Anyone find home hair colouring too messy?

Citygirl1

Every time I think of going back to home colouring and saving money, I think of the old towels being saved for the purpose and my bath and sink having dye all over it, not to mention the shower curtain. The new mousse colour would be no good as thats permanent and when I dye my own hair I just use a semi.

Jinx

I find it messy too... I use black permanent dye and have a smudge on my cream wall and a smudge on the bathroom vinyl The bathroom needs decorated but still, hubby wasnt too impressed... oops!

jenniewb

I do but the trick I have found is to apply very little at a time and do so slowly. Its tempting to see it as a job you hate and want to get it over with or to apply the stuff fast to get it even and done in time. In fact by trying to speed up you just create more mess for yourself (scrubbing at dye stains with abrasive stain removers is not or speedy!) and it really has little affect on how evenly the dye takes. Apply evenly in sections, (eg back left then back right then front then left front section then right front section, left then right all over the head, using clips to fasten into place.)

Use old newspaper on the floor, sink and (if your sitting) chair. If it gets onto the walls keep an alcohol based wipe pack to hand as it doesn't come off flannels or cleaning wipes so easily.

If it gets on my skin I find that initially appling vaseline or sun screen (something that is cheap and doesn't sink in so well) makes it easier to remove errors, just remove stuff with a damp tissue/makeup wipe as soon as you drip any dye. If there are harder to remove stains, the type that are caused by the dye having sat on the skin for too long, say at the nape of the neck, I usually use nail varnish remover first, wipe this off with a wipe, then toothpaste (seems to calm the area as well as cleaning anything left) then wash with tepid water and a mild cleanser to remove any residue from either. Stuff left over normally washes off in the shower/bath. HTH.

nonnatus

What you need is a "Dye-Buddy" who is on the same maintenace schedule as you. Me and my daughter convene every couple of months, use one of the permanent "no-drip" varieties (they do drip but are slightly better than the alternative) and do each other. Another pair of hands is essential for avoiding mess and wiping up mistakes as soon as they happen

sammyjammy

Sine I got my nice shiny new bathroom I do my mine at the gym!

FabSascha

jenniewb wrote: »

If it gets on my skin I find that initially appling vaseline or sun screen (something that is cheap and doesn't sink in so well) makes it easier to remove errors, just remove stuff with a damp tissue/makeup wipe as soon as you drip any dye. If there are harder to remove stains, the type that are caused by the dye having sat on the skin for too long, say at the nape of the neck, I usually use nail varnish remover first, wipe this off with a wipe, then toothpaste (seems to calm the area as well as cleaning anything left) then wash with tepid water and a mild cleanser to remove any residue from either. Stuff left over normally washes off in the shower/bath. HTH.

I had this TERRIBLE dye job done at a salon a while ago where they got dark red dye all over my neck and forehead (the line around my forehead was truly shocking) and I read that using fag ash with a tiny bit of water would remove it. I was desperate (even though I realise it sounds rank) so I tried it and it worked really well. Obviously I had a shower straight afterwards

jenniewb

FabSascha wrote: »

I had this TERRIBLE dye job done at a salon a while ago where they got dark red dye all over my neck and forehead (the line around my forehead was truly shocking) and I read that using fag ash with a tiny bit of water would remove it. I was desperate (even though I realise it sounds rank) so I tried it and it worked really well. Obviously I had a shower straight afterwards

Wow- now thats desperation! (says she that reached for everything bar toilet bleach- which actually I did contemplate if the aecetone didn't work...!) I don't smoke but I guess if you do/it works don't give it up!

Barneysmom

I think you're supposed to put a line of Vaseline round the hairline and ear tips to stop it going onto the skin?

Ida_Notion

I use black hair dye and sit in the bath to apply it, wait for it to do it's thing etc and then rinse it off under the shower. This is due to living in rental and having a landlord who had the not-so-bright idea of putting cream carpet in the bathroom. Five years of this meant that barring one small stain on the bottom of the bath panel that's more or less come out now, I'd got the practice down to a fine art. That is until my most recent effort, when the cheap(ish) dye I use started to include a pointless (as far as I can see) 'foamer' applicator instead of the conventional one. It looks like a pump, but isn't, slows down the process of application considerably as you have to keep it upright all the time, and results in the stuff going all over the place unless you can suddenly grow an extra pair of hands on a whim.

Fortunately it didn't go on the carpet or anywhere else I could not remove it from, but I spent the best part of the development time wiping stains off as they appeared on tiles and on the bath itself. Never again. I hope the 'foamer' applicator does not catch on, because I'm intent on giving it a wide berth in the future.

vixarooni

i use blonde dye but i don't find it messy at all? I don't use a towel and just wack it on? I use the 10 minute one, forget the make but its got a comb end and i just run it through.

birkee

It's just cost me another £60 for two sets of bathroom mats in the sale, because of my Wife's hair dye!
THAT aint saving money!
Shave their heads if they don't like the colour, I say!