How much do you spend on your hair??? Specifically coloring?

[Anonymous]

I go every 6 weeks and she charges me $115 plus tip

[Anonymous]

I do my own highlights every six weeks and I tone again once in between but with just a semi and conditioner (no developer). It works out to $10 per job and I control the look completely. At this point I know exactly what I’m doing and how to fix it if I mess up. This is because, after the pandemic, when I went back to my regular salon (Dessange in FH), they quoted me $650 (plus tip) for cut, partial highlights and a bonding treatment. I left literally laughing. It had been $250 in 2019 and they were already pushing it a bit.

I have had a good experience at Ferro downtown since then but they do too much (too many highlights) for my taste. I think the woman who did it goes by the handle dcblondie on social media. If I were to get back out there, I would seek her out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How on earth are you guys going every 3 months? After 3 weeks I have roots to cover up :-)

I have dark brown hair. I've been dying my hair at home for years with henna and indigo, which are very cheap, but do take longer to set than a modern dye.

It’s the highlights and lowlights that op mentioned. It lightens the hair so it takes a while for grey to start really showing. If your hair is dark, then it’ll show sooner with the contrast

[Anonymous]

I have (had) medium brown, straight hair, just below my shoulders. It's slowly going more grey. I had never dyed my hair or gotten highlights and trim the ends myself in less than 5 minutes, so I'm very low maintenance when it comes to hair.

I use Clairol Natural Instincts no ammonia hair rinse. It's the non-permanent type of hair dye that says it rinses out in 28 shampoos. However, now that I'm going more grey, I use it every other week, for about $8 a box. I mainly put it on my center part and temples and along my hair line. Wait 20 minutes and rinse out.

I was using a clarifying shampoo, as I have oily hair, but I think it was stripping the dye color out faster, so now I use mild Suave shampoo every other day. After rinsing out the dye, I use Suave to get that squeaky clean feel.

I also found a powder compact for root touch up (no odor), so if I haven't had time to do the box dye, I can quickly cover up my center part or along my temples. I put a slim comb under the hair line to keep any powder off my face.

So I spend about $16 a month for color, and total time is under 30 minutes for each box. I get them at Walmart and alternate between 6 and 6G.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do my own highlights every six weeks and I tone again once in between but with just a semi and conditioner (no developer). It works out to $10 per job and I control the look completely. At this point I know exactly what I’m doing and how to fix it if I mess up. This is because, after the pandemic, when I went back to my regular salon (Dessange in FH), they quoted me $650 (plus tip) for cut, partial highlights and a bonding treatment. I left literally laughing. It had been $250 in 2019 and they were already pushing it a bit.

I have had a good experience at Ferro downtown since then but they do too much (too many highlights) for my taste. I think the woman who did it goes by the handle dcblondie on social media. If I were to get back out there, I would seek her out.

Can I ask how you do your own highlights? Do you mean foils?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have (had) medium brown, straight hair, just below my shoulders. It's slowly going more grey. I had never dyed my hair or gotten highlights and trim the ends myself in less than 5 minutes, so I'm very low maintenance when it comes to hair.

I use Clairol Natural Instincts no ammonia hair rinse. It's the non-permanent type of hair dye that says it rinses out in 28 shampoos. However, now that I'm going more grey, I use it every other week, for about $8 a box. I mainly put it on my center part and temples and along my hair line. Wait 20 minutes and rinse out.

I was using a clarifying shampoo, as I have oily hair, but I think it was stripping the dye color out faster, so now I use mild Suave shampoo every other day. After rinsing out the dye, I use Suave to get that squeaky clean feel.

I also found a powder compact for root touch up (no odor), so if I haven't had time to do the box dye, I can quickly cover up my center part or along my temples. I put a slim comb under the hair line to keep any powder off my face.

So I spend about $16 a month for color, and total time is under 30 minutes for each box. I get them at Walmart and alternate between 6 and 6G.

Can you tell me more about the powder compact? I didn’t know about that!

[Anonymous]

I use Naturtint root touch ups every 3 weeks. I think it’s around $10-12 a box.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I color at home about once a month. I use 2 boxes each time, so about $30. Loreal Excellence has the best gray coverage.
If you want to try it with a little more support, you could look at eSalon, I use them from time to time.

I was a blonde but would be all-over dark gray if I grew it out. Light brown hair looks good on me, but it's too hard to maintain (grays come back too fast) so I dye it blonde, and then I dye "soft silver" over it to make it more beige than yellow. If my natural hair would ever go silver/white, I'd grow it out, but I don't like the dark gray.

This is what I do. Two boxes, once a month. Medium auburn. I get highlights at the beginning of summer, two cuts a year as my hair is very long.
Besides being very expensive, studio color takes way too long. I’m not interested in spending three hours at a salon monthly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do my own highlights every six weeks and I tone again once in between but with just a semi and conditioner (no developer). It works out to $10 per job and I control the look completely. At this point I know exactly what I’m doing and how to fix it if I mess up. This is because, after the pandemic, when I went back to my regular salon (Dessange in FH), they quoted me $650 (plus tip) for cut, partial highlights and a bonding treatment. I left literally laughing. It had been $250 in 2019 and they were already pushing it a bit.

I have had a good experience at Ferro downtown since then but they do too much (too many highlights) for my taste. I think the woman who did it goes by the handle dcblondie on social media. If I were to get back out there, I would seek her out.

Can I ask how you do your own highlights? Do you mean foils?

I’m not the previous poster. I’ve done home highlights using both foils and a cap. When DIYing I prefer the cap because I can’t work fast enough in foil. The results are usually decent and saves me around $2K per year at the salon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have (had) medium brown, straight hair, just below my shoulders. It's slowly going more grey. I had never dyed my hair or gotten highlights and trim the ends myself in less than 5 minutes, so I'm very low maintenance when it comes to hair.

I use Clairol Natural Instincts no ammonia hair rinse. It's the non-permanent type of hair dye that says it rinses out in 28 shampoos. However, now that I'm going more grey, I use it every other week, for about $8 a box. I mainly put it on my center part and temples and along my hair line. Wait 20 minutes and rinse out.

I was using a clarifying shampoo, as I have oily hair, but I think it was stripping the dye color out faster, so now I use mild Suave shampoo every other day. After rinsing out the dye, I use Suave to get that squeaky clean feel.

I also found a powder compact for root touch up (no odor), so if I haven't had time to do the box dye, I can quickly cover up my center part or along my temples. I put a slim comb under the hair line to keep any powder off my face.

So I spend about $16 a month for color, and total time is under 30 minutes for each box. I get them at Walmart and alternate between 6 and 6G.

Can you tell me more about the powder compact? I didn’t know about that!

Clairol Temporary Root Touch-Up (Medium Brown for me). I always make sure to shampoo between using the powder (it's like eye shadow) and the color rinse dye. I think the rinse needs plain hair without any product to work most effectively.

https://www.amazon.com/Clairol-Temporary-Touch-Up-Concealing-Medium/dp/B078KGJ6WR/ref=sr_1_1_pp?crid=2HDEC6BG7Z3CI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.arh8w6AAGnysBUTWUE1-JFNmYLvf02hi_nT5qhr0GUoWpkdVPO_5Ye6Y-Aw3nbKOQ_b2e4atDzKyJDILvqedJhHk0OcbJBN8W3PSiJywVRVofQar_P5efWyqQwFATwX-2I6pJRy437_mOGENBsozAbDSw_en7OfVOm4BqBgQ4Nk6mcfSNOzxsowp2wpr4oqsFFvO7Fv3c_vzi_S69qx_oBBR3N9yL2tPwgASChH8xQLxevU4lUs6DdGZMqTy9xeU1E6M-igr0AUMsAIyzZ3wB7fK2odLJTKEz51Bcf5CIOk.Bq62mLLgZFrN97kRddxbV3ruEj4lyP0AniNYnZN_SLA&dib_tag=se&keywords=clairol%2Broot%2Btouch%2Bup&qid=1765628185&sprefix=clairol%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1&th=1

[Anonymous]

I love reading that 30-somethings are letting their hair be natural.

I hate reading that husbands don't like it and women go back to coloring for them (at any age).

[Anonymous]

I used to color in the salon every few months, because it was what I could afford, and I’d do the drugstore root touch-up in between. I really needed the salon every three weeks, because I’m all gray. Even Hair Cuttery was pricey for base and highlights (single process was too harsh-looking). I went as light as I good, to blend the grays.

Post cancer/chemo, I’m just letting my hair be gray. I hate it, but my husband loves it, oddly. I’m scared to use chemicals. I did it for 30 years. Highlights don’t really touch the scalp, but the single process does.

I’m considering adding some lowlights, or silver highlights.

[Anonymous]

I have black hair with lots of gray, and my roots start showing every 3 weeks. I can’t afford to get salon color so often. I use Clairol Natural Instincts semi-permanent at home, and save my money for good cuts instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How on earth are you guys going every 3 months? After 3 weeks I have roots to cover up :-)

I have dark brown hair. I've been dying my hair at home for years with henna and indigo, which are very cheap, but do take longer to set than a modern dye.

It’s the highlights and lowlights that op mentioned. It lightens the hair so it takes a while for grey to start really showing. If your hair is dark, then it’ll show sooner with the contrast

Also single process color needs to be touched up much more often than highlights otherwise you see a straight demarcation. It is much cheaper to do singe process though. My mom told me never to dye my hair because she had to go to the salon for her roots every 3 weeks. That was single process color. With highlights and the way my stylist does my hair so it grows out well, I can get away with going every 3 months, 4 if I’m pushing. I have pretty light hair that’s going gray so that helps.

[Anonymous]

I have dark brown hair and I’m just going grey. I don’t have hair color money. DS has special needs and it’s incredibly expensive.