Through this article will guide you to the different ways to dye your hair. It is absolutely right that a correct hair color can transform your looks completely—make your skin tone live, cover your grays, add shine to your eyes. But getting your hair dye at the salon can put a toll on your pocket. So, to give you relief from this additional expense, we have mentioned below a step-by-step tutorial on exactly how to dye your hair at home.
Fortunately, the technology has come a very long way and the dyes today are not only less damaging but are also more translucent. Now you no longer get intense, monotone shades. Also, you won’t notice that irritating smell of dyes the way it used to. So, now if you are ready to dye your hair at home, do read these 5 simple rules before you start.
- Be Conservative: Do not choose a color more than 2 to 3 shades darker or lighter than your natural color of hair.
- Ask a Friend to Help: Your friend will help you ensure that you don’t miss any area on the back of your head.
- Go For Natural Light: It is better to dye your hair in natural ample light instead of doing it in your bathroom light. This will help you ensure the exact color for your hair.
- Never Forget to Condition: Most of the kits are packed with a tube of deep conditioner. You should use it right after you wash out the dye. Then do a deep-conditioning treatment at least once in a week after that. It will help preserve the color and shine in your hair.
- After Your First Time, Touch-Up the Roots: If you recolor your whole head every six weeks, your hair might feel brittle, and your color may become patchy. When your roots begin to show, you should apply dye only to the re-growth part. Comb it through the rest of your hair a several minutes before the processing time gets over.
Steps to Dye your Hair
1.) Try to Understand the Basics to Dye Your Hair
The first step which is required to learn in order to dye your hair is to understand the basics. So, you should know how to fold your hair in upward directions, how to use a dye brush etc. The best way to dye your hair is to select the right product and try applying it first on a small area of your hair. It will help you to know the exact type of shade which will appear on your hair.
2.) Try to Select the Suitable Shade of Color to Dye Your Hair
Here, you should know about your own hair color to opt the perfect shade of color. After that, you should try to look for two shades of color which are in between your own hair color. Try to match it accurately to with your own hair shade. But remember you should not try to match your hair shade with the shade indicated on the cover pack of the hair dye product. It sometimes does not the same as indicated. If you are looking to cover your gray hair with your newly dyed hair, then you should try to go for permanent hair dye. This is because the temporary dye will show its glossy texture for a while.
3.) Washing is Mandatory Before You Dye Your Hair
The most essential thing which you need to remember is to wash your hair. Before you apply any type of hair dye or color you should rinse your hair at least 24 to 48 hours before you dye your hair. This is because the natural oil present in your hair will start developing after 12 hours of wash. This will allow the shade of color merge easily with your hair. But, you should try to avoid conditioning your hair after the wash. This is because the conditioner will eliminate the natural oil content from your hair.
4.) Get Protection from Stains when You Dye Your hair
The next important thing which you should need to remember is to know how to protect your skin and cloth from the color stains. The stains of hair color or dye are permanent and if it accidentally drips on your clothes or skin, you should remove it right away. If you will try to remove stains later, it may need you to elbow grease a lot in order to get rid of them. So, it is better to take some newspapers, paper towels and cover the exposed area before you apply the dye. Instead, you can wear an old unused tee or a shirt as a protection. Also, place some newspapers on the floor. Plus, try to clean away all the extra spills with the help of some paper towels.
5.) Extra Protection when You Dye Your Hair
It is another important step which you will need to consider. Even if you wear an old tee or shirt, still you should try to cover yourself with some towel or color tape. The color tape can be easily from the market. In this way, you will be able to protect yourself from any sort of extra spills of the hair color/dye.
6.) Keep it Tangle Free to Dye Your Hair
Always try to comb/brush your hair before start dying your hair. It will help in keeping your hair tangle-free. And the application of the hair dying process will become an easy task for you. Also, when you will try to make partitions in your hair, it will easy to part and can be tied in half hair do as you will need to do step by step partition of your hair when applying hair dye. And, in case you are only looking for the highlights, then picking up the single steaks would be easy when it is tangle free.
7.) Wear Gloves Before Applying Dye to Your Hair
The gloves are always considered helpful, be it dying your hair or to clean any stuff. Therefore, it is suggested that you wear rubber gloves before holding the brush. You can also go for latex or vinyl gloves. Then, mix your hair dye in a mixing bowl. Next, apply the mixture on your washed dried hair part by part. Try to begin the application with the front hair moving from upwards to the lower direction. Also, you need to ensure to start dying without touching the scalp. In this way, the chemicals will not damage your roots. Then work on the back area of your head.
8.) Try to Avoid Patches While You Dye Your Hair
You should be very careful when you are dying your hair. Always try to take the strands of hair part by part and stick it together step by step to make a kind of bun. And, the most important thing you should notice when you are dying your hair is to avoid creating the patches. This means in case you have already damaged hair in some areas between your normal hair, it will tend to absorb or catch more color. So, to prevent the patches, you should wash your hair with shampoo within one alternate day after you have applied color. This will help the dark patches of color to fade slowly.
9.) Try to Overcome the Mistakes When You Dye your Hair
And now it is time to cover up your mistakes of hair dying. After coloring, you might notice that your damaged hair has absorbed too much of color. Now you will need to balance the uneven color patches. So, if you don’t want to shampoo your hair to fade away the excess color as mentioned in above point, then you can try this alternate method.
Take one tablespoon of shampoo and one and a half teaspoon of bleach from your highlighting kit. Mix them well. Now apply the paste using a comb and move it along your hair. But you need to make sure that you comb it with the paste only in wet hair. Once you start noticing the change in color of the paste on your hair, rinse it with normal water.
10.) Manage your Spoiled Hair when Dyed
Some of you might be thinking as how to maintain healthy, smooth and silky hair after you are with coloring your hair. Well, you don’t need to worry about it. In case your hair is feeling kind of rough and on top of that you have applied the dye on hair, it will make your hair rougher. All you need to do is apply coconut oil for two to three hours before your hair wash. Also, you should take hair steam once in a week to smoothen your hair naturally.
