Colouring Your Hair At Home

No salon visits Welshy, a light ash blond melds with the grey.

Kandinsky

I’ve given up home dying my hair, it’s such a faff and and I started to really dislike the ‘over - dyed’ look.
I’m leaving it now & letting the grey grow through. Actually very liberating.

Kandinsky. I don't blame you. A lot of women look lovely with grey hair.

My mother went white, she used to colour her hair blonde. But I preferred it white, it looked so much healthier.

Pigma

I used to colour my hair at home but now have it done at the salon. My hairdresser told me that mine was very dark when I coloured it myself because of a build up of colour. This would also account for a slight green tinge. She said that any make of colour or the shade of colour would have the same build up. I now have mine coloured every five weeks, at one visit I have an all over colour then for the next two visits I have the roots coloured only and this prevents a build up which apparently would happen with a salon colour as well. On the in between two visits while the roots are ‘doing’ I have a glaze treatment on the lengths to add shine and gloss. The build up of colour when I did it myself meant it never looked shiny.
The downside of course is time and cost.
Might be worth trying at home though by just doing a full colour one time and roots twice in between and maybe a nourishing hair mask on the lengths?
Apologies for not answering your original question but hope this is of some help.

Thank you ... Yes this is what I do mostly, roots only. Just now and again all over.

I can imagine it is a build up, as I colour it so often. Apparently how porous your hair is too.

But as you said the downside being the time and cost.

I’ve given up home dying my hair, it’s such a faff and and I started to really dislike the ‘over - dyed’ look.
I’m leaving it now & letting the grey grow through. Actually very liberating.

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.

62Granny

You are very fortunate not having many grey hairs.

I used to colour my hair at home but now have it done at the salon. My hairdresser told me that mine was very dark when I coloured it myself because of a build up of colour. This would also account for a slight green tinge. She said that any make of colour or the shade of colour would have the same build up. I now have mine coloured every five weeks, at one visit I have an all over colour then for the next two visits I have the roots coloured only and this prevents a build up which apparently would happen with a salon colour as well. On the in between two visits while the roots are ‘doing’ I have a glaze treatment on the lengths to add shine and gloss. The build up of colour when I did it myself meant it never looked shiny.
The downside of course is time and cost.
Might be worth trying at home though by just doing a full colour one time and roots twice in between and maybe a nourishing hair mask on the lengths?
Apologies for not answering your original question but hope this is of some help.

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.

Jaxjacky

I use Nice n Easy, roughly 2/3 times a year.

Do you only colour your hair 2/3 times a year Jaxjacky? Or is that just between salon visits.

Foxglove77

I have light brown hair and used to use Nice 'n' Easy. Works well but i dislike the strong ammonia smell. My sister suggested Garnia Nutrisse which also works well and the smell is nicer.

Thank you ... I have been using Nice'n Easy 6.5 Lightest Brown for quite some time but it no longer seems to cover the greys. Plus my daughter said she can see a green tinge to it.

I use Nice n Easy, roughly 2/3 times a year.

I have light brown hair and used to use Nice 'n' Easy. Works well but i dislike the strong ammonia smell. My sister suggested Garnia Nutrisse which also works well and the smell is nicer.