How To Best Color Hair At Home

Trying to fit regular salon visits into a hectic schedule isn't e'er realistic—which makes some of the states shy away from experimenting with hair colour. But you tin can accept matters into your own easily these days! The latest at-home colour products have less harmful ingredients than they once did, and are relatively quick and easy to employ. In fact, the trickiest part is figuring out which shade is all-time for you (hint: yous only want to get 1–2 shades lighter or darker; check out our guide to picking a color here!). Once y'all've nailed down your color choice, the rest is easy! We turned to Vidal Sassoon Pro Series experts to lay out as many tips, tricks, and all the steps yous need to achieve salon-worthy color, all in the condolement of your own bathroom.

You Will Need

• at-abode hair color kit; we used Vidal Sassoon Pro Serial Permanent At-Home Color Kit in 5G Medium Golden Brownish, which comes with gloves, VS PrecisionMix Permanent Color Crème, VS PrecisionMix Developer Crème, and VS HydraBlock Color Preserving Conditioner.
• clock or timer
• push-down shirt
• old towels
• large molar rummage
• petroleum jelly
• hand mirror
• plastic clips
• small plastic basin
• aluminum foil
• white newspaper or newspaper towel

Office one: Prep

For best results, don't wash hair prior to coloring. When your hair isn't freshly done, your scalp creates a protective bulwark that helps reduce the hazard of irritation. We suggest wearing a comfortable button-down shirt, preferably 1 that you're not attached to, in example of whatever dye misfires.

Part 2: Strand Test

Before you lot commit to a color on your whole caput, it's best to examination it out on an inconspicuous strand. Here's how.

i: Unscrew the VS PrecisionMix Permanent Color Crème cap. Side by side, unscrew the entire VS PrecisionMix Developer Crème cap (don't pull off the tab just notwithstanding).

2: Mix small equal parts of each into a plastic basin.

3: Tightly recap both canteen and tube.

iv: Pull a strand of hair from behind your ear and use desired colour from the roots down through the hair shaft.

v: Wrap the strand in foil to keep the dye off the balance of your hair, and let it sit for 30 minutes. Check on it throughout to notation its progress. Depending on your texture, yous may decide to slightly alter the corporeality of time you go out the colour on.

6: Rinse and dry the strand. Hold a slice of white newspaper towel or paper towel as a background, to notation the end result (the white helps you really come across how the color came out). If you're pleased with the shade, yous're ready to do the rest of your hair.

Part 3: All-Over Colour

1: Rub petroleum jelly around hairline to protect pare from staining. If whatever dye does become on your skin, rapidly wipe it away with a facial wipe.

ii: Put on the included gloves, take the tab off the VS PrecisionMix Programmer Crème applicator, and unscrew the bottle cap. Add the VS PrecisionMix Permanent Color Crème to the VS PrecisionMix Developer Crème applicator bottle.

3: Place gloved finger over the applicator tip, bespeak it abroad from your face, and shake well—a minimum of 20 seconds—until thoroughly mixed.

4: Using your clips, divide pilus into two to four sections, depending on the length and thickness.

v: Immediately employ colour to your hair. Beginning with one section and go on until you go all sections done. Mostly, you lot should offset at the roots and motion down the hair shaft (this is specially important if yous have whatsoever gray hair to cover). If you're going lighter (rather than darker), and don't have any greys to cover, apply colour to the mid-lengths and ends first, and and then work upwardly to the roots.

6: Leave the colour on for about 30 minutes, or the time indicated by your strand examination.

7: Toss any leftover mixture.

viii: In one case the time's up, rinse hair thoroughly in warm water until water runs make clean, without whatsoever bubbles from the colour formula.

9: Gently towel dry your hair and use a big tooth rummage to become out any tangles.

10: Slather on about a quarter-size amount of included conditioner. Be sure to glaze hair all over and go out it on for five minutes. Rinse thoroughly with warm water.

eleven: Salvage the leftover conditioner so you lot can proceed to utilise in the coming weeks. Use it once a week in identify of your usual conditioner.

12: Blow-dry hair and style to your liking!

Note: if yous feel that the color is besides dark after it'south completely dry, re-shampoo your hair to ensure that you've removed all of the color production and conditioner.

Maintenance Tips

Generally, color fades due to ii factors: the condition of your hair or excessive shampooing. The minerals in water tin can potentially have a negative affect on the longevity of your color. So don't shampoo every unmarried day. Go for every other day or, if you tin, every third day. Also, use a color-care conditioner—non only does it keep the color in longer, only it also improves hair quality and health, too!

This story was sponsored by Vidal Sassoon Pro Series