Advice needed on hair colouring (merged)

vivw_2

abaxas wrote: »

Aghghg I'm a bloke and I'm gonna give some hair dye advice! NOOO

Buy a root touch up kit!

Thanks but I've looked into that and they cost just as much

McKneff

Hi viv, you cant do anything with this as its new hair growth apart from what Abaxas says.

i dont use permanent colour just for that reason. I actually use
temporary colour, this is because if my temp colour is dark brown, it gardually washes out but only on the grey so the grey is a bit lighter brown each time
if yu see what i mean. I do mine every 5 weeks or so.
Failing that, i have some colour mousse (i think its a reddy colour) so put a bit of that on, covers the grey bits and adds a bit of colour to the non grey bits. worth a try for a few quid. I havent seen my natural colour for many years and i can only presume that i am completely grey under this 'Nice and Easy'

livalot

I read this tip somewhere on these boards so cannot take the credit for it, but the gist of it was:to save the bottles from one hair colour so that next time you can use them again to mix only half the colour. You then use the remaining colour for the next session. Hope that makes sense as it does say that once you have mixed the colour and cream you must not keep it and you do end up throwing lots away.

vivw_2

I use Nice and Easy and I know its not just regrowth as even the longer wispy bits at the side go grey quickly. Was wondering if it was because of the way I put it on, but I follow the instructions

vivw_2

livalot wrote: »

I read this tip somewhere on these boards so cannot take the credit for it, but the gist of it was:to save the bottles from one hair colour so that next time you can use them again to mix only half the colour. You then use the remaining colour for the next session. Hope that makes sense as it does say that once you have mix the colour and cream you must not keep it and you do end up throwing lots away.

That sounds like a good idea,,,,thanks

Lois_and_CK

Definitely don't keep colour that's been mixed up - it goes off.

I buy my colours from a hairdressing wholesaler's. You will need to buy a mixing bowl and an application brush, a tube of colour and a developing lotion. The developing lotion will last loads of applications. The tube of colour will last probably around 4 applications. Works out (after the initial outlay) miles cheaper.

jprettypicture2

Colour mouses are great to use inbetween colouring.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere (please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL].

lilac_lady

There's a lot of women who seem to accept that the grey stripes at the edge of their hair and the one down the middle are ok. Maybe it's time for grey hair to become fashionable!

EssexGirl

This thread might help a bit:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1507541