Who Else Needs Home Hair Coloring Insights?

Looking for ideas for coloring your hair at home?

In that case you might call the following – lessons learned the hard way. These can give you hair that looks like it was colored by the best colorists in the business. Even though it wasn’t.

Lesson number one involves how permanent you need the color to be. With your first attempt it’s best to go with a semi or demi color. These dyes have little to no ammonia making it harder to mess your tresses up. Then too trying a temporary color on for size means if it doesn’t work out, it will wash out in a few weeks. Just double check the permanence of the product in the box to make sure it matches your expectations.

Lesson two says don’t wash your hair right before you color it. Reason being any moisture left in the shaft tends to dilute the color. Yet don’t go several days without washing before coloring either. Any styling product build up will keep the color from properly penetrating your hair.

When picking colors don’t go crazy if you want it to look natural. Obviously this lesson doesn’t apply if you want something more in the shade of purple, pink or blue. But stylists recommend you don’t stray more than two shades lighter or darker away from your natural hue. Remember styles and tastes in color will change over time. The coloring agents themselves do not.

Unfortunately we weren’t born with the ability to color our hair. So painful as it may be – read the instructions. Every word. You must understand to apply the product properly. You also need to know how long to leave it in your hair.

Do the sensitivity test when trying out a new coloring product you haven’t used before. It’s best to find out before you’ve slathered it on how you’ll react. As nothing spoils a fun time like an itchy adverse reaction.

Newspaper comes in handy when coloring your hair. Cover the floor, countertops or anything else dye can land on. And to keep coloring product from flying all over add just a touch of corn starch to thicken it.

And take care when rinsing your hair. Dye can end up on the shower walls or ceilings – if they’re low enough. And trust me. You’d be surprised how far this stuff flies.

Perfect. Next don’t forget to rub some petroleum jelly around your hairline, the back of your neck and your ears. This forms a barrier to keep the dye from staining your skin. Great hair color doesn’t offset a ugly stain let me tell you.

And should you get some dye on an unprotected patch of skin, wipe it off right away using a damp paper towel and a bit of baking powder.

It’s fun to change the natural color of your hair. Just don’t get carried away and color your hair too often. Otherwise you risk ending up with dry brittle hair from too much exposure to peroxide and other chemicals. Another lesson learned the hard way. Also condition and moisturize depending on the level of dryness.

Make a major coloring mistake? You need to make an appointment at your salon. Do not attempt to fix it yourself or call in your cousin to help with like a henna makeover. Most attempts at home remedies will only mess your hair up worse.

Can you really get celebrity gorgeous hair color out of a box? Absolutely. Just follow the advice in these lessons learned the hard way and you can have a whole new you for less than you might imagine. For sure in less time and for a whole lot less than you would having it done professionally.

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