How To Color My Own Hair

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Changing your hair color tin make you experience like an entirely new person, but going to the salon can get costly and time-consuming. Equally a less expensive alternative, you tin dye your pilus at habitation using a boxed dye kit. Using a dye kit for the first time might be a footling intimidating, but it's easy to do if you prepare your tools and follow your kit'due south instructions. You lot'll get a professional salon await for less!

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Choose between a permanent, semi-permanent, or demi-permanent dye. Permanent dye volition last the longest and can cover gray hairs and roots. Semi-permanent dye tin can just darken pilus, and volition final up to eight washes. Demi-permanent dye tin slightly lift your hair colour, and will last upwards to 25 washes.
- If you're using permanent dye, apply it to your hair when it'due south dry. For semi-permanent dye, shampoo your pilus and dye it while it's still slightly damp.^[i]
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Go with a dye 2 to iii shades lighter or darker than your current colour. When deciding between two colors, stick with the color that is closer to your natural colour. Making a big change, like bleaching dark hair, is best washed with a professional salon colorist.^[ii]
- If your hair is longer than shoulder-length, purchase at to the lowest degree 2 boxes of dye in example you run out during the process. Y'all should but demand 1 box if your hair is shoulder-length or shorter.
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Go out your pilus unwashed for 2 days earlier you dye it. Your scalp will have built upwards plenty natural oils to protect your peel from irritation. Washing your hair removes those natural oils, so it's all-time to look 2 days earlier dyeing.^[3]
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Wearable an quondam button-forepart shirt or robe to avoid stains. If you pick an old shirt or robe that closes in the front, yous won't have to lift anything over your caput when information technology's time to rinse out your dye. You lot can also wrap an former towel effectually your shoulders and fasten the ends together for an actress layer of protection.
- Yous can also lay down newspaper or garbage bags to protect floors and surfaces from dye stains.^[4]
- Work in a room with natural calorie-free if possible, so you can accurately check your new pilus color.^[5]
- The bathroom is generally the best identify to work, peculiarly if you take a window that lets in natural calorie-free. You can use the mirror to check upwards on your progress, utilise the countertops as a workspace, and the sink and shower are readily available in case you need to rinse off.
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Exam dye on a small section of your hair before dyeing the balance. If your dye doesn't have instructions for a strand examination, mix 1 teaspoon (iv.9 mL) of colour and i.five teaspoons (7.4 mL) of developing cream. Using disposable gloves, employ the dye to a 1 inch (two.5 cm) section of your hair.^[6]
- Not all kits have the same mixing ratio (for case, some might require a 1:1 mixture of color and developing cream for the strand test), so check the instructions before y'all start mixing the dye.
- If you've dyed your hair before, piece of work the dye from root to tip, taking intendance not to go dye on your scalp.
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Rinse and dry your exam strands to cheque the color. Afterward the instructed time has passed, which is usually xx to 30 minutes, rinse your test strands with lukewarm water. Dry information technology with a accident dryer, and and so check the color. If y'all're happy with it, y'all're ready to dye the rest of your hair.
- If you lot're not happy with your test strand'southward color, you can try a new color on a different strand of hair.
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Smooth Vaseline or lip balm along your hairline, ears, and neck. This flim-flam volition protect your skin from the dye and prevent stains, which tin be tough to remove. You can too use a thick balm or moisturizer to create a protective barrier. ^[7]
- Call up to remove whatever jewelry you lot don't want to get dye on, like earrings or rings.
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Divide your brushed pilus into four gridlike sections. Apply a comb to role your hair downwardly the middle. Then role both sections in half horizontally from ear to ear, creating a grid of 4 sections. This volition keep whatsoever hair you lot're not working on out of the manner.^[8]
- If yous have very thick hair, you lot tin divide your hair into 6 sections.
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Prune back all the sections except for 1 top section near your face. This is the section you'll start applying dye to start. Brand certain your pilus is brushed and free of tangles to make applying dye piece of cake.^[9]
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Mix together pilus dye and developer in a disposable bowl. Follow the instructions that come with your kit, and mix the dye with the programmer in a disposable bowl. Your kit might come with a squeeze bottle for applying the dye, but using an applicator brush and bowl will make your dye job look more professional.^[10]
- Yous can notice bowls and brushes for pilus dye at supermarkets or dazzler supply stores.
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Apply the dye to 1 inch (2.5 cm) sections using an applicator castor. Saturate your brush with the dye and get-go applying information technology to your hairline in sections, working your way down your strands to the tip. Brand certain all strands in this section of hair are covered with dye.^[11]
- Your roots demand the almost color and processing time, so it's best to utilise dye there get-go, and work your way downwards.
- Ask a friend to help you utilise dye. Certain areas, like the back of your head, tin be tricky to do on your ain.
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Use a wide-tooth comb to distribute dye through each section of pilus. After yous've applied dye to one section of hair, rummage through information technology using a wide-tooth rummage. This will make sure all your hair is coated with dye, and evens out the amount of dye. Once you're finished, clip and hold this completed section of pilus.^[12]
- Dye and rummage the remaining sections until you've applied dye to all your pilus.
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Release all your hair to requite your hair a quick massage. Gently massage your scalp to generate heat. Quickly run your fingers through your hair from root to tip to brand sure the dye is distributed evenly throughout each section. Then gather your hair upwards and clip it.^[13]
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Cover your pilus with a shower cap. While waiting for the dye to set, you tin can cover your hair with a shower cap to trap in heat. It'll as well keep hair dye from getting onto your piece of furniture or belongings at home.^[14]
- Yous tin even utilise a plastic shopping bag to cover your hair. Wrap it around your caput and prune it in place so that it stays put.^[15]
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Set a timer for the recommended time to leave in your pilus dye. It's very important to leave in the dye only for the instructed amount of time on the box. Leaving it in as well long or washing it out too early tin touch the color. Almost dyes take 20 to 30 minutes.^[16]
- Take off the disposable gloves you lot used to apply the dye, and use a fresh pair of gloves for washing information technology out.^[17]
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Rinse your hair with lukewarm water. Once the instructed time has passed, release your hair and rinse it with lukewarm water. You can hop in the shower and do this, or use a shower hose to spray your hair. Rinse your hair until the water runs clean and free of dye.^[18]
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Apply the included conditioner to your rinsed pilus. Comb your hair and clasp out any excess water, then apply the conditioner that comes with your kit. Leave the conditioner on for the recommended time before rinsing information technology out.^[xix]
- The conditioner that comes in dye kits is specially formulated for color-treated hair.
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Dry your pilus with a accident dryer to brand certain y'all're happy with the color. Examine your hair under natural light to check your hair colour. Your hair tin can also look quite different when it'south moisture, so you'll become a practiced idea of the color later you lot've dried it.^[20]
- Your hair will likely look significantly darker while it'due south wet, then brighten upward when it dries.
- If you're non happy with your hair color, it's best to encounter a salon colorist who can assist y'all fix it.
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Use a color-preserving shampoo and conditioner. Shampoo and conditioner for colour-treated hair is usually gentler than regular shampoo. Dye can dry out your hair, and color-preserving shampoo and conditioner ofttimes have vitamin A and vitamin Due east to help lock in moisture.^[21]
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Shampoo your hair every other day at nigh to make color last. ^[22] By washing your hair with shampoo every other 24-hour interval at most, you'll maintain color in your pilus longer.^[23]
- Use dry shampoo in place of liquid shampoo to help maintain colour even more.^[24]
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Employ tinted hair gloss every other week to boost color. A lightweight hair gloss can add a trivial life to your dyed hair. It will improve smooth, reduce brassiness, and smooth your strands, making it look fresh. Choose a hair gloss that all-time matches your current color.^[25]
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Protect your hair from the dominicus's UV rays with a lid or spray. The dominicus can bleach your hair color. If you plan to spend time outside, wear a hat with a brim or rim to embrace your hair. Or, spritz your hair from root to tip with a color-protecting spray. These formulas besides help forestall dryness and breakage.^[26]
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Touch on up your roots every 4 to 8 weeks as needed. Touching upwards your roots with dye is very similar to dyeing your hair, but y'all'll utilize dye only to your roots. Work in sections, and brush dye onto your roots. Be careful not to dye hair that's already colored, which tin cause a discolored line.
- Rinse and status all of your pilus after you've let your pilus dye develop in your roots.
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I'm planning on having my pilus dyed a low-cal brown for my birthday and take never washed it before. Do I need to do a patch examination first?

It's ever skilful to test before; otherwise, you could have a bad reaction that you weren't aware of before testing.
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What will happen if I have black hair and spray lemon in my pilus?

It volition gradually become lighter, commonly a dark chocolate brown color. Get out it on for effectually 15-20 minutes and, if you're happy with the color, rinse information technology off. Otherwise, leave information technology in longer. Lemons tin can often make your hair really dry, so make sure you condition your hair later.
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Is henna leaf powder harmful to the hair?

Unicorn Fangirl

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Not at all! Henna is great for your hair. It is a natural, herbal conditioner, and it promotes growth.
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Do I need to bleach my pilus before dying information technology?

Valerie Zoey

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You're probably going to have to bleach your hair. Most unnatural colors are semi-permanent, which means they will not lift the color of your hair whatever lighter than it currently is. It'due south only depositing color. And then if you try to put purple semi-permanent dye over your nighttime dark-brown hair, it will not work.

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Read the instructions on your dye kit before starting.
Always practice a strand test before dyeing all of your hair at once. The strand test will help you lot make up one's mind how long to go out the dye in your pilus to become the desired shade, and will too requite you an idea of what the final colour event volition await like.
Lay out all of your tools and supplies before yous commencement applying dye to your hair.
If dye splatters on any countertops or floors, use makeup remover towelettes or makeup remover on a cotton fiber ball or cloth to wipe information technology up immediately.
As an alternative to chemic dye kits, yous tin use natural products similar lemon or honey to lighten your hair, and henna or tea to darken your hair. Naturally dying your hair won't dramatically change its color, but it tin enhance your natural shade.

Things You lot'll Need

Boxed hair dye
Disposable gloves
Disposable basin
Applicator brush
Onetime shirt or robe
Vaseline or lip balm
Hair clips
Wide-molar comb
Shower cap
Timer or clock

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To dye your hair at home, outset past mixing the hair dye and developer that came with your kit. Then, apply the dye to 1-inch sections of your hair, working from the roots to the tips. After you apply dye to a section of your pilus, brush through it with a broad-tooth comb to evenly distribute the dye. Once y'all've practical the dye to all of your hair, cover your head with a shower cap or a plastic handbag, and wait about twenty-30 minutes. Finally, rinse the dye out in the shower using lukewarm water. To learn how to choose the right hair dye, keep reading!

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