Haircolor

[sparks19]

My color comes from a box lol

It's permanent color but it's red so it fades badly. Now that I've been doing the same color for a year now it doesn't fade as badly as it used to and it doesn't stain the towels like it used to when I first started.

[dab_20]

I don't color, but very soon I will need to. My dad had premature gray. I have a lot of gray hairs around my face... I'm only 19! I found my first gray hairs at 14 years old! I just don't want to because I have very course/curly hair and I don't need something to make it more frizzy than it already is.

[pomtzu]

Another VERY important issue to be considered before you do anything to your hair, whether it be in a salon or at home ~~ medications and health issues. I'm not an expert on the subject, but my beautician is, therefore I listen to what she says.

If you have had recent surgery with anesthesia, certain medications that you might be taking, and even certain health conditions, can all effect the way your hair reacts to any chemical treatment, be it coloring, a perm, straightening, etc. This should be brought up with the salon, or asked of someone in the know if you are doing it yourself at home.

If in doubt - check it out - and don't assume that just because you haven't had a problem in the past - that you won't ever have any.

Just sayin'.........

[finn's mom]

I saw my first grey at 15, my mother was 100% silver by the time she was 40. I waited til I was nearly 30 and then couldn't put it off any longer. I'm 35 and spent the first few years getting my hair done by an amazing colorist friend of mine. I haven't been able to afford him since Clara was born, so I just rely on box color, which I have to apply every 3-4 weeks, because my greys are really resistant!

[Suki Wingy]

I do it myself. I used to do it quite frequently as I used semi permanent colors that I had to keep touching up. Lately though my job has not allowed me to have any colors at all so I've been stuck going between an almost red auburn brown and a darker, closer to my natural color brown.

The unfortunate thing is I feel like my creativity has been drained greatly ever since I've been forced to stay with shades naturally occurring.

[Karen]

The unfortunate thing is I feel like my creativity has been drained greatly ever since I've been forced to stay with shades naturally occurring.

You could always clip in colorful bits when you leave work!

I once thought of just coloring the "underneath" hair - I guess level with the middle of the ears and down - a nice green, so it'd be there when I move my head, but could also be stealthy - unless I stuck my hair in a ponytail!

I never did it mainly because I have such sensitive skin, I'd probably have a violent reaction to the dye, so it's not worth taking the chance. And green would be a hard color to get and maintain, I know, particularly since my hair is a dark brown with reddish streaks naturally, the opposite side of the color spectrum. I went to college with a girl who changed her name to Tineuvial and colored her hair green, but she stopped the green when she realized it was staining her pillowcase!

[catnapper]

Honestly, the color I got at the beauty supply store is exactly the color I've been searching for I couldn't be happier. Now I intend to keep it that color and as soon as I get my paycheck next week, I'm buying the sulphate free shampoo that supposedly saves color.

My coworker was off the past two days and saw my new color for the first time this morning, and I also happened to have on a new sweater (an $80 sweater for $12 steal from Ross next to the beauty store) Her reaction? "wow, Kim you look different. you look Lovely!" Ummmm.... as opposed to looking haggard and yucky every other day? I took it as the compliment it was intended - I still had lots of fun teasing her about the compliment all day

[sparks19]

If it ever comes to the point where box color stops working for me , i will stop dying my hair lol. I dont mind grey hair. I went with my natural color for years but this red just makes all the difference.... But for me its not worth the cost of a salon job, not to mention the time it takes up. Just not for me at this point

For the record i have never tried highlights and, on my own... I dont think i ever will lol

[Suki Wingy]

You could always clip in colorful bits when you leave work!

It's just not the same, really. (And I am one of the most lazy people I know, so I'd barely ever probably actually put them in!)

And I've done several shades of green, and it's one of the more difficult colors to keep looking the way you want it. It tends to fade. But I think my favorite color was when I was all over a sort of teal or blueish green back in 2007. It was called Enchanted Forest green, and then in 2009 I redid the color but I used a brand that tends to last longer and their closest to that shade was called Sonic green.
The first time around:


and then December 2009:

[Roxyluvsme13]

I've been wondering why you haven't had your hair in any funky colors lately... sucks that your job won't let you. I always thought your hair looked awesome

[Suki Wingy]

Thanks. It was actually the barn owner at the first place I was a working student/intern, then I was allowed to at the second barn, but now Petco has strict policies about what employees are allowed to look like.

[Karen]

That first green one is the kind of shade I would consider, if it weren't for the fact that the dye would probably make my skin completely freak out! That was such a cool color!