Hair coloring advice and tips

DIY hints and warnings that professional hair colorists can provide for your own successful hair coloring in the comfort of your home

grey hair blending | grey hair coverage | hair highlights

GREY HAIR BLENDING:

if you have only a few grey hairs poking through your natural hair color that are driving you crazy, and want to camouflage them so they don't show, here's the advice you need to do it by yourself or even better with a friend's help in the comfort of your own home:

My suggestion is to buy and start with a semi-permanent hair color product a shade or two lighter than your natural hair color.
The color inside the box is usually darker than the color on the box, so it's better to be safe than sorry.
Also, you can always darken it next time with no hassle, but going too dark can involve corrective coloring (that can be done only by professionals) which can get pricey. There's no easy way back to the original hair color you started with and no easy way to do it without a professional hair colorist.
Semipermanent hair color products are the mildest, least damaging to the hair, the lowest maintenance, and easiest to apply.
To proceed make sure to cover your entire head with the product, then simply follow the timing instructions on the box.
Warning though, don't be fooled by hair coloring products that claim to be semi-permanent, but in fact are NOT.
If it can lighten your natural hair color, it is in NO way semi-permanent.

A good tip to spot the difference no matter what is stated:     permanent colors require an activating agent so if you're mixing 2 different products from the box, it is most likely permanent color.

all tips and tricks for hair coloring at home

Grey hair coverage: if you are more than 20% gray, you're going to have to do a bit more than camouflage, you need to find some specific advice here (doing grey hair coverage at home)

Hair highlights: if you want to try and do some hair highlighting you need to be extra-cautious if you care for your hair! (higlighting hair at home)

Grey hair blending: if you have just a few grey hairs poking through your natural hair color, and want to camouflage them, here's the advice you need to do it on your own or maybe with a friend to help, but in the comfort of your home and not at a hair salon.

We recommend visiting United Colors of America, hair colorists and hair coloring for a professional in depth look into hair coloring and hair colorists, although aimed at New England residents, it can provide great color hints for anyone-anywhere interested in hair coloring.

www.unitedcolorsofamerica.com

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This site recommends but can take no responsability for the contents of www.unitedcolorsofamerica.com (boston hair colorists' website) which was a great source of help to us and contributed towards making this website informative.
A visit and a quick tour of the site can help you understand a little more about hair coloring and can be a source of color and style inspiration.

Did you know that 'grey' can be spelt 'gray', although the latter is a lot more used in the US? Anyway, you'll notice that both versions are being used throughout this website.

Disclaimer: The contents of this site are from many reliable hair color related sources. The hair experts' inspiration, knowledge and experience are available here to help you.
Nevertheless the hints provided are to be followed meticously and at your own risk.
We must ask you to please get professional advice before following the above instructions at least the first few times you are treating your hair at home.     Remember that practice makes perfect and you can't rely on good luck for hair coloring!

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