Tips for Coloring Your Own Hair at Home

It takes less than an hour and ten dollars; you can have a new hair color. Follow these tips to build your confidence and get great results and save money by coloring your own hair at home.

Hair Color Choices
Just like when you picking a foundation shade, chosen a color that clashes with your natural skin tone. To pick the right hair color you need to look at your skin tone that will compliment your tone not clash with it. Eliminate some products upfront by sticking with the budget friendly, single process hair colors. Hair coloring products that will straighten hair are more complicated than a simple color change. Leave the more complicated hair processes to the professionals. If you have long of thick hair, buy two boxes of your color choice to ensure there's enough to product to completely cover hair.

 Do a Strand Test
Don't get impatient and skip this important step. Use a strand of hair that is just above the ear for this color test, so you can see how the new hair color will look with your complexion.
Check the hair strand color halfway through the recommended processing time. Finish drying the strand with a blow dryer and check the color by placing the hair strand on a white washcloth or towel. This speeds up the time of the strand test and saves you time doing damage control if you are unhappy with the color.

 
Apply Vaseline to the Hair Line
The hair dye will stain anything it touches, including your skin. Apply a thin layer of Vaseline or baby oil around your hair before applying hair color. Wear an old shirt or place a towel around your shoulders too, drips are minimal, but it's better safe than sorry. Be sure to wear the plastic gloves which come in the hair color kit and wipe up any spills or drips immediately.

 
Don't Dye on Friday Night
Hair color manufacturer's offer help to their customers via a toll-free helpline. The number is printed on the box or on the coloring directions insert. That's great. But they don't inform you that many of the 800 number help-lines are closed on Friday night and you will not get an answer if you call. Tempting as it may be, don't dye on Friday night.