Do you use home hair dye or go to the hairdressers?

[Ginger]

hello

just out of curiosity....am wondering if people use DIY packet hair dyes or whether they go to the hairdressers?

i used to always go to the hairdressers to get my hair dyed, but it's becoming harder and harder since having ds. i also can't justify the cost anymore. last time i went it cost me $70 just to get it dyed, no cut, nothing else!

so last time i dyed it myself at home. the dye cost $7 and it looked great!

what do you do? can you tell the difference between home and salon jobs????

[Kitt3n]

lol - may i brag?

I havent coloured my hair for over 3 years - I have no greys and my natural colour is actually quite nice (people always say what a nice colour it is) so, until i see some greys, its a-la-natural for me!

But.... before that I either used to ahve a girls night where my friends and i would do each other's hair - or go to the salon when I had moolah.......

[New Dawn]

I ALWAY do my own at home I dont think it looks to bad and if it does no one is game enough to tell me

I only just went to the hair dresser for the 1st time to get foils and I was so board I had nothing to do for two hrs but sit on my butt and read mags not my cup of tea... Plus the girl doing my hair kepted telling me how she could never have kids as she wouldnt have time for herself anymore and that she could believe I hadnt had foils before Blar blar blar blar like I care...

So I will go back to doing my own from now on I think...

[LaDeeDa]

I always go to my hairdresser although she works from home so she doesn't cost me an arm and a leg..... that being said though I'm pretty sure I'll be going back to home dye when DS arrives as $$$$ will be tight

[MrsB26]

I go to the salon to get my hair done but i am a hairdresser so i would be expected to

I couldnt colour my hair at home if i wanted to as i dye it very blonde and would end up with orange hair if i tried it at home even though i have 12 years experience!

If i was only colouring it to add shine or hide greys and the colour i wanted was close to my natural colour then i would probably DIY but for anything else its off to the salon.

Cost is an issue for me but then again i dont care how much it costs if i end up looking HOT!!

[Beach Mama]

I go to the hairdresser but my hair is naturally brown and I have blonde foils so I am too scared to do it mysel for to get anyone to do it for me at home, even though my sis does her own and it looks great. Se gets those ones that you do foils with a brush or something. Im alsotoo chicken to go back to my natural hair colour (its been 10 years!!) so I will keep forking out the $$$ unfortunately. Mine costs over $80 just for colour too but I found a lovely Sth Korean guy who is awesome and I go every 10 weeks on average! I used to get my sisters SIL to do it at home and she only charged around $50 but she lives OS now and its taken me nearly 2 years to find another hairdresser Im happy with!!

[Ahurani]

I sometimes go to the hairdresser and get foils and a colour and cut.. it only costs me like $75 I think. But when I just really cant be bothered I do it myself. My motto is

Looks great, I cant see the back so it must be ok! :P

[~Amy~]

i only ever do my own. I usually dye it black & end up with dye all around my hair line,all down my back & around my ears haha. It comes off after a couple of showers. I just cant justify paying all that money for a hair dye at a salon when it looks the same as if i did it myself after a couple of days anyways. i havent done it for a while now. Cant decide on a colour anymore

[Antheia]

I usually go toa hairdresser because everytime i do it myself it doesnt turn out the way i would have liked. Plus i love getting foils done and i can't do those myself.

I have been thinking lately to treat myself to a cut, style and colour soon cause my hair is so dry and ratty right now plus it makes me hot in summer and add that to pregnancy i dont look very glamourous!

[Isadora]

Rainy, I used to go to the hairdresser and pay $250 a go for a cut and colour, only to find that within a couple of weeks the colour had dramatically faded, even when using colour shampoo. These days I havent had my hair dyed at the salon for over a year, as I buy packets and do it myself and get the exact same result. However if I wanted foils, I'd be off to the hairdresser. I actually need to go soon because I want to build up some foils for my wedding day.

[satya]

I've been coloring my own for many years. I have had numerous hairdressers tell me I do a fantastic job of it. I used to use the kit you can get that you do an allover color then do your highlights but I've found since getting some resitant greys whilst pregnant it doesn't work well on the greys. I've also tried one of the permanent Loreal ones - can't remember which and again it didn't cover the grey. Damn being over 40!!!!

I'm now looking for a new brand. I'm about to try the latest version of Nice N Easy. It states it covers even the most resistant greys so we shall see.

[bon]

Bit of both, but I prefer going to the hairdresser. I have done every kind of colour you can think of myself at home, but getting a cut and colour at the hairdresser is so much more of a treat, plus my hair always looks so much better than when I do it myself.

[ShootingStar]

Ive always done my own, since i was about 16 when i had streaks done by a male hair dresser who nearly scalped me in the process! Too strong for his own good he was!! But yeh easier and cheaper to do it myself.

[Peach]

DIY at home for me! I am actually going to dye it tonight .. when the kids go to bed .. sometimes it looks great .. other times .. not so great It's luck of the draw!

[smiles4u]

I dyed my hair for about 2years with the Garnier Nutriesse (home dye kit) ... the colour was Cappuccino ... it was a nice colour (and believe i'm fussy) but after that time my hair became extremely dry so i went back to getting it coloured at the Hairdresser ... also i like foil highlights in too (and can't do that myself)

I certainly saved myself a ton of money$$ in colouring my hair myself at home those two years. I only went to the hairdresser to get my hair trimmed

[mbear]

I have always gone to the hairdresser, but recently didnt find the $$ so much of a problem, it was finding 3hrs to go to the hairdresser and get someone to mind the kids. So ive decided to get my hair done every 10 wks, but inbetween the greys, i will do it myself - with professional hairdresser colouring........
Do you know what colour they use on your hair (professional colour name, they are in numbers, not supermarket colours).??????? If you know that (e.g im a 50/50 of no. 7 and no. 8) you could try and buy them from a wholesaler and save a heap. e.g a small tube of the hair colour costs $11, the bigger one double that, then i will have to buy peroxide $22 (my girlfriend does her hair every 4 wks and still has her peroxide after 3 years !!), its worth looking into...personally i would never buy supermarket brands, but thats just me.....

Good luck.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

lol im a hairdresser (comp 2nd year) and even I use at home dyes!

[Bloom]

I've only had foils done once professionally and while they were nice, I just didn't think it was worth the moolah! I have also dyed my hair at home and I like how it turns out. But the vast majority of the time, I stay natural. Though I'm considering a colour change soon.