Salvatore Blue Gold Premium on blonde and bleached hair: temperature, blue colourant and aftercare

Salvatore Blue Gold Premium (Step 1 + Step 2) is a two-step taninoplastia whose bottles name blonde hair themselves: 'colour protection' on the front of Step 1, a blue colourant (CI 44045) in the Step 2 conditioner, and on Step 2 a printed flat-iron tip for blonde hair: 180 °C to a maximum of 200 °C. So the answer to 'can taninoplastia go on blonde hair' is yes, on three conditions: the allergy test, a test strand and the iron inside the printed range. The tannin is on the Step 2 ingredient list: TANNIC ACID.

This page is the blonde-specific guide to Blue Gold Premium: why blonde hair reacts differently to the iron, the protocol as the bottle prints it, what the blue colourant is and which two home sets come after. Comparing brands for blonde hair? Read our guide to keratin treatments for blonde hair; what taninoplastia itself is lives in our taninoplastia explained guide.

Why does blonde hair react differently to the flat iron?

Because Blue Gold Premium Step 2 prints a tip of its own for it, with a temperature limit for blonde hair:

“On blonde hair, flat iron it using temperatures between 180ºC and 200ºC maximum according to the strength of the hair fiber to avoid dryness and tonality loss.”Blonde-hair tip, Salvatore Blue Gold Premium Step 2 (1 L)

Two things are in that line: a temperature limit and a reason. Bleached hair is more porous than untreated hair and dries out faster under the plate. That is why on blonde hair you work at the bottom of the range, in thin sections and with more passes at the root than at the ends, and not with a hotter plate to finish faster.

How does the Blue Gold Premium protocol run on blonde hair?

The same protocol as on any other hair, with the blonde tip as the extra rule. This is what the Step 1 and Step 2 bottles print:

1. 1
   Allergy test

   Before you start: Step 2 on the forearm and nape, as the bottle prescribes. On bleached hair we add a test strand where the hair is most bleached.

2. 2
   Step 1, anionic shampoo

   On wet hair, massage gently into the scalp, distribute to the ends without rubbing the fibre, rinse with cold or lukewarm water. Repeat; no leave-on. Then remove the excess water (50%).

3. 3
   Step 2, realignment conditioner

   Shake well. Apply section by section with a tint brush, root to ends, spread with a comb. Leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with cold or lukewarm water.

4. 4
   Flat iron

   Thin 1 cm sections, an average of 10 passes according to the strength of the fibre, more at the root than at the ends. On blonde hair between 180 °C and a maximum of 200 °C, according to the strength of the fibre: the bottle's blonde-hair tip.

5. 5
   Finish

   The bottle recommends finishing the process with a moisturising treatment for pH stabilisation.

Start with the Blue Gold Premium kit 2x100 ml; a salon that does blonde hair weekly works with the 2x1000 ml kit and rebuys Step 2 as a single.

What is the blue colourant in the conditioner?

The Blue Gold Premium Step 2 conditioner carries CI 44045, a blue colourant: the blue that gives the line its name. It stays on for 30 minutes and is then rinsed out thoroughly with cold or lukewarm water, as the bottle prescribes. How the result looks on your client's hair is what the test strand shows you before you do the whole head.

Which home care after Blue Gold on blonde hair?

Which set after which treatment, for the whole line, is in our Salvatore home care chooser. Blue Gold Premium Step 2 itself prints: 'For the treatment maintenance, recommended an Everyday Use on Salvatore Line.'

What do you not do on blonde hair?

• Not above 200 °C. The blonde-hair tip on Step 2 prints 200 °C as the maximum, 'to avoid dryness and tonality loss'.
• Not without a test strand. Bleached hair differs per client and per bleaching; one strand at the most bleached spot says more than any rule.
• Not expecting a stronger Premium. Step 2 of Blue Gold and of Blue Gold Premium print the same ingredient list. Our comparison of both packs is in Tanino Therapy vs Blue Gold.

What do you watch for?

Run the allergy test with Step 2 on the forearm and nape before you start, avoid contact with the eyes and rinse with running water if it happens, stop at any abnormal reaction and seek medical advice. External use only, out of reach of children. Professional product for the salon.

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