Box dye OK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nooooo!!!! It's horribly messy and you won't be able to color your hair as evenly as a stylist. Go to the salon!!

I have been doing it for years. This is not true. I mean, keep paying if you don't want to deal with the mess (not that bad) but I promise you your hair doesn't look 10-15 better than mine (which is how much more you pay).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use Clairol Natural Instincts dark warm brown to cover grays and it works well. I have to leave it on for 45 min though, not the recommended 15 min.

I do the same. It takes way longer than the box says. They just have to cover their a$$.

[Anonymous]

I use Madison Reed. You have to keep it on a little longer if you have coarse hair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:nooooo!!!! It's horribly messy and you won't be able to color your hair as evenly as a stylist. Go to the salon!!

So this is my problem. Some people are great using box. I’m not one of them. I have a few grays but they are stubborn and not easy to color. Also I guess I am the only one who gets dye in a lot of unwelcome places - bathroom, clothes, me, etc?

Saturate the grays with dye, put on a shower cap and ideally a heat cap, then let it sit for 2-3x as long as the box says (for demi). It takes some practice to get used to the mechanics of it, but it looks no worse than when I had it done at the salon. And they often missed grays, @$100/pop!

[Anonymous]

I've been using Revlon Colorsilk for years and it's excellent at covering grays. I use the dark brown color (#30) because my hair is very dark brown, but their medium brown is also pretty dark. I find I have to leave it on longer than the recommended time - usually about 25 minutes - but since you're just covering a few grays you might want to start out with 15-20 minutes and see how that goes. Worst case, it washes out quickly.
I used to spend $100+ to have it done at a salon but this is almost as good. (Truthfully, the salon color is nicer but $$$.) The Revlon Colorsilk is a whopping $5 per box.

[Anonymous]

It is harder to cover grays with demi than permanent, but I recommend giving it a try. It's a prettier, more natural looking result imo.

[Anonymous]

It can be done and look nice, but most people do not do this very well at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nooooo!!!! It's horribly messy and you won't be able to color your hair as evenly as a stylist. Go to the salon!!

It's just too expensive here. I buy the boxed Madison and Reed.

[Anonymous]

I generally used boxed dye and then do root touch up as needed. But as I get grayer I worry I’m not covering the underneath hair as well, so I’m going to the salon for that maybe every six months.

I use Clairol Age Defy and their root touch up, both in the most boring sounding shade called medium brown, but it actually gets highlights in the sun.

[Anonymous]

Boxed dye gives you a brown helmet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boxed dye gives you a brown helmet.

Not if you use demi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boxed dye gives you a brown helmet.

Not if you use demi.

Ok ... but then good luck getting it to cover gray, which is what OP is after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boxed dye gives you a brown helmet.

Not if you use demi.

What is demi permanent vs semi permanent? TIA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do box dye at home and it's fine.

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:nooooo!!!! It's horribly messy and you won't be able to color your hair as evenly as a stylist. Go to the salon!!

So this is my problem. Some people are great using box. I’m not one of them. I have a few grays but they are stubborn and not easy to color. Also I guess I am the only one who gets dye in a lot of unwelcome places - bathroom, clothes, me, etc?

Saturate the grays with dye, put on a shower cap and ideally a heat cap, then let it sit for 2-3x as long as the box says (for demi). It takes some practice to get used to the mechanics of it, but it looks no worse than when I had it done at the salon. And they often missed grays, @$100/pop!

The problem is that you cannot see all of your gray. If say to saturate all roots, that’s one thing. But you cannot specifically target what you can’t see.