Understanding Your Olaplex Treatment and Why We Love It

If you’ve ever had your hair coloured at Travis Hairdressing in Blackwood, there’s a good chance you’ve heard us talk about Olaplex. It’s something we genuinely love using in the salon — and for good reason.

Healthy hair always comes first at Travis Hairdressing, especially when it comes to colouring. While we all love a beautiful fresh blonde, dimensional brunette or complete colour transformation, the condition and integrity of your hair should never be sacrificed to achieve it.

That’s exactly where Olaplex No.1 and No.2 come in.

So, what exactly does Olaplex do?

Our hair contains millions of bonds that help give it its strength and structure. Over time, some of these bonds can become damaged through hair colouring, bleaching and lightening, heat styling, chemical services and general everyday wear and tear.

Olaplex is designed to work within the hair to repair broken disulfide bonds rather than simply coating the outside of the hair to make it temporarily feel softer.

This is one of the reasons we love incorporating Olaplex treatments into our hair colour services at our Blackwood salon. It allows us to give the hair additional support during chemical services, helping it remain stronger, healthier and more manageable.

Olaplex No.1 + No.2 — what's the difference?

When we talk about an Olaplex treatment in the salon, you'll often hear us mention No.1 and No.2.

Olaplex No.1 Bond Multiplier can be added directly into your colour or lightener during a chemical service. This means Olaplex is working alongside us while we're colouring or lightening your hair.

Olaplex No.2 Bond Perfector is then used as the next step to continue the bond-building treatment and give the hair some extra attention before we finish your service.

Together, they form the professional Olaplex treatment system we use here at Travis Hairdressing, Blackwood.

Why we love Olaplex for hair colouring

As professional hairdressers, our goal isn't simply to make your hair look amazing when you walk out of the salon. We want your hair to still feel amazing weeks and months later.

Adding Olaplex to your colour service can help us protect the condition of your hair while we're creating your new colour.

That's particularly important when working with blonde hair, foils, balayage, highlights and other lightening services, where maintaining the strength of the hair is incredibly important.

The best part? It means you can still work towards beautiful blonde tones, rich brunettes, dimensional colours or fresh, glossy results while we're also thinking carefully about the long-term health of your hair.

At our Blackwood hair salon, we'll always prioritise healthy hair over pushing it beyond what it can safely handle.

You don't need to colour your hair to have an Olaplex treatment

One thing clients don't always realise is that Olaplex isn't only for coloured hair.

We also offer Olaplex as a standalone in-salon hair treatment, making it a great option if your hair simply needs some extra love.

If your hair is feeling dry, brittle, damaged, over-processed, fragile or lacking shine, an Olaplex treatment can help improve strength, softness and manageability from within the hair.

It's also a great addition to your regular haircut or blow-dry appointment if you want to give your hair a little reset.

Depending on the condition of your hair, you can often notice a difference in how it feels after just one professional treatment.

What about Olaplex at home?

Your salon treatment doesn't have to be where your Olaplex routine ends.

We also recommend maintaining your hair between appointments with the Olaplex at-home haircare range, which includes shampoo, conditioner, treatments and styling products.

Professional salon treatments and good-quality home haircare work hand-in-hand. What we do during your appointment is important, but what you use on your hair for the following four, six or eight weeks can make a huge difference too.

If you're unsure which products are actually right for your hair, ask us at your next appointment. We'd much rather recommend the products that suit your individual hair type and condition than have you buying something you don't need.

Healthy hair makes better colour

This is really what it all comes back to.

Healthy hair gives us a better canvas to work with.

Hair that's strong and well cared for generally gives us more options when we're planning your colour, particularly if you're wanting to go lighter or make a significant colour change.

And sometimes looking after your hair means slowing down a colour transformation, adjusting our plan or saying no to something that could cause unnecessary damage.

Olaplex is one of the tools we can use to help protect and strengthen the hair — but it doesn't make hair indestructible. Your stylist will still assess your hair's condition and recommend what's realistically achievable.

Olaplex treatments at Travis Hairdressing Blackwood

Whether you're coming in for blonde foils, balayage, highlights, brunette colour, grey coverage, a fresh toner or simply a professional hair treatment, maintaining healthy hair will always be part of the conversation at Travis Hairdressing.

We're proud to use Olaplex No.1 and No.2 in our hair salon because it fits perfectly with the way we approach hairdressing: beautiful results without forgetting about the health of the hair underneath.

If your hair has been feeling tired, dry, fragile or simply isn't looking as shiny and healthy as it once did, talk to your stylist about adding an Olaplex treatment to your next appointment at Travis Hairdressing in Blackwood, Adelaide.

Because beautiful colour starts with healthy hair — and that's exactly why we trust Olaplex in-salon.