Any advice to help maintain colored hair, the same shade you come out of the salon with?
Also, has anyone dyed their hair ash brown before? I'm noticing that its fading quite fast

every colors fades. it also depends what products you use, what shampoos you use, whats your natural hair color, and if you used boxed color. if you want the color to last longer, use professional color shampoo. also there's color conditioner to boost your color which i think you could only get from a professional salon.

dont wash your hair that often (ie. every other day): you can also put a bit of baby powder in your hair to soak up the oils and make your hair smell nice

use shampoo and conditioner that maintains colour in your hair

make sure you are colouring your hair with "permanant" colour/dye

my friend coloured it something like that colour
it doenst seem to be fading on her at all
she didnt even bleach her hair she bought one of hte drugstore ones and just did it herself
i think she uses bedheads protecting balm

pureology antifade complex is an awsome shampoo/conditioner for color treated hair
they dont have any of the salts that regular shampoos have that fades out your hair color

Try the Bumble and Bumble Color Support Shampoo. It helps keep colors from going brassy. I also like the Aveda color Shampoo both are quite expensive but work great!!

Don't wash your hair with hot water. In the winter, I rinse shampoo with hot water and I rinse the conditioner with cold water but in the summer or on any hot day, I use cold water to rinse the shampoo too.

thanks all

Use color depositing shampoos like Redken, John Frieda or Aveda. Try washing only with conditioner and on the ends if you have oily roots. There are lots of people that use only conditioner to wash and they swear by it. I use it off and on.

Really? I think conditioner just makes your hair greasier..
Thats what I feel happens when i put conditioner sometimes.

OH MAN and that baby powder thing sure works but don't over do it if you have dark hairr!!
It makes your hair go a funky color.

i re dyed my hair red 5 times within 2 months to keep it red RED -.-

i think this might help, my mom is a hair salonist and i dyed my hair plenty of times brown blonde red etc etc i went to this store near burger king on main ish and they're products are made for thick, thin, oily, and other hair types to keep away from fading and others they also sale nail stuff, hair dye etc etc ! :)