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Top At-Home Hair Color Tips

At last -- beauty salon color experts divulge secrets of coloring hair at home

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If you've recently started experimenting with at-home color or are thinking about making the switch (in the name of saving cash), use these tips as your guide. With this expert help you can get salon-quality results in the comfort of your bathroom. So go ahead and cheat on your colorist -- with yourself! You and your wallet will be happy you did.

By Emily Kate Warren

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The comment about at-home hair color products being pre-mixed is incorrect. You CAN control the peroxide volume. I have been coloring my hair with L'Oreal's color for more than 20 years. The product is not pre-mixed and you can substitute the volume of peroxide with whatever volume you wish to use. My hair is mostly grey on top so I mix the L'Oreal with 10 volume peroxide for the top, but I use the 20 volume on the balance of my hair. In the back along the neck-line I occasionally use 30 volume to lighten my hair a little more so that the color is a closer match to the rest of my hair. I get many compliments on my hair. You can purchase L'Oreal hair color without the peroxide at Sally's. I keep a bottle of 10, 20, and 30 volume developer at all times. This is also available in name-brands at Sally's.

by JoanInGAJanuary 08, 2010 at 06:14AM Report as inappropriate

yes i totaly agree. my stylist used to charge 40 dollars or more for cut and color. and walmart has color for six and seven dollars and it looks good.but you still have to pay alot for the nails

by teddybApril 05, 2009 at 08:26AM Report as inappropriate

I only ever colour my hair at home. L'Oreal offer a great range of colours for the perfect at-home style! Speaking of which check out www.fashweekly.com's recent issue all about L'Oreal's Toronto Fashion Week! Inside you'll find exclusive photos from the runways as well as articles all about how everything went down. Happy reading!

by fashweeklyApril 02, 2009 at 12:13PM Report as inappropriate

If you use henna, then go to a salon for color - please tell your stylist what you have been using! Henna and hair color do not mix! The henna must be removed before you can color.

by Starr_79March 26, 2009 at 09:05PM Report as inappropriate

If you want to have a healthy hair, with shine and natural tone, use henna, not color. Like Rainbow, can be found in Whole Foods or on the internet. Color will be different than on the boox if you hair is darker, or gray ( does not cover gray well). Make a mixture, add a spoon of vinegar, cover floor and sinc, wear old clothes when applying. It will take two moths if you use is every 15 days, about two hours a session,to get a full color, after that once every 4=5 weks is OK. It seems a lot of work, but you wull get a beautiful, healthy colored hair everybody will admire. Specilly helpful for thin and fine hair, gives some streingt and thickness. Reminder: no perm!

by hrasno60March 21, 2009 at 04:34AM Report as inappropriate