tips? *wear gloves. cheap plastic/latex/whatever gloves *drape a ratty towel to catch any stray drips. Optional to wear as little else as possible. *color in front of a mirror. Obvious? Avoids drips onto forehead. *use a flat brush or a eye dropper type applicator. They help a LOT. *start working it in at the part, if you have one. Then the hairline. Then work into the roots. If you're not changing the overall color much you can leave the rest of the hair for the last 5+ minutes. *have a clear or white plastic shopping bag ready to cover your hair during the waiting time. Print side away from the hair. Some dyes set better with a little heat. Ask. Tuck the bag down to trap heat in. *also ask if you should condition before as well as after. Some products take better and cover more evenly on conditioned hair. This may involve a deep oil treatment. Ask. *use a sulfate-free shampoo to lessen fading. Some of my friends 'wash' with conditioner alone and swear by it. YMMV. Sulfate-free is very much nicer to my fragile non-colored hair. *chat up the nice people at Sallys.
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Date: 2012-01-18 04:25 am (UTC)From:*wear gloves. cheap plastic/latex/whatever gloves
*drape a ratty towel to catch any stray drips. Optional to wear as little else as possible.
*color in front of a mirror. Obvious? Avoids drips onto forehead.
*use a flat brush or a eye dropper type applicator. They help a LOT.
*start working it in at the part, if you have one. Then the hairline. Then work into the roots. If you're not changing the overall color much you can leave the rest of the hair for the last 5+ minutes.
*have a clear or white plastic shopping bag ready to cover your hair during the waiting time. Print side away from the hair. Some dyes set better with a little heat. Ask. Tuck the bag down to trap heat in.
*also ask if you should condition before as well as after. Some products take better and cover more evenly on conditioned hair. This may involve a deep oil treatment. Ask.
*use a sulfate-free shampoo to lessen fading. Some of my friends 'wash' with conditioner alone and swear by it. YMMV. Sulfate-free is very much nicer to my fragile non-colored hair.
*chat up the nice people at Sallys.