I've always been a bit squeamish when it comes to coloring my hair. It seems so much more drastic than a cut, although realistically it's probably easier to fix a bad dye job (like one of these) than a bad hair cut (as these photos would show).

But it turns out hair color really isn't scary, as these women prove. They're just average Janes like you and me and they managed to get amazing results from at-home color. Look at their pictures -- and get tips for your own hair color transformation. I think I'm ready to take the plunge …