantly lifts away the years is what she is known for.

“Passionate about the environment and deeply knowledgeable about the latest innovations, Louise Galvin sought out the finest chemists to develop her own unique ‘clean’ formulas. She is committed to ‘guilt-free luscious locks’ and ensures her line is not tested on animals, contains only natural and naturally derived ingredients including essential oils, extracts and vegetable-based moisturisers in place of harmful, artificial preservatives, harsh detergents and has ‘No Chemical Nasties’.”

Post your questions to Louise Galvin on this thread by 13th October and we will send 20 questions over to her for her to respond to. We will then post a link to her responses on the thread on 27th October.

Everyone who adds a question (regardless of whether it’s answered or not) will be entered into a prize draw to win a hair colour consultation with Louise Galvin, a colour and style appointment at the world renowned Daniel Galvin Salon and a Louise Galvin Sacred Locks haircare set – total value £300+

Louise Galvin have provided a special voucher code offer for all Mumsnetters to receive 20% off on all product purchases online before 30th November 2014. The voucher code you will need to quote before you make your purchase is mumsnet.

This Q&A is sponsored by Louise Galvin.

UPDATE: answers now in here

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

I'm 37 and in the last year or so have started getting some white hairs (mainly at my temples) - how long have I got before I have noticeable grey and need to start colouring it? And should I got for my natural colour or a shade lighter or darker?

Hi Louise,

Having highlighted my once-naturally blonde (now mousy) hair every 6-8 weeks for years, I'm getting fed up of the upkeep and never really feel that the effect achieved with foils is as natural as I'd like. As it's incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to find hairdressers trained to do balayage, is there any other alternative to foils which would give a more natural (and hopefully less high maintenance) look?

TIA

Hi Louise - I love my colour, all over blonde (hi lift) - can you recommend a deep conditioner to keep the glossy look I love, please? I use the Aussie three min one but have used it for so long I think my hair has become used to it, if that is even possible. Thank you.

I still use sun in! I think now though my hair is too blonde, what can I do to tone it down?

What's the best shampoo/ conditioner/ styling to make colour last please?

Blimey, I don't know where to start, as my hair is hideous. I have fine curly hair, in a sort of chin length bob-ish "style". I am 50 and also have a thyroid problem which has thinned my hair, hardly any greys at all yet, but I like my hair blonder as it also thicken it slightly. However whenever I have it highlighted it always ends up snapping off and so looking thinner still. What can I do? Is there anything that will help with the overall thinning, and how can I brighten it up, and deal with greys when they do start to reach a noticable level, without ending up with frayed hair that is shorter and thinner than ever?

Hi Louise
I'm another with hair that is still dark at the back, salt and pepper further forward and pure white at the temples and a big white streak or two at the front. I have it coloured every 4-6 weeks at an Aveda salon to a warm mid-brown with some blonde slices at the front.

It has always been fine and soft but now I am menopausal it has thinned as well so I struggle to have any volume and at times it looks as though you can see my scalp through the front (despite every thickening product ever invented). My hairdresser tells me it is not actually scalp but is the pure white roots of my "Mallen streak" showing through but, either way, I hate it and it happens well before the roots elsewhere need to be covered. I saw a magazine piece where a strip of temporary extensions was used across the front and it looked great but don't think I have enough hair to hide the clips

If you have any suggestions or solutions to this I will love you forever!

General question from me I always colour my hair using the cheapest at the time home hair dye kits and it always comes out perfectly. Why would anyone spend £££££ at the hairdresser when it is so simple to do it at home? Does it magically last longer? Genuinely interested!

Hi Louise

Is there any tips you can give for speeding up hair growth and restoring condition. After years of abuse from bleech, dye and heat styling I have had to cut my hair quite short as it was so damaged.

Would love to have the long, straight, healthy looking hair you see in magazines.

Hi Louise. Is it possible to go from dark brown (dyed) to a lovely autumn red without bleach? What would be the best process to do so? Thanks!

Hello Marina

Thank you for producing cruelty and toxic free hair products. This needs to be the norm ...

To colour grey roots (well, probably longer than roots), I usually go for semi-permanent but my hairdresser would far rather I opted for permanent. I use a natural product but, nevertheless, I worry about the accumulative effect of layers of permanent colour.

What do you advise? Many thanks.

Hi Louise, my hair just won't seem to keep it's colour for very long when I dye it. I'm not grey in the least but colour only seems to last 2-3 weeks then it fades off. I would love to know why and how to stop it happening?

hi louise

i have slightly odd colouring in that im very pale but with dark hair and eyes. For years and years i had my hair highlighted and coloured blonde but recently (*july) i went brunette again.

my hairdresser has gone awol, ive seen her for years and im bereft - she was taught by mark hill, now the blonde is showing back through and it just looks ginger! Can you recommend a home dye that would just keep me going until i find another stylist?
thanks

Hi Louise! :)

My hair won't take dye, not at home or a salon. The dye either doesn't take at all it washes out completely within a week or 2. I have quite a bit if white all over so I can tell the dye isn't just losing warmth/ whatever - it's gone
I already use shampoos which are SLS free (so I know it's not that stripping the dye) and a silicone free conditioner too.

Why does this happen?
I've made peace with my grey (at 33) but it does puzzle me!

hello, a completely shallow question from me.

I've got naturally dark-ish brown hair. I really like Victoria Beckham's hair colour at the moment. How can I best recreate this with home dye? (I know I can't by the way but can't afford the alternative). What shade do you think she is?

My hair goes orange if I put warmth in it, so I try not to do that. Currently it's very dark, but possibly a bit too dark.

Hi Louise,

I have naturally mid brown hair that up until recently has always been highlighted to a soft blonde. Unfortunately I had a mishap with a colour 'expert' who ended up bleaching the base of my hair almost to a crisp to do a dip dye, the hair has now a year later finally recovered enough to hold a little colour again.
I am not a big fan of the current Ombre colour, my current hairdresser has done a fab job of making it look like it was intended to be this colour, but I just don't feel it is me.
My question is what would you recommend being the better way to achieving a more natural looking hair colour without ruining the recovery of the previously damaged hair?
Would it be possible to highlight again without it looking split in half?
If it makes any difference my hair is very long, very fine, but there is a lot of it.

Many thanks

Do you think a mature lady can dye her hair pink without looking like a dork - or Zandra Rhodes?

Thank you everyone for all your questions! We've now stopped taking questions and have sent them to Louise Galvin to answer. We'll be posting on this thread again in a couple of weeks with the link where you can read her answers!

Congratulations to Spidergirl8 who won the prize draw! We'll be in touch soon.

Thank you so much Michelle/MNHQ, I can't tell you how excited and grateful I am!

Hi Louise,

I would love to know if darker colours including reds really make you look older?
I went to a hair salon recently and I was advised to change my hair colour from red to something more natural (suggested lighter brown shade) in order to take some years away...
Does it really work?

Thank you in advance.

You can now view Louise Galvin's answers to your questions here.

I have lots of short wispy hairs around my hairline which just poke out and look ridiculous whenever I try and style it. How can I get rid of them?

I love my hair but my kids De really keen on swimming and the pool has now wrecked the condition, it's getting very dry and splitting. Any tips other tHan avoiding the pool ? Thanks

how to look after hair which were previously bleached?

hello there i have wanted blonde ombre hair forever and everytime i try to get this done even professionally once it never turns out right due to color build up
so my question for you is

how can i remove color build up i.e hair dye prior to lightening my hair ?

thankyou xx