While the festive months leave our wallet a little tight, making cuts on hair treatment really should be a last resort. While the home dye kits are handy, you really can tell the difference between a do it yourself job over a professional hair salon finish.

Even if money is scarce this month and your hair is looking a little worse for wear, we don’t recommend fixing it yourself. Especially if you are maintaining a lighter colour than your virgin hair colour, it is difficult with a home dye kit to get the colour lift at the roots without over colouring the already coloured ends.

If you are looking to save we suggest going to a salon but booking in with the junior staff, although this may seem scary, the junior staff are always overseen by a senior member and monitor your hair colour development throughout.

Usually if your hair is due a root touch up it is also due a trim, split ends are common with coloured hair as it becomes damaged over time, prolong the need for a trim by applying a deep nourishing conditioner weekly, the best ones are to be left in overnight, your really will see and feel the difference even after one application. If you have visible split ends your hair needs cutting, damaged hair struggles to grow, and having small split ends can lead to very large split ends, resulting in the need for more hair to be cut.

We always recommend using a professional when dealing with any hair maintenance, should it be colouring, or cutting. A do it yourself job could result in spending more money, getting a professional to fix your mistakes. If funds are a little short, try and wait for your next pay check and wear a hat before opting for the DIY Hair colour kit.

It is true that we love our locks to be light and wavy on the beach in summer, and warmer and delicate during the winter.

Now with the winter months on its way and the sun not damaging our hair too much we can take the time to rejuvenate it and have a little makeover.  Follow these tips to help bring your hair back to life over the cold winter period.

Firstly, choosing a colour, taking a dramatic change from bleach platinum blonde to Gothic Black is taking it a bit far, but adding warmer tones really makes a different to your appearance through those winter months. Finding a mixture of two warm colours makes a big difference and will help take the strain off maintaining that platinum blonde summer look and has the roots showing through every 4-6 weeks.

Conditioning your hair is very important. Finding the time to feed your hair back to life again is a must. Your hair over the summer has been dried out by the sun and stripped of its natural nutrients. Finding an overnight leave in conditioner is a great start. Applying oil to the ends of your hair before bed is an easy and convenient way to revitalise your hair without spending too much time on it. Finding an oil such as argon oil makes a massive improvement that you will be able to feel even after the first night of application.

Get it cut. Not just a trim as many of us opt for, but a new style, getting rid of those split ends and giving it that natural bounce back. Split ends only ruin your hair and getting them snipped off actually helps your hair to grow, it’s not just a myth.

Start giving your hair that well deserved make-over and bring it back to life with these simple but effective tips.