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    Hi ladies!

    Hope you're all doing well on this Thursday morning!

    I need some suggestions. While I LOVE my hair stylist and have been a very dedicated customer for the past year and a half as well as referred clients to her (I even recommended her on here once!)... I just cannot justify spending the amount that I do at the salon. I have long, thick hair and I'm pretty OCD about my color (I do NOT like any roots) and I spend easily $200-$250 easily just on that process /month. While I was ok with that before, I am currently needing to be a bit tighter with my budget and simply cannot justify it any longer.

    So, I've compromised with myself and will still be seeing her for my hair trims but I will be doing my own color at home. This is where YOU come in! I need your suggestions for the best DIY hair color kits.

    Again, I have long, thick hair that is fully highlighted blonde. I'm open to ideas about DIY color and highlighting kits but please bear in mind that I don't like the streaky highlighted look for myself. Also, I don't know of any Sally Beauty stores around me (NYC) but we do have something called Ricky's that I think is similar.... otherwise, I'm stuck going to your run of the mill drugstores and grocery stores.

    That you, thank you, thank you for your advice!!!

    P.S. If you feel so inclined, I'm also nervous about breaking the news to my stylist... At the end of the day, she's a business woman and won't be happy about my decision so any advice as to how to tell her without completely pissing her off will be greatly appreciated!

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    Default Re: Your Favorite DIY Hair Color

    I use L'Oreal hair color (the creme version)

    But for highlights I think going to a salon is best
    Can you find a beauty/hair school near you? Don't worry the students do a good job...

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    Default Re: Your Favorite DIY Hair Color

    If you're just doing the roots, I say get a blue or violet bleach powder and mix it with a 30 volume creme developer. You're going to need a friend or else a lot of mirrors positioned around. I also suggest mixing only enough of what you need and can use in five minutes and then wait, wash it out, and then attack remaining portion at a different time. For example, sometimes I do all along my hairline and my hair part. A week or so later I tackle all the roots I can see--that way (I feel) I'm not overbleaching parts that have already been lightened. Ideally, you could do it all at once, but like I said, having a friend (or even two) helping you so that you're not slopping lghtener all over you hair would be best.

    And, if anything, you could go to your stylist every three months to have her even out the lightened parts. Or else go to a student.

    As far as discussing things with your stylist why not point out that money is tight and that you still love her but that you cannot spend that much a month. Perhaps she'll lower he price for you or offer to do your lightening at her home for a lower price after hours. If you've referred as many people as you've said, give her the chance to make a smart business decision and keep you on as a less paying flier who refers a lot of people to her.

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    Default Re: Your Favorite DIY Hair Color

    the 2.99 ones from clairol. Been using em for 15 years, no problems
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    Quote Originally Posted by tempest666 View Post
    the 2.99 ones from clairol. Been using em for 15 years, no problems
    Seriously... if you're gonna buy the in-box, stuff. This shit is epic.
    It lasts longer than any hair color out there... and is the same color on day 30 as day 1. This is the ONLY from-a-box dye like that.
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    i am losing my fucking mind and i really just want this chloroform dream because i think that would just get me right with jesus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DesuvsDeath View Post
    Seriously... if you're gonna buy the in-box, stuff. This shit is epic.
    It lasts longer than any hair color out there... and is the same color on day 30 as day 1. This is the ONLY from-a-box dye like that.
    could u guys pls post a picture or a link to this hair dye??? thank u

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuclear Martini View Post
    color is one thing I don't trust myself with so I see a stylist who specializes in blondes and she charges $90 for highlight touch up and $45 for my base color.
    Ugh. Any time I've been blonde and gone into a sylist... I've come out with roots that were DARKER than the hair I dyed myself.
    Somehow... I can go from black to blonde but these "professionals" can't? Grrrr. It makes me so mad. LOL
    Quote Originally Posted by camille27 View Post
    i am losing my fucking mind and i really just want this chloroform dream because i think that would just get me right with jesus.

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    Use a High-Lift in netural base if you dont know the color base the stylists uses (level 11- 13). Mix it with blue/purple lighitng powder. It should say the ratio on each. Depending how dark your hair is, leave in it for 20 mins +. Use a professional brush and only do the roots. If the color turns out being brassy, uneven slightly, use a toner in the same color (or one shade light of the color of the dye), leave that on for 5-10mins.

    If you're doing highlights in your hair, I'd strongly suggest not to do it yourself. I would dye the whole root area. Or dye the entire head one over-all color. If you could, try going to your stylists give her your amount. Tell her your on a bugdet currently and would like a love that you can keep-up thats not as hard as blonde. Going a full-on darker shade (your natural color, or 1-2 shades from it) would be easier for you to color your hair on your own without any mistakes.

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    I used to be a blonde, and at first I went to my stylist who is wonderful, but lives in another town, so, with roots coming out every three weeks or so, I had to find another solution. She had my hair highlighted with super thin highlights, and afterwards she'd apply color. That gave my hair a very natural look and minimized the bleaching damage. THEN I went to a fancy salon in this town and some young boy was too lazy to pick hundreds of highlights by hand and he just bleached my whole hair and colored it. After that I decided to just do it at home, using tips my beloved stylist gave me.
    I used Keune hair color.. First I'd apply bleach to my roots, wash it out after it was done, and then apply hair color to just the roots. I used one of their lightest blondes, I think it was 1157 or something...I can't find a swatch online now, but that's either the lightest or one of their lightest blondes. I'd add a dab of their blue color mix, to avoid yellowness, since I was platinum blonde back then, and used 12% developer with it. After the recommended time on my roots, I'd apply it to the rest of my hair which was already colored and leave it in for another 10-ish mins or so.

    It worked great for me, my hair wasn't damaged and the color was really nice. Later I recoloured my hair chocolate brown and trimmed it, never had any problems with the damage. Two years later I have my natural, non colored hair down to my waist. I highly recommend Keune's products. Here we have their stores, I don't know is that the case in the US, but I am pretty sure they're available online (ebay for sure). They're a bit more expensive than other brands, but still really affordable (especially considering salon prices) and totally worth the couple of bucks difference.

    I can't find a good photo, but I guess the one I'm attaching will be enough for you to see do you like the results.
    Last edited by MistyRose; 05-30-2011 at 03:48 PM.

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    Thank you, girls, for all of the tips and suggestions. I finally bought a Clairol root touch-up kit at a drug store nearby and will be attempting it in the next few days or so. (Working up the courage.... haha...)

    I know I should probably try something a little more expensive/professional but I'm afraid to f it up. :/

    Thanks again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuclear Martini View Post
    Do you do your blonde yourself now?
    Yeah. My hair is a naturally a light black... so it's a bit more challenging than the typical lightening, but I've never had a problem getting it super light myself. Honestly... I'm really confused as to why everyone else does... I think it's because they worry too much about damage... so they'd rather try 3-4 steps that are "less damaging" than just go balls out in the first place... which, in the end, gets the job done in one step and seems to do less damage than lightening, then toning to clear out brass, then trying to get the shade you wanted, et.
    Whenever I'm blonde I do it myself. I Clairol's 7th stage lightener with matching powders... It comes out WHITE.
    If I'm lightening darkly-dyed hair I do ^^that... and then if I want something like a shiny silver white or a soft-fakey yellow blonde follow up with a highlift in whatever tone I'm looking for.
    Quote Originally Posted by camille27 View Post
    i am losing my fucking mind and i really just want this chloroform dream because i think that would just get me right with jesus.

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    Thank you again for all of your advice. I can happily report that my Clairol root touch-up came out just fine, saving me about $90 this month and buying me about 3 or 4 weeks of time before having to do anything again.

    I'll use that time to work up the courage to just do it!

    P.S. Still nervous ab seeing my hair dresser for the first time (for a trim, probably next month) after touching "her" work of art!

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