Need hair color advice (doing at home...)

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my request is kind of bizarre considering that it is not faith or marriage based, but I need help with my hair!

I have had the same hair girl for years and really like her…however, I want to start coloring myself at home. I have always had her do my color and cut and her price is reasonable, but we are REALLY trying to tighten our budget and I could color my hair myself for about 1/7 of what she charges. I have learned that I could get both color and cut done at the local beauty school for about 1/3 of her price, but again, doing it at home would be the cheapest.

here is my dilemma: I have not colored my own hair for about 10 years and don’t know WHICH color to use and which brand. i’m sure that there are some brands that are very dependable, and I want to know which. I get dizzy at the store just looking at all the options. colored, my hair is a golden blonde. naturally, my hair is a light brown with a LOT of grey. I have not had color done in about 4 months so I have serious roots right now and i’m worried about ‘stripes’…

does anybody have any advice for me, especially how to pick color and how to avoid the stripe issue? I want to do it next weekend and then run up to the beauty school for a quick cut when i’m done. I appreciate any help.
 
If you’re interested in changing from blonde to red/auburn, I can help with information about a natural, plant-based color that won’t “stripe”, whether touching up the roots, or doing the whole head (even if you have grown-out roots).

(PS: I’m not selling anything, so don’t worry about that … just offering information if desired :))

If you want to continue with blonde, we’ll have to wait for other posters to chime in.
 
I think Loreal products are the best. The color looks natural. They have a wide selection of colors. It’s fast and easy. You can pick them up at your local grocery store. I like Loreal because I LOVE the condition rinse. It makes my hair so soft and silky and thicker. Happy Coloring!
 
The best results I’ve gotten at home are from using the professional products available at beauty supply shops. I go to Sally beauty supply and buy the color and the developer, which are sold separately. The staff there should be able to help. I have found that going a little lighter than my natural color is best. I use Medium Ash Blonde and a number 20 developer. I use the Ion brand color and a generic developer. The developer will last through multiple uses. You will have to buy gloves, but the cheapest ones are 10 for 94 cents at Walmart. The overall price works out to the same per use price as the Clairol, etc, stuff sold in most stores. Oh, and if you want to avoid red, go with “ash” tones. Hope this helps! Here’s to a glamorous and cheaply done you! 👍
 
Hi!
I dye my mom’s hair every month (she has 100% gray hair)
I recommend using John Frieda hair dye. I have found that Loreal fades quickly

God bless! 🙂
 
Having gone gray early, I colored my hair for decades until it became mostly white and now I absolutely love my natural color. Anyway what others have said is true to my own experience. I did find it helpful to vary the base from violet to ash, etc around my color as that kept my hair from “grabbing” the base. I began doing that when one of my kids asked why my hair was green in back. It had grabbed the ash base over several colorings. I used half the bottle of color and just did the roots, combing it through and leaving it for just a few minutes before rinsing. That kept color lines from forming and made natural-looking variations.
 
Well, I might as well add my 2 cents to the confusion.😃 I’ve have very dark hair with reddish highlights naturally. Who am I kidding? That was decades ago. Now it’s naturally white, and needless to say I’ve been coloring at home for years. The trouble is getting a product that will cover the white totally without having it fade in 2-3 weeks.
I did a lot of searching and the product I found that truly didn’t fade and completely covered the white was the one that states “100% gray coverage”.
Garnier Fructious was it. I changed to a red several years ago,and stick with it.
Happy coloring!🙂
Oh and always get the cut first, then the color after. Learned this through trial and error.
 
If you live in, or near a City, go to a Department Store, either in the City or a near by Shopping Mall. They should have a Ladies Department that sells such things. In most places, the Lady Clerks are trained in what they sell. You should be able to get the best advice from one of them.
 
It is really difficult to do a good blonde at home if you want what I’m thinking you get at a salon - highlights/lowlights/sunkissed?.

I would consider going to a brown - it will probably look more natural. Brown tends to keep your natural highlights in, unless you have a mousy brown, which I have no experience in.

however…

Any permanent blonde dye that has a pic on the front that you are interested in, any of the popular brands are fine (probably will need developer as well - volume 30 is a good bet, but you can eyeball how bleach is going). Bleach from beauty supply store. it’s possible that the blonde might come with a bleach - read what the directions recommend. Then just follow directions on box…though I just squirt it on my head and get it everywhere (it will stain your towels, clothes, bathtub, etc. I’d recommend using an old towel and wearing sweats, and cleaning tub right after). Some people use a cap or a different color over the base color for highlights, but I’ve never done that before.

If you have long hair it may take more than one box to start off.
 
Canuck000 said:
Well, I might as well add my 2 cents to the confusion.😃 I’ve have very dark hair with reddish highlights naturally. Who am I kidding? That was decades ago. Now it’s naturally white, and needless to say I’ve been coloring at home for years. The trouble is getting a product that will cover the white totally without having it fade in 2-3 weeks.
I did a lot of searching and the product I found that truly didn’t fade and completely covered the white was the one that states “100% gray coverage”.
Garnier Fructious was it. I changed to a red several years ago,and stick with it.
Happy coloring!🙂
Oh and always get the cut first, then the color after. Learned this through trial and error.
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May I ask why you cut first? I do too, but that’s so I’ll have less hair to have to color and I’m wondering what I’ve been avoiding by doing it this way.
 
DeniseNY said:
I’ve also started using at home color in order to cut back on expenses. I have dark (almost black hair) with about 30% gray, and I find that for me, a temporary color works best.

I love this one:

clairolpro.com/professional-hair-products/beautiful-collection-product

It leaves my hair so shiny and it’s not damaging.
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I haven’t colored my hair in a while, but when I did, I LOVED this line. I found that the color stayed in very well for a temporary, and as the PP said, it left my hair really shiny. I was always leery of messing with developers and the like, and this took them out of the equation.
 
Book_Worm said:
May I ask why you cut first? I do too, but that’s so I’ll have less hair to have to color and I’m wondering what I’ve been avoiding by doing it this way.
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I cut first so that the dye covers the roots better. But that’s just my experience.
 
I can only tell you what I bought for my late wife. She used Clairol. I know that the color choices are astonishing, but we used the following guideline. We chose a color that was closest to her natural color and noted the color number on the packaging. That way the next time we could be sure of getting the same color.
She colored her hair because it had begun to turn grey in a spotty and unbalanced fashion. She thought it looked awful. Later, when her hair had gone completely grey, she stopped dying her hair.
My girl friend dyes her hair, also because she doesn’t like the grey. In her defense I have to mention that as a breast cancer survivor she has dealt with having no hair at all. She also dyes her hair to a color similar to her natural color. She goes to the beauty parlor to have it done.
Note that the reasons for dying are identical: personal vanity. I have always wondered about that. My own hair has gone grey partially as theirs had done. Mine is grey around the edges remaining dark brown on top with a white beard (yes, I wear a beard). I am very thin on top and I don’t make any attempt to conceal the fact. I am happy with how God has arranged my physical appearance and make little effort to modify it. I have never understood women’s drive to change their appearance. It’s just beyond my comprehension. I love them, but I don’t understand them.
Vive la difference!

Reb Levi

PS I know that you are trying to curtail expenses, but a professionally done dye job is typically much better than what a person can do on her own at home. Paying a professional to do the work is also good for the general economy by putting more money in circulation.
 
If you do decide to go to a light brown, do NOT use Preference True Brunette.

I just tried it for the first time last night, and my hair has a definite blueish tinge. Yuck!
 
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