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

HIGHLIGHTING HAIR:

We, in good conscience, must stress to you that this type of service should never be done at home, not even by your best friend or sister!
Trust me, there is a reason your colorist has been professionally trained and fully licensed and is a certified american hair colorist.
And just because your sis' likes to watch all the makeover shows, that, in no way makes her a professional!
Too much damage can be done to your hair, and your soul!
Not to mention your wallet when you go running back to your colorist, begging her or him to fix it. If the reason for wanting to try doing it by yourself is that you want to save some money, don't go this way as a corrective job by a professional hair colorist at a salon is going to cost you dearly! Correction of a mistake is much harder, therefore dearer, than a regular job. There are things that are easier, some others simply have to be done by a professional.

Ok, if that doesn't put you off, good! You can't achieve great results if you don't even try.

Let's get started!

Go ahead and choose your option from the menu on your left.

Whether covering grey hair or just blending it in, or whatever, we hope you find some good, close to professional advice.

 
And of course, if you want your color to last, make sure to be using color safe shampoos and conditioners.
These are low in PH and gentle, ensuring less color fading.

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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