- Which box to buy? How about one of these reader-approved dyes.
- Get salon-perfect highlights with this video.
- Protect that gorgeous new color with a quality shampoo, find one here.
Don't Color Your Hair at Home without Reading this
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Tip No. 1:
When selecting at-home hair color, never go more than two shades lighter or darker than your current tone. Jason Backe, co-owner and head colorist at Ted Gibson Salon, warns that if you do break this rule it could lead to disappointing or disastrous results because unlike at the salon, the product is pre-mixed, so it's impossible to control the volume of peroxide.
Check out more tips to get perfect at-home hair color here.
We're all trying to save money these days (I've been doing
my own nails
with help from this) and one way to do that is to skip the
salon color and DIY-it up at home. But, if this is your first time
with at-home hair color, or if your last foray resulted in bright
yellow streaks (don't
worry, you're not alone), then use
these tips to get color so good people will think you maxed out
your credit card at the salon.
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Posted by Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:55pm PDT
Report AbuseI totally agree ...U cannot change a brunette to a blond without a whole lot of work put in....Thanks Janet
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Posted by Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:12pm PDT
Report Abusei would chage to brown,gold, strwberrybrown, tha is what i would do
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Posted by Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:02pm PDT
Report Abusenever do at home dying. NEVER! I mean whats the point of damaging your hair for 1 or 2 shades lighter or darker? stupid.
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Posted by Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:11pm PDT
Report AbuseOr you could just not care what everyone else thinks and save money and do it your own...like always. Stop being pansies you guys.
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Posted by Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:31pm PDT
Report AbuseThe problem is, is what these manufacturers don't tell you is that products like Feria are a metallic dye which facets to the hair shaft and if you try to use any other non-metallic color the result will and can be devastating (you can melt your hair). Also these at home hair colors are designed to work within a shade or two which means that if you are a natural brunette or darker and try to go more than 2 shades lighter you'll end up orange, plus if you are a blonde and try to go more than 2 shades darker you'll end up with mudd! Another thing they don't tell you is that if your hair is already colored and you want to go lighter it WILL NOT WORK! Because you CANNOT LIFT COLOR WITH MORE COLOR! You also never know what volume the developer(peroxide) is so it could be more damaging than you think. I have been a hair designer for 16 years trust me its worth paying the money for a salon to do it right the first time, or pay more than double to have them fix it from the box color you decided to try!
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