Anyone colour their own hair?

Bella2007

Hi, Moneysavers,

just after some advice on doing hair at home as opposed to salon. I get mine done every month and the colour looks natural and makes my hair look healthy and voluminous.

But doing it at home would save me £1K a year so the temptation is massive, and today I picked up a £4.99 box of John Frieda Precision Foam colour.

I've often googled doing my own hair and some of the advice says it's okay if you're sure to only do the roots each time and avoid a dulling colour buildup. My colour is light brown so I feel there's less danger of things going wrong than with a blonde shade.

Does anyone here do their own hair, and has anyone changed from salon to DIY with no problems?

Thanks!

WibblyGirly

I do my own. I've ever had major colour changes at a salon and when I was blond they did it as so much can go wrong with it.

I've never used the one you've bought. I will say that for brown dye, on me, it seems to come out darker than the box then lightens a bit after a few washes. I've never heard of it dulling the colour by dying over all of it. They usually say for root touch up that in the last 10 mins to put the remaining mixture through the rest of your hair. I can imagine if you only ever do the roots after that first all over application it will start to be faded at the bottom and darker at the top.

Bella2007

Thanks WibblyGirly,

It actually is darker at the salon too, and lightens after a few washes. At first I found this annoying, as people really noticed my hair getting different over the month. What's the point of paying so much if people can tell I'm doing stuff to my hair?!

The salon only does the roots and then strategically knows when to drag the colour through the hair - once every 3 or 4 visits, I think. But maybe the stylist exaggerates his expertise; they have to do something to justify the price they charge...

micky2phones

Bella2007 wrote: »

Hi, Moneysavers,

just after some advice on doing hair at home as opposed to salon. I get mine done every month and the colour looks natural and makes my hair look healthy and voluminous.

But doing it at home would save me £1K a year so the temptation is massive, and today I picked up a £4.99 box of John Frieda Precision Foam colour.

I've often googled doing my own hair and some of the advice says it's okay if you're sure to only do the roots each time and avoid a dulling colour buildup. My colour is light brown so I feel there's less danger of things going wrong than with a blonde shade.

Does anyone here do their own hair, and has anyone changed from salon to DIY with no problems?

Thanks!

Hi, i did my late partner hair, she loves it have you no one to do yours ?

clairec79

My other half will do mine

Never gone to a salon for colouring

TBH I've seen people who've gone to salons and it's looked awful and fake, and the same for at home. However the vast majority looks absolutely fine wherever it has been done

Kim_kim

I get mine done. I!!!8217;ve tried home colouring, indeed I used it sometimes when I coloured my hair because I wanted too, before I had to, to cover grey.
I find with home colouring the dye (even permanent) slips off or fades off the grey over time. But with professional permanent products, once that but has been coloured, it stays coloured.

sn1987a

My other half does mine at home. I tried once by myself and I felt I could miss bits and it was very tiring. I have tried two different brands. I think, but maybe I am wrong, there are two different types. A permanent and semi-permanent type of dye. The permanent one I tried was a bit harsh on my hair and didn't feel natural, however the colour stayed. The semi-permanent I use gives a softer look and I prefer it but the colour fades on the greys with time so it's better to dye your hair regularly. My hair is black with a few greys and I go for black or plum. The difference in colour is not big on me. Maybe it's worth trying a few brands if you are not satisfied with one you got.

Bella2007

All this sounds quite positive, thanks! I don't really want to ask someone else to do it will try on my own...

harrys_nan

I have been colouring my own hair for many years and my mum did. It may take a couple of goes before your certain you have chosen the right shade for you, I use a blonde one so have never tried a Brown shade. I will say if your new to home dye, then do a skin test, the same as a salon would.
Semi-permanent washes out after so many washes, the permanent will fade but doesn't wash out, it will grow out.
Another way to cut your cost is to check out your local college and see if they do hair and beauty courses. Remember though they are trainees and not quick, they are fully supervised though, just don't expect them to be as quick as a salon

Izadora

Bella2007 wrote: »

I picked up a £4.99 box of John Frieda Precision Foam colour ...
My colour is light brown

I use John Frieda and it's very easy to apply - I don't need to get anyone to help me and I've never had problems with it looking patchy - but it does (as others have said) tend to come out darker than it looks on the box.

I've got mid-brown hair and the light natural brown is very slightly darker than my natural colour. When my hair's been lightened by the sun I tend to go for dark blonde, which comes out as a light brown.

Good luck and remember that if your hair's long or thick you'll probably need two boxes.

halogen

does anyone know if its possible to colour the greys without colouring the rest? I'm terrified of going to a hairdresser ( never been in my life and it's too expensive for me anyway) but I would love to have vivid colour highlights that stay put