my 14 year old wants to do a home dye for her hair just a slightly darker shade than her own. Any suggestions?

Question

where I should start and what make as I have not done it before but cannot afford to have it done at a salon.

Answer 1

L'Oreal's Natural Match hair color is a good place to start. It has a really clear guide to help you find the right shade.
http://www.naturalmatch.com/

I've used Clairol Herbal Essences and gotten good results.
http://www.clairol.com/brand/herbalessences/index.jsp

Here's an article about home hair coloring:
http://www.celebrity-beauty-tip-goldmine.com/hair-color.html

www.makeupalley.com is a free, consumer-to-consumer site. Members review all kinds of beauty products for hair, skin, body and nails. Good place to get ratings of different brands.

Answer 2

Start in the front, that's where it's seen the most.

Make a part in the middle. Starting at the part, go about an inch away from the part and about three to four inches back from the front and that's one section. Do a line of dye at the roots and rub it in with your finger [pushing against the scalp] and make sure the whole area of root gets dye into it. Then sqeeze a zig-zagged line down the rest of the hair and rub it in until there is no dry hair. Then create a new section and do the same.

Do all of the front before you go to the back.

THat may have been a bit confusing but I hope it helped.

Answer 3

i'd say don't let her have it done.
i had my hair dyed at 14 thinking i won't want any more colours and now i get a different colour to my hair every month!
she WILL drive you crazy haha.
plus dark colours fade quicky.
ad the faded version of hair is quite unatractive...

but hey... if she's demanding and will move out or something just because she can't get her hair coloured.. i'd use semi permanent!
washes out after 24 washes which is loads =]
try and go for the makes that proffessionals would use or well known brands.
the more common the make is, the less chance of it going into a complete different colour.
something like l'oreal would be put into the newspaper if someones hair turned green from using it.
LIVE is a really good make to use.

seeing as you havent done it before, i would be one of those really annoying people who always have the answer "get it done at a hair salon..."
but i won't because hair salons sucks and make negative replies to you and give you something not what you asked for which costs you an absolute fortune.
or the one i used to go to completely hated my guts.

so how to dye (hoping you've seen it done before to give you a better vision of it)::

ALWAYS, i'll say again.. ALWAYS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS at least TWICE. more is fab.
another good think to read is if it should be done on dry or wet hair.

i normally start from the left side of my head.
part your parting out into not so thick and not so thing pieces of hair.
then squeeze your mixture onto the roots.
keep doing that and using a comb you wouldn't use again, brush the dye down the hair.
once youve done that all around your head, brush your hair back like you would brush it to go in a pony tail, and do the front of the head.

be as quick as you can to put the dye on your head, yes i am rushing you!
but try to relax at the same time incase you end up droping the mixture or something.
the dye only takes seconds to start changing its colour and if your too slow, it'll all start changing when it's in the bottle.
and you'll have parts of daughters hair dark and light.

get an old towel aswell to wipe the dye off her head as soon as it gets on it.
otherwise it won't come off her skin for a lot of washes!

also have a really old top on, my tops have like huge patches of blonde, black, brown, red on them that won't ever come off!
dye is well messy no matter how careful you are.

the rest of the info about dyeing hair is in the instruction booklet which you will read more than twice anyway.
which is just washing it off and the processing time bit.

to wash her hair after that, use very little shampoo and a hella load of conditioner. it'll help the hair not look horrible and dry.
well go get started!
hope it goes well
xxxx

Answer 4

It's very easy to pick up just about ANY at home kit these days. Go into your local drug store with your daughter and start looking for a color she's interested in. First find out wheither her hair is cooler or warmer. Hair that is warmer will have caramel highlights, cooler hair will look deeper. If you mix warmer dye with nautrally cooler hair it miht turn out weird (and the other way around.) I have cool hair and warm highlights. I'm still trying to determine weither i actually like the warm highlights or not. They've very unnatural looking on me.

Another tip would be to measure hair color by the three-color tabs they usually have on the side of the box, not the top color they have on the lid. At home hair color has become so common these days, just about any brand will do. If you spend less than $4-$5 it's probably too cheap, if you spend more than $7-$8 it's not worth it.

Answer 5

I would strongly recomend that you dont do this, i started using home colour and i really regret it, it damaged my hair!!!

why not put some money away each moth or week and have a tint done at a salon, it is cheaper than a perm colour and gives the hair alot more shine... go in and ask them for a quote and see what they say about what shade she should go, you wont be sorry

Answer 6

Nice and easy have a good range and should only be £3.99 .
do a strand test on box as this is first time daughter has dye or not at your own risk just mix two liquids together shake well apply to dry hair wait 35 minutes rinse off apply conditioner ,all instructions are in box .
Buy it from boots or tescos and use your store card to get points back too lol

Answer 7

My mom was the same way, but I just waited until I moved out to change my hair. It sounds like you would be alright since you have a hair stylist doing it for you. How did you get highlights if your mom didn't want you to? Does she dye her hair? It sounds like you are going to have to have a talk with your mom and figure out some compromises since you are 14 and only going to encounter more problems in the future.

Answer 8

Start with a semi permanent colour that will wash out eventually, that way if it's not right, it won't be for ever!

Also, in my experience the colour always comes out darker than it looks on the packet, so pick something that looks lighter than your daughter thinks she wants to be.

Other than that, they're fairly self-explanatory. Just make sure you leave it on for the recommended length of time and no longer!

Answer 9

they're not too hard, get a semi permanent one or whats best is the wash in temporary ones so if it goes wrong it wont last long and can give a good idea for the colour.

just make sure you have a cloth to hand to make sure bits on the skin are quickly mopped up. and be careful not to go too much darker

Answer 10

I SUGGEST THAT U USE A TEMP DYE, JUST SO U GET USED THE USING THEM AND ONCE U FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT UVE GOT THE RIGHT COVERING AND TIMING THEN USE PERMENENT DYE. THE WASH IN WASH OUT DYES ARE GREAT FOR FIRST TIMERS AS IF U DONT LIKE IT U KNOW IT'LL WASH OUT AND THEY DONT DAMAGE UR HAIR. JUST EXPERIMENT WITH SLIGHTLY DARKER COLOURS AND SEE WHICH ONES YOU LIKE< THEN ULL HAV AN IDEA OF WOT COLOUR TO GO FOR WHEN U USE PERMENENT DYES! HOPE THAT HELPS!