Seven Home Hair Color Tips for Great Results
Some hair professionals may try to discourage you from doing your own home hair color, saying that drugstore hair color products are harsh and the results can be uncertain. But the truth is that you can achieve excellent results and save a lot of money by coloring your hair at home as long as you know a few basics about choosing the right color and applying it correctly. Here are seven of the most common questions and my advice on hair coloring at home. Advice on Hair Color at Home 1. How do I know whether I should color my hair at home or go to a salon? Most people can successfully color their hair at home but there are exceptions.
You should get a professional color job if your hair is in poor condition - coloring dry damaged hair at home can result in uneven color. Also, if your hair has different shades and you want one even tone, a hairdresser can apply different formulas to the different areas. Finally, it's best to leave it to the experts if you want to make a drastic change to your hair color, say dark brown to platinum blonde, or you want special color effects like highlights. 2. Are drugstore hair colors just as good as salon hair color products? In general, salon products use higher quality ingredients that do a better job of cleansing, moisturizing and conditioning than the drugstore brands.
But home coloring kits are getting better all the time and can deliver good results if used properly. 3. How do I pick a color that will look natural on me? When choosing a hair color, your skin tone and natural hair color are the two most important factors. Whether you're going lighter or darker, stay within two or three shades of your natural hair color. Here is a guideline for selecting a compatible hair color for your skin tone:
- Dark/olive skin: Stay with darker hair colors.
- Yellow skin: Dark, rich colors like deep auburn.
- Pale skin: Almost any color.
- Pink skin: Neutral tones like sandy or beige blonde or chocolate brown are best. Avoid reds or golden tones.
- If you look good in warm shades like red, orange, golden yellow, cinnamon brown, olive green, and rust, then warm hair tones like golden blonde, golden brown, strawberry blonde, and auburn will suit you best.
- Cool color favorites like bluish red, fuschia, black, royal blue, and pine green indicate that cool hair tones are best for you: platinum, ash blonde, ash brown, burgundy, and jet black.
- If you look good in true red, purple, charcoal grey, periwinkle, and teal, then neutral tones like sandy or beige blonde, chocolate brown or mahogany will suit you.
How do I get ready to color my hair the first time? It's a good idea to gather a few materials together before starting: an old T-shirt, a few old towels and a washcloth that you don't mind getting stained, some hair clips for sectioning your hair, a timer, and a hand mirror to see the back of your head. 5. If I color my hair at home and hate it, what can I do? There are some home hair color products you can use to repair the damage, but it isn't easy. The problem is that if you used a home hair color kit to obtain a lighter color, your hair has been bleached and colored in a single process. So the color needs to be added back in a process called "filling" before using the final color formula.
Whatever you do, don't simply buy a box of your original color and try to cover over a bad dye job... it won't work. Fixing hair color gone wrong is a multi-stage process so a trip to the salon may be in order. 6. I already have permed hair.
Can I color it without damaging it? If your hair has been permed or relaxed, color has to be applied carefully or it can weaken the structure of your hair. Salons have colors specially formulated for treated hair. But if you insist on home hair coloring, choose a shade darker than you want since processed hair may come out lighter than expected. Then do a strand test to make sure your hair can handle the chemical stress. 7.
I love my new color... now how do I keep it looking good? You'll probably want to recolor every four to six weeks. Make a record of the hair color product and shade you used, and how long you left it on the ends and the regrowth. Use shampoos and conditioners formulated for color-treated hair to prevent fading. Stay out of the sun and chlorinated pools to prevent dry damaged hair.
Don't use heavy conditioners and oil treatments after coloring... they can lift the color. Now go out and enjoy your new look and all the money you saved by doing it yourself!.
Nancy Faizabadi is a professional hair stylist and the founder of http://www.short-hair-style.com where you can find free tips on short hair style and color ideas, hair color trends, hair products and much more. Whether your hair is fine, thick, curly, straight, processed, colored or in need of a new style, short-hair-style.com has a section for you.Is Acne Stressing Out Your Teenager?
Often stress in teenagers can be attributed to acne.
As adults, we know that acne will pass, but this is small comfort to the many teenagers who suffer from the embarrassment of having it.
Frequently the signs of stress or depression in teens go unnoticed by today's busy parents.
If you notice your teenager passing up on outings or dates with friends, staying home from school, neglecting school work or being abnormally argumentative, you may find that acne has got them down.
So much value is placed on beauty in today's world that your teenager may be suffering from low self-esteem and a loss of confidence due to a poor complexion.
Talking with your teenager about acne can be difficult because he or she is likely to be embarrassed by their appearance.
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Munchie Gifts Adds Special Dietary Needs Gifts Department
(ContentDesk) November 20, 2004 -- Sugar free products are offered for persons with high blood sugar or diabetes, gluten free cookies for persons with Celiac Disease as well as all natural products for those who simply want to enjoy healthy munchies. Gluten free offerings for those with Celiac Disease include gourmet cheesecake and freshly baked cookies. Scrumptious cheesecake is also offered in a wide choice of sugar free flavors and and baked to order cookies are available in sugar free and all natural as well as gluten free. All the ingredients in the All Natural Gourmet Cookie line are Natural and/or Organic. Great care has been taken to provide the finest Natural products without the marketing hype.
Ingredients are All Natural, No Preservatives" and No Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oils. Sugar-Free/Lower Carbohydrate Gourmet cookies offered in tins and gift baskets have the same ingredients as the All Natural Gourmet line except for the following differences: ? Sugar...
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Get Mom Something Unforgettable - Not Flowers - for Mother's Day
This year, don't buy boring, sneeze-inducing flowers or routine gifts at inflated, last minute prices.
Instead, give your Mom "The Unforgettable Gift"? with the best features of flowers and candy ? a dozen gourmet hand-dipped strawberries available with decadent chocolaty coatings and six different toppings?the perfect gift for Mother's Day or any day you want Mom to feel special. 
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A Look at Lactose Intolerance
You may publish this article in your newsletter, on your web site, or other publications, so long as the article's content is not altered and the resource box is included. Add byline and active link. Notification of the use of this article is appreciated, but not required. Total word count included resource box is 594.*** ***Lactose is the primary carbohydrate in milk. Cow's milk contains 4-5% lactose, whereas human milk contains almost twice that amount.
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I'm going gluten-free - what can I eat?
Good question.
It would be easier to say what you can't eat!
But the question is, what can you eat. So let's start there.
Well, for a start, obviously you can eat meat, poultry and game. That's unprocessed meat. Avoid burgers, sausages, grillsteaks and similar items, as they almost always contain filler which is wheat based (though the highest quality may be gluten free - check the label for anything like wheat, flour, starch, and in particular monosodium glutamate).
If you like gravy, ketchup or sauce with your meat, take care.
These products are almost always made with flour. Gravy granules and powders might be thickened with cornstarch, because it mixes with boiling water more quickly than wheat flour, but you do need to check, particularly with the cheaper varieties. Soy sauce (except for the gluten free variety) is also off the menu, because the soy beans are fermented with wheat.
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Aphrodisiac Dinner Date
Dinner dates with new companions can make or break a budding romance.
First dates can be nerve racking.
Planning the date can be particularly difficult.
Where should you go, what should you do and what would be enjoyable?
You might worry that your date will not like the restaurant, the food or worse yet, the company.
Once the date begins you may sometimes struggle with conversation, feel awkward and suffer from anxiety.
Don't be ashamed, it happens to everyone.The absolute best and incomparable sort of dinner date you can arrange is one that you prepare yourself at your own home.
In this scenario you can be the male or the female, it does not matter.
When a guy cooks for a girl, the woman feels special, elated, curious and very vulnerable because the man is in complete and total control.
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Alaskan Northern Lights and Landscape Uniquely Captured in Tom Robinsons Paintings
Light and shadow, hot and cold, extremes of color and emotion.
These are the things that will strike you when viewing the paintings of Tom Robinson.
Tom's magical talent with light may have a lot to do with the fact that he has been flying since he was 14 years old with most of his flying time in Alaska from Mt. McKinley to the mighty Yukon. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tom is a registered member of the Cherokee tribe with three daughters, two granddaughters and an Abyssinian cat named "Ringo".
Tommy honors his Native American heritage with his love and respect for nature; apparent in his paintings. Tom Robinson has been a commercial pilot/guide flying visitors and mountain climbers around Denali National Park and landing on the glaciers of Mt. McKinley for 16 years. Since he's so busy in the summer he relies on memories of the sky and illuminated mountains to guide him while painting during the dark days of endless Alaska winters. Although there has had no formal...
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Tickle Your Senses With Yankee Candles!
How many of us remember as kids creating our own candles from our broken crayons?
We'd have mom or dad help us melt down the crayons on the stove, throwing in every color of the rainbow.
Then we'd carefully pour the melted wax into old cardboard milk cartons.
But, how many of us were able to turn the fun of creating candles at home into a profitable money-making business?
Well, Mike Kittredge, founder of Yankee Candles did just that!
In 1969, when he was 16 years old, Mike melted down his old crayons to make his mom a candle for Christmas.
His neighbor liked it so well, that she bought it from him.
He then had enough money to buy wax to make both a candle for his mom and one to sell.
This was the beginning of a bright future for Yankee Candles.Today, Yankee Candles are the #1 selling brand in the United States.
The "Housewarmers" are Yankee Candles most popular candle.
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Realtors Generate More Leads
(ContentDesk) May 22, 2004 -- Realtors generate more leads.Attention all Realtors!The battle for the Organic Real Estate lead and organic search engine optimization is officially on. United Realty Network has built out the best service ever! Nathan Toler and Shannon Isselhardt who are internet pioneers in the search engine optimization industry have unleashed the new way for realtors to get internet exposure while still holding on to their pocketbook. The United Realty Network is a partnership...
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