Highlighting Your Hair @ Home

[SazzyC0]

Due to the credit cruch / lack of job etc situation I am in at the moment I can't afford to go and have my hair done as I usually would as it costs quite a bit so I was in Sainsburys the other day and they had a highlighting kit half price so I bought it.

Does anyone have any useful tips on ways to do this myself? I dont want to do it then HAVE to go hairdressers and probably spend more just getting it sorted out.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[CAJ1]

Make sure you know what you're doing or it could go wrong! I made my hair go from brown to ginger when trying to dye it blonde lol!

I would get a mate to come round and help you to ensure you do the bits at the back that you can't see. If you follow the instructions and don't go for any drastic colour changes you should be ok.

I never go to a proper hairdressers. I have a lady who advertised in the paper, she comes round to do my hair for �30/�40 (dye and cut) - you could try this if you have enough pennies?

[dot.hawkes]

if this is your first try of a home hair kit, follow the instructions carefully, make sure you are prepared with everything open and ready, clear the decks and set aside time, have a clock handy, leave the colour on slightly less time if you have coloured hair already, make sure you use cotton wool behind your ears and around your neck incase you burn your skin, really follow the step by step properly. having someone to rinse for you is ideal as they can be thorough. Use your usual conditioner rather than the ione with the pack if possibe

[maidie]

Hi sazzyco, I think you are very brave, I used to do the same thing and I ended up with very dry broken peroxide hair. It looked terrible but at the time I had no money and had no choice,. I wouldn't take a chance on it again though no matter how broke I was. If i was you I would take that colour back to get a refund and then book in to have your hair done at a fraction of the cost by students in training in a hair salon. They are fully supervised but give yourself plenty of time as they can be a bit slow..

[Naomicorlett]

I tried to do my daughter's hair many years ago with a home hightlighting kit............cost me a fotune to get it made better at hairdressers........And I made my daughter tell the hairdresser that one of her 16 yr old friends had done it to her and not me!!

[chazza]

I tried to do this and ended up with big chunks of blonde through my hair instead of fine highlights and wished I hadn't bothered! Took a trip to the hairdresser to sort it out!

I'm going to a training academy next time to save a bit of money

[terambulan]

Depends on your base colour. If you're brunette your hair will turn ginger to gold. The stronger peroxide needed for hiliting is only available to salons.

[terambulan]

tip:: snip a piece of your hair and put it into the hiliting product to see how it colours b4 you try it on your head. Also put some on your skin to test for allergies.

[trish432]

What a good tip terambulan, wish I`d tried that when I couldn`t get my usual Clairol and tried a different brand. It turned bright orange.
Never had any disasters before, but I had to go brown for a while, and then back to blonde, but it`s taken me about 3 months to get it back to how I want it.
You definitely need someone to do it for you if you`re highlighting, to pull right amount of hair through the cap.

[Jenga]

I made a big mess of mine, when it turned ginger. I had to go to the hairdresser and have a colour correction. I wouldn't advise it.