The Best Ideas For Coloring Your Hair At Home
Looking for ideas for coloring your hair at home?
If you want your home hair coloring experience a successful one here are some lessons I learned the hard way. Follow them and you can have hair that appears to have been colored by the best colorists money can buy! Even if it was not.
So how permanent do you want the color to be? As a first timer it is best to stick with a a semi or demi color since some dyes like this have next to no ammonia making them easier on your hair. While being more temporary, the color will wash out in a few weeks actually. Just make sure the product you buy matches the level of permanence you’re looking for and you should be fine.
Try not wash your hair right before coloring it. But don’t go several days without washing it either. Washing right before might leave the shaft with moisture that would dilute the color. Not washing your hair risks product buildup with might inhibit color penetration.
Don’t go crazy when picking colors if you want your hair to look natural unless a shade of pink, purple or maroon has caught your eye. But a stylist would advise sticking within a shade or two of your natural color. Pointing out styles and color preferences change but the coloring agents stay pretty much the same.
Ability to color our hair isn’t something we’re born with, right? So read every word of the instructions. That way you’ll know how to apply the product to your hair correctly and for how long.
If you’re trying one of the new coloring products or one you haven’t used before, you want to be sure to find out how you’ll react, if at all, before you slather it all over your head. That’s right you want to do a sensitivity test just like the box says. Nothing like an adverse reaction to spoil an otherwise fun experience.
When coloring hair newspaper is your friend. Use it to cover the floor, countertops, anywhere that the dye can land. It’s also smart to add a touch of corn starch to the coloring to thicken it. That way it’s not flying everywhere.
Also, unless you want dye on the walls and ceiling of your shower, be careful when rinsing your hair. Trust me. You’d be shocked how far this stuff splatters.
Perfect. Oh wait. Dab some petroleum jelly on the back of your neck, your ears and at your hairline. You’re forming a barrier to avoid staining your skin with the dye. I’ve learned dazzling hair color can’t make up for obviously hair dye stained skin.
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.
Not doubt about it, it’s fun to alter the natural color of your hair. But if you color your hair too frequently you might end up with straw dry hair. I’ve learned too much exposure to peroxide and other chemicals isn’t easy to fix. It also helps to keep colored hair properly conditioned too.
What if you end up with a coloring disaster? Don’t try to fix if yourself with some home remedy a friend suggested. This isn’t the time for amateur hour. Henna likely won’t work either. Pick up the phone, talk with your stylist and get over to the salon.
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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Written by Suzan K Bishop on December 8th, 2009 with
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