Colouring Your Hair At Home

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried Just for Men? Someone who's not a man that is. It seems much simpler to use and I wonder why? Is a man's hair different from a woman's?

NfkDumpling

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried Just for Men? Someone who's not a man that is. It seems much simpler to use and I wonder why? Is a man's hair different from a woman's?

I use it on my eyebrows but not my hair. Apparently it doesn’t condition your hair as well leading to drier hair.

Welshy

GrannyGravy13

There is no way I would colour my own hair, I have a vivid recollection of my Barbie and Sindy dolls hair after I transformed them 😹😹😹

Did you colour them or just a cut?

Got the dregs of my mums hair colour, so they had the full cut and colour

Fortunately there was no perm solution around…

Fortunately, I don’t have many grey hairs and although I used to colour at home I now go to the salon and have it coloured every 6 to 8 weeks.
Home colouring is ok but the mess put me off, rinsing it through was a pain and any colour splashes can stain…….had a small patch on the kardean flooring in the bathroom about the size of my little finder nail and it bugged me for months until the flooring was changed during a bathroom refit. Also, towels get stained too.
Let the salon have the hassle and mess, I know it’s not cheap but it’s lovely to be pampered now and again.

I've been dying my hair at home for many years.

During lockdown I didn't bother and I had the same problem as Cossy.
I ended up with a dull, 'dirty' grey colour which was very ageing.
I had hoped I'd be pure white as my mother was.

I now continue to dye my hair at home every 4/5 weeks.

A friend of mine used to have her hair coloured, at home but by a hairdresser. Then a family illness situation prevented her from seeing a hairdresser for the best part of a year.
Once the colour had grown out and she had her hair cut she had the most amazing, glossy, pure white hair imaginable. It's beautiful and people stop her in the street to ask 'what colour do you have on your hair?'

Grey wouldn’t suit me, am naturally mid brown so use Nice N Easy every now and again. Tbh I don’t have much grey anyway but wouldn’t go longer than 4 months without using it.There’s also a No More Roots option if you just want to get at the roots.
Seems to keep my hair shiny and in good condition too.

Garnier Olia (no ammonia)
The hairdresser recommended it and the colour to use during Covid.
DH does the application.
Every so often I have it done at the hairdressers again. She says DH does a good job.

NfkDumpling

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried Just for Men? Someone who's not a man that is. It seems much simpler to use and I wonder why? Is a man's hair different from a woman's?

No never tried. But I doubt they would have many colours to choose from.

I have a hairdresser who comes to the house every couple of months, she leaves me with enough professional colour to do my roots in between her visits. I've found that nothing else covers grey so well, though I tried most of the brands during lockdown.
I'm trying to fade to grey at the moment so gradually going lighter, the sun is lightening my dyed hair week by week.
I agree that many of the colours are just too dark, my hair was what I think of as brown until recently and the hairdresser used a "deep dark blonde" colour. She's progressed to "deep blonde" recently which is not as light as I'd imagine blonde to be, more a caramel brown.
I should add that I only ever attempt to do my roots around my parting, my crown and on my hairline, I've never achieved a good result by colouring my whole head. I have a medium length bob so the rest of the roots don't show.

62Granny

I don't colour my hair but use John Frieda brunette shampoo, I don't have very many grey hairs. I always had it coloured at the hairdresser pre lockdown then realised when it all grew out actually the colour was making it look worse as you could see the re-growth more. I stopped having it coloured and it looks a lot better, still get the gloss with the shampoo.

I'm sure that you're doing the right thing, you'll just gradually go grey (possibly with streaks like natural highlights) and never have the dreaded regrowth line, I wish I'd done this when I was younger as I now face a year or so of my hair not looking very good, though I'm having occasional highlights done to soften the line.

Dontcallmelove

NfkDumpling

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried Just for Men? Someone who's not a man that is. It seems much simpler to use and I wonder why? Is a man's hair different from a woman's?

I use it on my eyebrows but not my hair. Apparently it doesn’t condition your hair as well leading to drier hair.

Thanks Dontcallmelove, I shan't bother with it then. I've given up colouring my hair at all now but it's rather blotchy grey. I'd like it to be the same all over!

Check out Henne Colour Henna Cream colours.

Use disposable gloves. Stand in shower and wash hair. Rub cream in ( standing away crom water) and pop on shower cap. First time leave on maybe 5 minutes then rinse out. But do a test on a hair cutting before doing that do that you can judge right time go get the colour you want

The bonus is it conditions your hair as well and is entirely natural

Colours range from blonde ghrough copper red ; brunette; brown; black etc

You can’t trust henna tho, could come out of the shower ginger!

cc

I have a hairdresser who comes to the house every couple of months, she leaves me with enough professional colour to do my roots in between her visits. I've found that nothing else covers grey so well, though I tried most of the brands during lockdown.
I'm trying to fade to grey at the moment so gradually going lighter, the sun is lightening my dyed hair week by week.
I agree that many of the colours are just too dark, my hair was what I think of as brown until recently and the hairdresser used a "deep dark blonde" colour. She's progressed to "deep blonde" recently which is not as light as I'd imagine blonde to be, more a caramel brown.
I should add that I only ever attempt to do my roots around my parting, my crown and on my hairline, I've never achieved a good result by colouring my whole head. I have a medium length bob so the rest of the roots don't show.

I was thinking of trying a dark blonde rather than a brown.

Oreo

You can’t trust henna tho, could come out of the shower ginger!

That's what I was thinking!

Mollygo

Garnier Olia (no ammonia)
The hairdresser recommended it and the colour to use during Covid.
DH does the application.
Every so often I have it done at the hairdressers again. She says DH does a good job.

Maybe worth giving it a try again. I'm not sure if it covered all my grey when I tried it before.

Oreo

Grey wouldn’t suit me, am naturally mid brown so use Nice N Easy every now and again. Tbh I don’t have much grey anyway but wouldn’t go longer than 4 months without using it.There’s also a No More Roots option if you just want to get at the roots.
Seems to keep my hair shiny and in good condition too.

I don't think grey would suit me either. Or I would probably go white like my mother was.

But Nice N Easy I've been using for a while now - Lightest Brown.

Aldom

A friend of mine used to have her hair coloured, at home but by a hairdresser. Then a family illness situation prevented her from seeing a hairdresser for the best part of a year.
Once the colour had grown out and she had her hair cut she had the most amazing, glossy, pure white hair imaginable. It's beautiful and people stop her in the street to ask 'what colour do you have on your hair?'

That's good that it suits her. Will save a fortune too.

blue14

I've been dying my hair at home for many years.

During lockdown I didn't bother and I had the same problem as Cossy.
I ended up with a dull, 'dirty' grey colour which was very ageing.
I had hoped I'd be pure white as my mother was.

I now continue to dye my hair at home every 4/5 weeks.

Which hair dye do you use blue14?

Astitchintime

Fortunately, I don’t have many grey hairs and although I used to colour at home I now go to the salon and have it coloured every 6 to 8 weeks.
Home colouring is ok but the mess put me off, rinsing it through was a pain and any colour splashes can stain…….had a small patch on the kardean flooring in the bathroom about the size of my little finder nail and it bugged me for months until the flooring was changed during a bathroom refit. Also, towels get stained too.
Let the salon have the hassle and mess, I know it’s not cheap but it’s lovely to be pampered now and again.

But all those hours sat in a salon and the expense

Like you said it can be a bit of a mess though, this is why my daughter does it for me.

Dontcallmelove

Free yourself, OP. I had black hair which had to be dyed every 4 weeks. I was so worried about looking older if I went grey. I’m in my early 60s and started going grey in my late 40s. 2 years ago I decided that I just couldn’t be bothered with the monthly hair appointments and told my hairdresser I was going grey. It was the best decision I’ve made. My hair grows quickly, and now the grey actually looks like I have darker grey streaks in it and my naturally curly hair has straightened, to the point I now have a bob. Although my hair has always been in good condition, it’s now even better. The amount of compliments I get is really surprising. However, credit to my hairdresser who cuts my hair beautifully. I’m glad I took the plunge and would encourage other women to do the same, after all it’s not permanent!

I don't think I'm brave enough

And the thought of growing it out.

I'm glad that you are pleased with your results though.

M0nica

I just use Superdrug own brand in a colour that matches my natural colour.

I tried growing the colour out last year, and did so successfully (my hair is uite short) but it just didn't work. The crown of my head and all the top layer of my hair is still naturally dark brown, while the underlayer is grey/white. I look as if I have put a dark brown toupee on my head and the grey is showing round the edges.

In addition as I am in my 80s, even when my hair was 'au naturel' no one thought it was natural and just commented on me growing the colour out. So a few weeks ago I decided that as I was damned if I did and damned if I didn't, I would colour my hair again - and it looks so much better.

I'm glad you are now pleased with your hair.

I look as if I have put a dark brown toupee on my head and the grey was showing round the edges....

Hi Welshy - I now use dark ash blond.
It’s not really blond and comes out much darker but gradually fades until I do it again.

I use either Nutrisse or Belle Colour.