Home Hair Coloring - grey hair?

Daisy

I have had grey hair since I was about 16 years old. Now at 35 I have a good deal of it and I have been dying my hair ever since that age; both at home and at the salon. My hair color is dark brown and I usually choose something in the medium golden brown range - so that it doesn't look too dark once dyed. The problem I have is that I find that even with so called home "permanet dyes" I have had the color disapear on the grays in a couple of weeks or even less (sometimes even right away!). Since I really can't afford to dye my hair at the salon all the time anymore, I would really prefer to do it myself. Does anyone have any advice either about which product covers the best or any tips to making the dye cover the grey better?

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Gray hair is difficult to color because the cuticle of the hair shaft is so tight, also gray is usually coarse, which makes it more difficult as well.
You need to use the right products, so that the tint will be deposited into your hair. I love Redken, Matrix and Chi colors but they are not usually sold to the general public. If you have a Sally's they do carry tints that will work for you. I believe they carry Clairol and Loreal and both have lines especially formulated for stubborn gray hair. I don't know the names because I have not used them for years, but the clerk working there will be able to show you those. Next you need to use a 10 volume peroxide (peroxide is the chemical that activates the tint) You need to use a 10 volume peroxide so it will lift the cuticle and deposit the color. 20,30 and 40 volume peroxides are used to lift color, so only use the stronger peroxides if you decide to go lighter, than the gray.
Mix equal parts tint with peroxide. Most tints are sold in 2 ounce bottles, (if your hair is thick you will have to use the entire bottle.) so mix the entire bottle with 2 ounces of peroxide. Tint applicator bottles have measurements on the side. For your first application, because you still have so much gray, I would apply the tint and comb it through your hair. Place a plastic processing cap (also available at Sally's) and process for 25 minutes. Test the color by wiping the tint off of a small lock of hair and see if has completely covered the gray. Hold the lock of hair up to a white paper towel, so you can see the color well. If not covered process for 5 additional minutes. Any future tints you need to apply just to the roots, process for 15 minutes, then comb the tint through the rest of your hair and process for the remaining 10 minutes. Do not apply tint everywhere every time or you will end up with a nasty build up, where your roots will be lighter than the rest of your hair.
Also make sure you are using shampoo, conditioner and styling products formulated for tinted hair. By using the right product it can add life to your tint and your hair color won't fade as fast. If you use other products you will be washing your tint, right down the drain. Rinse the conditioner from your hair with warm water, then rinse with the coldest water you can stand. This will force the cuticle down and will help seal in the moisture and the color.
Beauty schools charge far less, you will be in the chair longer because the work is done by students, but every process is supervised by licensed cosmetologists. If you decide tinting at home becomes too difficult, beauty schools are a great option. And some beauty schools use the better products.
Good Luck, I hope this helps you to finally cover your gray.

Can anyone tell me what the best store bought hair colour is for covering grey hair?

Chewie

I'm only 27, but because I took after my dad, I started to get grey hair at a young age (a few here and there).

I find that most hair colour doesn't cover grey hair for very long.

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First to clear up one fact is that your hair doesn't turn Grey. It starts losing color pigmentation. When that happens the individual hair will become flatter in circumference. Each color inside a hair has different size color molecules. When you add color, the molecules in that color will attach itself to the one inside the hair. Gray lacking in molecules, has no ability to hold onto the color molecules, permanently. You can help it by adding a filler first. You can get a clear filler and apply it first to dry hair and let it dry. Then add the color. You can get a bottle of filler from your favorite beauty salon, or have them apply it the day before you color. The filler has a different molecule structure that will grab hold of the gray, and then the color molecules will attach to the them, giving more holding power. Not sure which color is best to buy. That depends on if your going for ease, price, or both. Try them and see what works best for you. Good Luck

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Hair color question....?

Q. I have light brown hair, and i was wanting to dye it a dark brown. Do you think its a good idea. Does it damage your hair alot? I have plae skin and blue eyes if it helps.

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I think you should always pick a color that goes well with your skin tone and once your roots begin to grow out the change or difference in color wont be as noticeable, but then thats just me.
Here's some tips from some pros. And the cons of it.

Heres the cons -
Youâre usually safer in coloring as long as you use deposit only colors. These tend to be much less harsh to the hair, and have less risk of doing actual damage. If your choice of color requires that the starting color be lifted to a lighter level, be sure that you donât lift the color level too much in one process. This is where most haircolor related problems occur â the bleaching process. While deposit-only color processes simply introduce color molecules into the hair shaft, high-lift processes use stronger formulations of peroxide (and sometimes a separate bleaching stage) to disperse the original color and then introduce a lighter tonal color.
Fortunately, most of todayâs products are formulated to be gentler to the hair and scalp and you can always do a patch test to check for chemical sensitivities before having a procedure done. I realize that by most peopleâs standards, I am overly cautious about doing nothing to harm the hair. But I know how most women (and especially young girls) feel about their hair and would never want to see a young woman forced to cut off her long hair because of a bad reaction to a service that she didnât really need.
http://www.hairfinder.com/hairquestions/hair_color_damage.htm

Skin Tone: Your new hair color should complement your skin tone. Light-skinned people don't look good with very dark hair because it draws color out of their skin. Dark, tanned skin doesn't look great when mixed with a one-tone blonde, but four or five blonde, chestnut or honey tones look fabulous.

*~*~* Just for you since you asked about dying your hair dark brown - BROWN:
Brunette is always a safe choice as it suits nearly every girl in town. Varying the shade with highlights can achieve a huge range of looks. From chocolate brown and bronze shades to honey or dark blonde, combinations of natural tones gives incredible shine as darker-pigmented tints add condition to your hair.*~*~*

Will coloring my hair damage it?
Only if the wrong level of peroxide is used or you are over-processing (too many permanent colors are applied) your hair. If you constantly change your hair color, especially if you go from blonde to brown and back to blonde, you must regularly use deep conditioning treatments.
Why can colored hair look dull?
Over-processing is the biggest reason. If your hair is starting to look dull, use semi-permanent colors where the pigments sit on top of the hair adding plenty of tone and shine.
What's better for my hair, semi-permanent or permanent color?
Semi-permanent color gives your hair a higher shine and enhances condition, but they won't lift natural hair color. Also, a semi-permanent tint will not cover large amount of grey hair (more than 50%). If a permanent tint is used correctly, you will always achieve a beautiful effect and semi-permanent tints can be used to maintain these permanent treatments, adding condition. http://www.haircolor-tips.com/haircolors.htm

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Choosing The Perfect Hair Color
Coloring your hair is one of the most common and exciting ways of expressing your individuality. Whether you are using hair color to brighten your own shade, to create a completely new look, or to cover gray hair, the choice of color can be confusing. There are hundreds of shades to choose from. With all the choices, which is best for you?

There are undoubtedly a number of shades that can be effective. However your color will be most flattering if you take into consideration your underlying skin tones and eye color. Your natural beauty will be accentuated by a beautiful hair color that blends with and enhances your skin tones.

Before making your hair color choice, look intently at your skin and try to evaluate the underlying tones. You may want to enlist the aid of your hairdresser or a friend. Now you are ready to make an educated choice of hair color.

Light warm skin tones:
You have warm, yellow-red undertones. Your skin may be described as ivory, peaches and cream, creamy beige or light golden tan. Your eye color is green, hazel, amber, or brown.
Choose a hair color that is light and warm for the most flattering effect.
This includes beige blonde, light golden blonde, strawberry blonde, light auburn, light brown with lots of golden or red highlights or golden blonde with red highlights.

Medium to deep warm skin tones:
You have warm, yellow-red undertones. You would be described as having tawny, deep golden brown or coppery skin. Your eye color is green, topaz, amber, cinnamon, or coffee bean in color.
Deep, rich hair color is for you. Your best shade may be medium to dark golden brown, golden brown with red highlights, honey brown, chestnut, copper or mahogany.

Light cool skin tones:
You have cool or blue-red undertones. Your skin color might be called alabaster, rosy pink, rose beige or light pearl. Your eye color is light blue, gray blue, gray green or blue green.
Choose a hair color that is cool or âashâ in tone, such as white blonde, platinum or silvery blonde, taupe or light brown with wheat tones. Highlight any of these with lighter ash or platinum blonde.

Medium to deep cool skin tones:
Your skin tone may be referred to as light olive, dark olive, gray-brown, dark brown or ebony and your eye color may be blue-green, deep blue, deep green, cool brown or black.
Flattering hair color shades are plum, burgundy brown, dark brown, black, slate or any of these with plum or burgundy highlights.

Hair color can be an effective fashion statement and is even more exciting when matched with your natural skin tones.


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The first and most basic rule of hair coloring is to aim to have your hair and your hair style look as natural as possible (unless you explicitly intend it not to!). Many hair stylists recommend that you stay within two shades of your natural hair colour. It is also important to consider the condition of your hair before colouring, Hair that is damaged before colouring, will more than likely be more damaged after the process. The state of your hair also influences the absorbancy of your hair and the length of time the coloring solution should be applied for.

Which should you choose? If you are looking for a gentle boost to your hair color that does not give you regrowth then a semi-permanent color is for you. These colors, sometimes called glazing, color stains, or washes, work by coating the hair with a non-peroxide colour that washes out over a 4-6 week period. They will cover most grey hair, and will actually help to tame any annoying frizzies you may have. Semi-permanent colors are the most gentle way to color your hair and are a low risk way to try out a new colour. It is recommended that you use semi-permanent colors for as long as they are giving you the results you desire.

Permanent colours, however, are required if you wish to lighten your hair as semi-permanent color will only darken hair. Permanent hair colour also gives a much better coverage of grey hair. It works by bleaching and depositing the color in a one step process. If you decide to use a permanent hair colour you will need to minimize the damage to your hair by being extra careful with your hair care regime at home.

The next choice you need to make is whether to have a block color or highlights. Highlights can be added by streaking, weaving, and foiling. Just about any hairstyle can be highlighted, and is usually a great way to add depth and texture to your hair style.

Now you only need to decide which color to try. Before you rush out and colour your hair there are some basic rules you need to consider. You need to determine whether a warm or a cool shade will be best for you. The best way to do this, is to determine your natural coloring.

http://www.styles101.com/haircolor2.html
You've finally decided to color your hair after seeing how great your friends' color looks on her. So you rush to the store, buy that exact color and do it yourself at home. Come to find out, the color looks all wrong on you and you hate it. I can't tell you how many times this has happened to me before I went to Cosmetology school. You ask yourself "why did this happen". Here's why...

When you're choosing a hair color, it's not as simple as picking up a box and getting that exact color match. Many elements factor in when coloring your hair:

Your Skin tones, eye color, your natural and artificial hair color all play a big role in which color will look great on you. You need to first determine whether you fall into the warm or cool category.

Tones & Levels

Another key factor is understanding tones and levels on color boxes. Tone refers to whether a color is warm or cool. The warm (golden) colors are red, orange and yellow. You may have noticed on some hair color boxes, there are references to "medium warm brown" or "natural golden blonde". This means the undertone of the color is warm - either red, orange, or yellow. These can be used to give hair a warmer look.

The cool (ash) colors are blue, green, and violet/purple (same thing). When the hair color names refer to "dark ash blonde" and so forth, it means they have a green, blue, or purple undertone. These you should be careful with. If you put a green or blue undertone color on a warm color (especially a gold/yellow color) hair, you will come out with green.
Levels refer to the degree of lightness or darkness of a color with 1 being the lowest (black) and 12 being the highest (lightest blonde).

Now that you know whether you need a cool or warm tone and you understand tones and levels, you're ready for the next step. Understanding the natural pigment in your hair and adding artificial pigment(color product). This is where the color wheel comes into play.

Complimentary colors are colors opposite on the color wheel. Red-Green, Blue-Orange etc. What does this mean to you? Well, if you have golden blonde hair, your hair tone is either red, orange, or yellow warm tones. So if you put a cool colored tone on like ash. You're hair is most likely to turn green.

Look at the wheel. Let's say you have yellow under tones to your hair, and you want to cool it to an ash. You decide blue undertone ash toner will do, since it is a cool undertone. Well, by doing this you'll end up with green hair! As you can see, on the wheel that blue and yellow make green. If you want to cancel out whatever undertone you have, you should use the opposite color on the wheel.
In other words, if you have brown hair with red highlights and you can't stand the red, then you would use the opposite color on the wheel to neutralize the red. In this case, the neutralizing color would be green (ash).



Here's an example of choosing a color:

You have golden blonde hair ( level 9 ) and you want to go darker to a light, medium, warm brown

( Level 7 ). Remember you have yellow and maybe orange in your natural pigment. So you would choose a neutral level 7 because neutrals have all 3 primary colors in them and almost always cancel out those bad colors like green or orange. My word of advice is, if you are a blonde, going darker, have a professional do it because blonde hair is a little tricky when it comes to going darker. Usually, one color application isn't enough because you will most likely come up green. The green will have to be neutralized. See a professional. http://www.styles101.com/haircolor2.html

special product cover for grey hair before applying hair dye for longer color?

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my grey roots start showing within days of applying Loreal Mojirel hairdye
I heard that there is some product available in US which is used on the grey hair before application of the actual hair dye. this makes the color stay on the grey hair much longer upto 5 weeks even. Does anyone know about this product?

Answer
The biggest trick is to get your hair absolutely clean. Before coloring, my stylist uses a special clarifying shampoo, which removes oils and residual chemicals from the hair. Unfortunately I don't know what its called. Perhaps you could ask your stylist, or call a Sally Beauty Supply if there is one near you.

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What hair color is best for disguising grey hairs?

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Q. I just wondered if there is a hair color that makes grey hairs less noticeable?
Or do all grey roots look bad no matter what?
Just trying to deal with them..so any advice on coloring grey hair is really appreciated.

Answer
DK, I gave up on that one, when Elizabeth Taylor had platinum bangs, and I admired women with silky shiny hair. I am getting more compliments now when my hair has 4 natural colors, than when it was just blue-black (HS). Not just from hair dressers "hair that long is never healthy but yours is and it's beautiful!", or from males as well as females, young as well as old. I've inspired others to let theirs go gray.

Initially, hair is white. The cells in our hair follicles called âMelanocytesâ generate pigments the main one being Melanin. This gives our hair its âColorâ.
In general, the more melanin present, the darker the hair color; the less melanin, the lighter the hair color.
When these Melanocytes stop producing the pigment the result is a transparent hair. The transparent hair against your healthier darker hair gives the appearance of Gray hair. In reality the hair is not Gray but transparent.
Harvard scientists propose that a failure of melanocyte stem cells (MSC) to maintain the production of melanocytes could cause the graying of hair.
DYK: there are 15 shades of colors for blond hair? Red has about 5-7 shades of colors in them. But people don't know that, because they're always covering their hair with hair dyes.

Vogue advances gray-hair chic with silver-tressed model Kristen McMenamy
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2010/07/vogue-advances-grayhair-chic-with-silvertressed-model-kristen-mcmenamy.html
http://chungkitblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/the-age-of-consent-kristen-mcmenamy-for-vogue-by-david-sims-august-2010/

She's over 60, and she started when she was younger.
http://www.emmylou.net/bio.html
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/emmylou_ha...

The little boy down the street from me was born with gray bangs, as he got older to his teens, they became the rest of the color on his hair. I thought his mom was dyeing his hair, but they weren't.

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I started after I turned 28. I have 4 on mine. My orig. color was blue-black. You can't find them from a bottle and people keep asking me where I got mine done, or complimenting me for the one-of-a-kind color. OTHER HAIRS are like half platinum, half dark brown, or light brown, like it can't make up its mind if they want all platinum or part this & that.

which hair color brand is best to cover up sparkly grey hair?

Koter Bote

I need to color my hair again! Bu my problem is that I have sparkly grey hair strands that I can't get hair color to cover up.

Maybe if I got a permanent one it would work or just a dark hair color. But which brand should I get?

Answer
You should dye it a dark brown or black.Works wonders on grey hair.I would try the Loreal one.Thats good.My mum uses it.

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