Considering a New Hair Color For Spring? Pick Up These Conditioning Treatments First

With a 4.8-star rating from Sephora shoppers, this Kiehl's Since 1851 Sunflower Color Preserving Conditioner ($20) is roundly praised for nourishing processed hair without any silicone. Instead, there are sunflower oils, apricot, and a blend of B vitamins that make hair more manageable and help color last, too.

Making sure highlighted hair stays hydrated is essential in keeping it healthy and preserving color at the same time. This moisturizing Kérastase Reflection Mask For Color-Treated Hair ($56) earns top marks from Sephora shoppers for how soft and shiny it leaves hair. The mask features zinc gluconate to lock in the color pigments and vitamin E to protect against fading with time passage or sun exposure.

As the name hints, this DPHue Gloss+ Semi-Permanent Hair Color and Deep Conditioner ($35) is actually hair color inside a conditioning base. There are 10 shades to choose from — and each can be used to hydrate and revitalize hair's texture while also deepening your existing color (or toning down highlights) at the same time. That's twice as nice.

Deeply nourish damaged, color-treated hair with this two-part Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Hair Cap System ($36), which earns an average 4.6-star rating from Sephora shoppers. There's an argan-oil-rich mask that helps rebuild and protect — and it works twice as well when the heat and steam locked in the cap allow nutrients to better absorb into hair. Your styles will be shinier and stronger when you're done (thanks to biotin, panthenol, and algae extract, too).

There's also the popular Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask ($36) without the cap, which has earned nearly 1,500 five-star reviews on its own.

The Rita Hazan Weekly Remedy Treatment For Deep Hydration and Superior Shine ($42) is a traditional conditioner replacement that helps dry, color-damaged hair — or any hair that could use a little extra love. The first step treats hair cuticles so the nourishing conditioners and oils penetrate deeply, and the second locks in that treatment with added rice proteins to specifically protect color.

Keep hair color top of mind with this Bumble and Bumble Color Minded Conditioner ($34). When hair is dyed, each cuticle is opened up so the color can get into the hair shaft . . . but if it's not sealed back up properly, water enters and washes away new color as soon as you wash your hair. This conditioner bonds to resurface each cuticle and seals them up so there's actually little to no washout or fading after all.

This Better Not Younger Hair Redemption Butter Masque ($35) has a 4.9-star rating from Sephora shoppers, many of whom praise how well it softens, detangles, and rejuvenates hair. Chemical treatments (and temperature extremes) can dry out hair, but the blend of five butters — including mango, murumuru, and avocado — keep hair ultra hydrated and color safe.

Any color treatment, especially one that uses bleach or double-processing to lighten hair, can leave hair stripped of more than just your natural color. If that sounds like something you're currently facing (or proactively want to avoid facing), this Reverie Milk Anti-Frizz Leave-In Nourishing Treatment ($42) can be used daily to keep hair conditioned and silky. There's sweet almond protein for moisture, amino acids to protect color, and other oils and natural ingredients for extra softness and shine.

This Sachajuan Silver Conditioner ($33) is a violet conditioner that helps keep blonds from going brassy, but can also stop burgundy, violet, and red shades from fading to orange. It does this when purple pigments along with UV filters are added to the hair to limit fading over time and in the sun, too.

The amino acids in the Verb Hydrating Conditioner ($40) help extend color by keeping hair moisturized and strong every day (with the help of vitamin B5 and vegetable keratin and quinoa proteins). Other Sephora shoppers also praise it for leaving hair silky without making styles feel greasy or weighed down either.

For those times when you need a little something more, there's also a once-weekly Verb Hydrating Hair Treatment Mask ($18) which earns a 4.5-star rating for restoring overstyled, color-processed hair.

This Christophe Robin Hydrating Melting Mask With Aloe Vera ($37) is a hair mask inspired by skincare treatments as it uses skincare hero aloe vera to hydrate the scalp and seal cuticles there. The top-rated, lightweight cream is a good alternative for anyone who doesn't want a heavy product that may weigh hair down but still wants to restore elasticity and bounce.

The Alterna Haircare Caviar Anti-Aging Multiplying Volume Conditioner ($52) is especially good for those with fine, thin hair as it has a blend of marine botanicals to help with thickness and volume in processed hair. There's also the brand's proprietary "Color Hold" technology that locks in any color or highlights, and fatty, acid-rich caviar extract to boost shine.

This top-rated Shu Uemura Ultimate Reset Mask Treatment ($69) is a restorative treatment for people who've undergone bleaching or repeated color processes . . . and need some help bringing hair back to its very best state. Theres's rice extract that strengthens hair fibers to minimize breakage all while the mask hydrates, softens, and detangles.

You can leave this O&M Seven Day Miracle Moisture Mask ($36) in for two minutes for it to start working, or you can even sleep in it overnight. The organic coconut and macadamia oils (plus bonus shea butter) offer intense hydration to processed hair either way.

All of the Amika haircare products, including this Soulfood Nourishing Mask ($28), have sea buckthorn berry inside. The berry has high concentrations of omega-7, which promotes the collagen production that makes hair strong and allows this product to repair dry, damaged hair.

Welcome Winter-weary hair into Spring with the new IGK Offline 3-Minute Hydration Hair Mask ($38), rich in hydrating turmeric butter and shine-inducing green tea seed oil. It brings dry, damaged styles back to their very best, while also smoothing out hair and locking in color.

The creamy Moroccanoil Intense Hydrating Mask ($38) is rich in argan oil to restore smoothness and manageability as it deep conditions and hydrates hair that's been negatively affected by cold weather or frequent color treatments. It's applied to and combed through towel-dried hair but then rinsed out, leaving hair with better elasticity and shine when you're done.