Question: I would love to color my hair myself. Yet I am not so sure I know how to go about it.
Okay. Let's see if we can't make DIY hair coloring mistake proof. Or come close to that at least. You know to help you avoid ending up with a big mess that will cost more than you'd imagine to have fixed by your colorist?
Before You Color: Decide how committed to a color you want to be. Weeks. Months. Or forever. Then select the formula that matches your level of commitment.
Color Please? Are you seeking a dramatic change? Or looking to recapture the color you had in second grade? Leave the dramatics to the pros. But a shade shift of a couple degrees lighter or darker is something you should be able to pull off on your own.
Condition First Color Second: Don't even think about coloring your hair without conditioning it first. Doing so insures a better dye job since the pigment will take better. Reason being deep conditioning repairs damaged tresses. Plus you're also protecting your locks from the chemicals required to color your hair in the first place.
Hold the Shampoo: Avoid shampooing for a couple of days before you subject your hair to the coloring process. Sure some like to get that last bit of styling product out of their hair. But not to worry. Won't affect how today's dyes work anyway. Yet the oils left in your hair naturally will protect your scalp from irritation.
Dye Disaster? If your blonde hair ended up with green cast to it reach for the tomato juice rather than a hat. You want to soak your strands in the stuff for like half an hour. Then rinse. Or say you left the color in too long and things came out with a noticeable orange tinge. In that case call the 800 number on the side of the box to get a non permanent color with blue undertones to help calm down the orange affect.
Extend the Color: Make it happen by using shampoos designed for color treated hair. They are formulated to add moisture and designed not to strip the color out as fast as other suds can.
It's easier than you might have thought to color your hair yourself. Simply pay attention to the details, don't go crazy with your color selection and you can produce a lovely result. Fail at that however and you can have a real hair disaster on your hands. That won't be cheap to fix.
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