Any hairdressers about? Is ther anything 'wrong' with home colour?

[OrchidFlakes]

Thinking of saving some £ and doing it myself - darker, not lighter.

Any reason why not? I'm thinking of using the new Garnier Olia.

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Marking my place.

I've always gotten on fine with home colour but tend to stick to semi-permanents. My hair is really healthy and always looks great after using it.

I would get someone to help you put it in though. You really will struggle to do the back yourself, and get it even.

Nothing really wrong with them however majority of home colours are permeant even when they say "semi" most people presume the colour will wash out of their hair...it won't. The tone will just fade.

There is a universal colour chart that hairdressers use, and there are lots of factors that come into picking a colour to use, not just picking one because that particiular cour is nice iykwim. unless you have trained in the theory of colour then it's actually quite complicated. A dark blond in the hair colour world actually looks more like a mousey brown colour in the real world.

most customers don't realise how much of a build up of colour that can occur by always colouring the hair all over for the full development time. After a few months this results in a sort of rainbow look where there are obvious bands of different colour through the hair.

A hairdress will be able to mix up a range of colours to use in your hair to achieve an overall colour.

Not to mention a hairdress will know what to do should something not go right and will be able to correct it.

Well my hair has been coloured by the hairdresser.......and by myself at home. Neither if us can tell the difference. She suggested I save my money for other fun treatments and do it myself!

other than the technical and theory side of colouring then there is nothing wrong with using a home colour but having it done in salon would def get you the best result. if your looking to save some cash have a loom around for training days in your local salon. We have a weekly training day, it's £10/15 for colour and blowdry. 110% supervised in consultation and application. You just need to have a spare afternoon as it is a training day the appointment may generally be longer than having it done with a qualified stylist

I think it depends on the colour too.
If it is pretty close to your natural colour and all over, not so much of an issue.

If it is a drastic change or a high maintenance colour (red!) maybe better to let professionals do it the first time

I am a level 3 hairdressing student and I can honestly tell you that most box dyes are horrendous. Most of these products, Xxl live colour, Casting creme gloss, belle colour, nice and easy, to name a few - contain metallic salts. This can have violent reactions with the hair when subsequent products are applied. I.e intense heat, fizzing, discoloration of the hair, not to mention chemical burns. Also the peroxide levels used in many home kits are a lot higher than professional colors, which can cause damage to the hair and scalp. Another problem is the application technique people tend to use. Most people using home kits tend to have a slap it on approach, causing banding of colour, build up on the mid lengths and ends of hair and breakage.

Word around the industry at the moment is that Olia, which is marketed by garnier who are owned by loreal is the repackaged original formula of Inoa - this pro colour was rejected by most salons due to poor coverage, low cost effectiveness and severe damage done to clients hair.

Id say where possible please go to your local college, most are crying out for clients, you will get a professional job done at a fraction of the price

If However you choose to go for box dye, please please do a skin test 48 hours prior and a strand test to check the result