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Most women would agree that there is nothing worse when it comes to their hair than a botched coloring job! A strange color can be seen for miles around and turns heads for all the wrong reasons. A good hair-coloring tip may have saved many girls and women the embarrassment of a bad coloring job right from the start! So here are a few simple hair-coloring tips to make your new look a success! What type of coloring job? There is basically two types coloring jobs: Permanent and semi-permanent. Permanent coloring will dye your hair so it will not wash out at all for a very long time. However this will leave your roots showing when they grow out which you need to be aware have and can really look bad later on. Semi-permanent coloring will only darken your hair and cannot lighten it. It also lasts a variable length of time depending on the product. This is more suitable for a home color job but obviously has limitations. It can however be reversed easily unlike a permanent coloring!

Know your hair color

There are 10 Base Colors in the realm of hair. This is the color you can judge by just looking at it, when you color your hair you will lighten or darken by one or more degrees based on this scale. Like, lightest blonde / platinum blonde, very light blonde8 - Light Blonde7 - Medium Blonde6 - Dark Blonde5 - Lightest Brown4 - Light Brown3 - Medium Brown2 - Dark Brown1 - Black. There is the Contributing Pigment. This is the least known part of hair coloring for most people. The underlying color of each base color will be exposed when lightening your hair. The lighter you go the more exposure it gets!

The final color you want will be greatly affected by this pigment and can lead to some overly bright or unnatural looking colors. The associated pigment colors to the base color is as follows:10. Pale Yellow9. Yellow8. Yellow-Gold7. Gold6. Orange-Gold5. Orange4. Red-Orange3. Red2. Red-Brown1. Dark Red-Brown When you are coloring your hair you must take into account both of these elements in you hair to avoid unexpected results and achieve the color you desire. Neutralizing or enhancing the underlying pigments is vital to getting the right color for your hair (and for your skin type to match!)Tip 3 - Do a strand test! Even armed with this information you do not want to apply your hair coloring to your entire head or hair straight away. By taking a strand of your hair or a small lock of hair you can apply the color you want to this test sample to see how it will turn out in the end, this does not take too long and can avoid a botched job. Remember however the longer you leave the hair in the dye will affect the result so be aware that the process of application can alter the outcome. It is also a good way to get some practice. Tip 4 - Be prepared! Hair dye is a messy and powerful substance, it will stain hair, skin, clothes and towels that you use. Make sure you are using only old clothes and towels when coloring your hair, ones you don't mind throwing away or using as rags afterwards. Also wear a towel around your neck when you do this to avoid the coloring dripping down. To protect your skin use petroleum jelly around the hairline, don't worry if you do stain some skin though it can be removed with rubbing alcohol. A little bit of homework and preparation is all you need to make your new look a success! Do you want a great new hair color? Do you want it to last without fading?

More Kitchen Beauty for Your Hair with Kitchen Coloring

Lemon juice and water will lighten any color of hair, although it works fastest and best for blondes and lighter browns. Put the mixture on your hair, and then go out into the sunlight for an even faster and more dramatic 'beach' effect. Remember that lemon juice and water plus sunlight are a permanent treatment. The procedure can dry your hair, so use plenty of conditioner. By using some tender treatment to your hair and doing a little planning ahead, you can maintain moisture quality in your hair. In your plan, you can have the lightening process go slowly instead of trying to get a new color in one day. One of the costs of kitchen beauty for your hair will be that speed is not one of the elements, so you will have a time cost if not money cost. Another gradual increase in the lemon juice would work okay. It is a good idea to start easy with only about 1 tablespoon of lemon juice per cup of water. This formula is better applied to hair that is already wet. If you want sun streaks, combing the mixture through specific strands of wet hair, while avoiding other strands will work toward the streaks.

Similar lightening effects can be achieved using freshly brewed cooled Chamomile Tea. The Chamomile won't be as drastic as the lemon juice or as permanent. Combining a plan of alternating lemon juice and chamomile may be a good way to maintain the healthy moisture quality and shine for your hair as you work on the lightening process for beautiful, summer-streaked hairstyles. Visible results will take a while to develop. Sunshine alone will lighten hair, so if you are outside a lot, remember that the sun will keep working on the strands that have received applications of Chamomile tea or lemon juice even on days you do not apply either. With that understanding, you can see the merit of using a 1-2-3- plan of applying lemon juice and water on Day 1, Chamomile tea on Day 2 and let your hair rest with only a conditioner application on Day 3.With all of this information of blondes.

The formulas may not be as complicated or diverse, but are available, nevertheless. If you have warm dark hair and want to keep the healthy moisture and shine without the sun bleached beach look, you can apply cooled espresso for a nice shine. The recommendations are to pour cooled, very strong coffee onto dry hair, wrap an old towel around your hair and leave the coffee on the hair for about 20 minutes. Twenty minutes is not a very long time, as you can continue other activities while you wait. You should be pleased with the rich glow that this treatment gives your darker hair. Your darker, rich, shining hair will be a fine contrast beside your summer blonde friends.