Dying hair at Home.

Feb 2, 2016

Dorothea S.

I've colored my hair severs times at home. And going darker is the easiest you can do but I'd be super careful. When coloring your hair at home before the dye that you use can contain a lot of metallic salts or other things that can get trapped in your hair especially if you dye your hair multiple times. Your biggest concern would be getting your hair lighter in the future because your hair may not take and it may need to take you several times to lift your hair to a lighter color

Feb 2, 2016

Kylee H.

Metallic dyes not only cram pigment into the hair's cuticle but they can also have adverse reactions with other products, I've seen people come into the salon to get their color lifted and when the bleach starts processing in the foils it became intensely hot, started to smoke and melted the hair. I believe I did mention on your other post to use a Demi as opposed to a permanent, there's no reason to use a high volume when you're merely depositing.

Feb 6, 2016

Ivanna O.

Yes I agree with both of them! We were just discussing this in class today. What I would say aside from all that they said is this. The temptation of using a box dye is because you would rather not shell out a colorist's fee. But in the long run you if you start getting into box dyes you will end up paying much more than if you were to get it done the right way in the first place. Why? if you end up wanting to change your color (which you probably will since this would be your first time) its going to be more challenging to get those other colors because of those stubborn metallic salts. A stylist will need to strip out your hair. So Then you'll have to pay for removing the color, which could take a few times, and then adding color, and then repairing the damage with product. So bewareeee of the evil box dye. This is coming from someone who used to dye their own hair.