If you want to save some money or have good friends to take care of you, there is a good chance that you prefer will dye your hair at home but have you ever done it before? The process is not very complicated but even the simplest tasks have some tricks to make things easier. Besides, you can take care of yourself better than anyone else so let’s jump into things you should know.

Do A Strand Test Before Dyeing Your Hair

Cut a small part of your hair and apply dye to the strand. Wait until you get the color tone you want, which usually happens between 35-50 minutes. Once you get the ideal color, note down how many minutes you have waited so you will know how much you should wait before rinsing your hair. You can use this method every time you dye your hair because you will realize you have to wait for different times for different colors.

If You Are Dyeing Your Hair For The First Time

No matter how hard you try, you will probably end up dyeing your clothes so it’s a good idea to wear old clothes.

Read the safety warnings before everything else because chemistry is a part of technology and they might chance the ingredients and you might not know what you are dealing with.

Comb your hair and wear gloves. Mix dye and developer in a bowl and divide your hair into 4 or more sections using hair clips, this will make the whole process a lot easier.

Apply the dye to each section starting from the roots. Repeat the process for the each section and you know how much you should wait before rinsing your hair thanks to strand test.

What Is The Meaning Of Color Numbers?

The first number (before the period) indicates the base color, 1 is for the darkest color shades and the 10 for the lightest color shades.

Second and the third number (after the period) primary and the secondary tones that are present in the color, which make things easier to find the natural color that suits you most.

You can decide the first number very easily but in order to decide to second and the third numbers, you may have some experience so the only thing you can do is to predict the results. If you know how to use Photoshop, you may also try finding the result by mixing colors using different layers. Be sure to reduce the opacity of second and third layers.

What’s The Best Hair Color For You?

When it comes to deciding the best color, it all comes down to your imagination. Can you image yourself having that hair color? If you can’t, you can also use Photoshop but changing hair color in Photoshop is little tricky so you might need help while doing that.

If your skin tone is cool, you should prefer cooler tones and if your skin tone is warm, you should prefer warmer tones. If you don’t know your skin tone, there is also a small test that might help you.

Vein Test: If your veins are blue, you should prefer cooler tones. If your veins look green, you should prefer warmer tones.

Jewelry Test: What suits you most? Gold or silver? If your answer is silver, then you should prefer cooler tones. If your answer is gold, you should prefer warmer tones.

Most people re-dye their hair 2 weeks later using the same color to get the best results. I can’t say how much you should wait but 2-4 weeks usually works fine for most people so I should suggest the same.