How to Color Your Hair at Home

Hair color can leave your hair looking shiny and smooth. It can cover grey. Hair color can create a new look. Hair color can bring back your youth. Are you trying to save some time or some money and do your hair at home? Here are some tips for excellent at home hair color results.

Choose your product. Your choices are semi-permanent or permanent hair color.

Semi-permanent hair Color:
Benefits of semi permanent hair color are top shine, washing out over six to eight weeks gradually through washes, blending grey, and basically damage free.

Semi-permanent hair color is a temporary color treatment that is great for hair that has no existing hair color. You can get great color added to your hair with semi permanent color. It can not lighten your hair. So if you use a light brown and your hair is dark brown you will see no color change except for grey hair which may grab the light brown color. When you re-color your hair you can easily apply it to your whole head as there will be no regrowth or roots to deal with.

Products available:
Natural Instincts (Great Shine, antioxidants, ammonia free)
Both of these products can be viewed at www.clairol.com

Permanent Hair Color:
Benefits: Best coverage for grey, vibrancy will last longer and will not wash out, you can go shades lighter than your natural hair color

Permanent hair color can be done successfully at home. If you already have hair color and have regrowth you will need to do the roots/new hair first for about 25 minutes and put the rest of the color on the ends of the hair for 5 to 10 minutes. Choose ash if you are avoiding red hues.

Products available:
Clairol Nice & Easy (Great Grey Coverage)

The instructions are the box are thorough. Here are some extra tips from this color at home expert: smear Vaseline on your face around your hair line (not touching your hair) to keep your skin from getting stained. As you wash your hair out use your hair with shampoo on it to gentle rub your scalp and skin around your hairline to remove any stains. Wear an old tee shirt that can get stained. Wear gloves to avoid staining your hands and nails.