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

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!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.