Colour Your Hair at Home: 5 Tips from the Professionals

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Colour Your Hair at Home 5 Tips from the
Professionals
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• We all know someone who wouldnt dare colour
  their own hair at home or maybe youre one of
  those people yourselfcertain that youll mess it
  up. Well fear no more, because straight from
  professional colourists, we have the 5 tips you
  need to know if you think you cant colour your
  hair at home. Hint YOU CAN.

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HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WHEN CHOOSING YOUR
COLOR

• The first step is finding the right shade for
  your hair. If youre hesitant to do this on your
  own, use resources that have professional advice
  and guidance. Professional colourists will help
  you understand what can be achieved and how to
  successfully switch to at home colouring.

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• Check out our online Color Consultation, which
  considers your hair goals and natural colourings
  and recommends a colour which will flatter your
  hair and complexion. The right shade for you will
  make you look fresh and compliment your natural
  colour undertones, while the wrong colour
  selection could make you look washed out and
  tired, as the colours will be working against you.

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WATCH TUTORIALS

• Application videos will break down the home
  colouring process into simple steps, and you can
  watch them as youre going through the
  application process. Read all the instructions
  before you start to colour your hair at home.

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• Its always a good idea to do a sensitivity
  test, as some sensitivities develop over time, so
  even if you have not had a reaction to hair
  colour before you may develop a sensitivity over
  time, particularly if you use a product with PPD
  (The Shades colours are all PPD free). Consider
  what you are looking to achieve new colour from
  end to end, or a root touch-up. Sometimes there
  may have a couple different options when
  applying, and its best to know what route to
  take before you dive in.

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ONLY TOUCH UP YOUR ROOTS

• If your hair is already coloured, pulling colour
  through your ends each time can result in colour
  build-up, or colour banding, which is an unwanted
  horizontal striping effect with the hair
  appearing darker towards the ends, which can be
  seen when the hair has been coloured multiple
  times at the ends, and only once at the roots.

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• Its better to pull through the colour the last
  10 minutes of processing when switching to a new
  colour line for the first time, or every 3-4
  times you colour to refresh the tone. You only
  really want to pull through for the full
  processing time when youre switching to a darker
  shade overall.

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BOWL BRUSH

• Most professionals use a mixing bowl and brush
  to apply hair color, and theres a reason for
  thatthey help with saturation, accuracy of
  placement, and creating clean easy partings. So
  step up your home colouring and use a bowl and
  brush, if youre nervous about application. Even
  better, watch this video on how to use a bowl and
  brush when you colour your hair at home for
  easier application and better colour results.

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CLIP YOUR HAIR INTO SECTIONS

• Maybe a head full of hair seems daunting. Try
  clipping it into sections, and work one section
  at a time. Sectioning makes for easier (and
  quicker) application. Not sure what we mean by
  sectioning? No worries theres a post for that,
  too.