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May 06, 2006

Coloring My Hair

From my Mom's side of the family, I have grey hair. And so I color my hair. When I first started messing with my hair color, I went the highlight route and paid to have them done. I liked that, but it was expensive. Just coloring was cheaper, so I tried that. Once. I wanted a little darker than my natural and trusted my stylist to give me good color. I ended up with purple hair. Not birght purple, but in the right light. OK, any light, I have purpish highlights. GAH!!!!!! Lesson learned and I began my journey of self coloring....

That was about 10 years ago. Since then, I have colored my hair with store bought hair color. Since then, I have only made one "mistake" but it was fixable. I tried one of those highlight kits that gives you a cap with holes in it. You pull strands of hair through it and bleach the color out of it for highlights. I did this alone and pulled out way to much. I ended up coloring all my hair very blonde and was a blonde for about a year. It was hard to deal with the roots since my natural hair color is brown and I ended up coloring it more that I wanted. At that time I spent $45. I can mess up my own hair for $7 and still be ahead.

One mistake in ten years is a good record. Sometimes I have not been crazy about the colors I pick, but I never look bad. With experimentation, I know what colors to pick and the general results. Here are my thoughts and tips:

I stay away from highlighting kits that bleach or remove your color. This causes your hair to be very dry and brittle. You can get blonde results with hair color that just coats your hair. Much easier on it. You will never get the white blonde with hair color, but who really wants that anyway?

Your hair color will not be exactly like what the chick on the box has. It will be a combo of your current (not natural) hair color and the color. Some boxes have a sample of what it will look like.

I don't like messing with just coloring the roots. To much trouble. So I just color all my hair each time.

I don't keep track of the colors that I use. Again to much trouble. I like changing my hair and color is a good way. This also means that if I like a color, I may never be able to obtain it again, since it is a combo of the current and new. So if I use the color again, it still looks a little different.

I like to use dark blondes in the summer and light browns in the winter. And throw a little auburn brown every once in awhile.

Sometimes I choose colors by what is on sale.

My favorite is Nice-N-Easy. It does a good job for a good price. I tried Revlon Hight Dimension when it was on sale and was amazed that it only took 10 minutes. It is about $4 more than Nice-N-Easy (or whatever else is on sale) so the next time it is on sale, I am stocking up. B

I live on the edge and do not do the recommended stand/allergy test 48 hours before I color. Bah! What a pain! I have not done it in 10 years and I won't be starting now....

Most women are scared to color their own hair. But it is very easy. They make it as simple as possible. Put on gloves, open, pour, mix, put in your hair, wait, lather and rinse really good. The condition for 2 minutes. Good time to shave your legs! The instructions even have pictures!!!

I don't rinse my hair over the sink. I just take a shower. It does not hurt your back, you don't splash water all over the kitchen and you get more of the color out. Have you ever tried rinsing your own hair over the sink. Again, I say bah!!! Plus the shower feels so good....

Most men will not notice your hair color change unless it is very dramatic. I stopped asking my husband years ago if he could tell I colored my hair.

I have a hair color buddy at work. She always notices when I color my hair and visa versa. Other than that, no one usually says anything.

I talked my Mom into coloring her own hair. When she uses brown, she shares the hair bottle with my Dad. They both have short hair. How cute is that?

This post took me about 35 minutes to write. My timer beeped, so I am off to shower and rinse...

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