Can I get salon quality results from bottled hair dye?

I have been considering doing my own haircolor but am really nervous. It would save me $1500 a year. My hair is a medium/dark brown. However, it looks best much lighter. My base is a dark golden blonde with light golden blonde highlites. To my knowledge, I can't lighten hair with a drugstore brand, can I? How would I choose the best color? What is the best brand? I am in my late twenties with no gray. What are the steps to coloring my own hair and how would I do the roots? I really need some help. I have no clue what I am doing. It has been almost 10 years since I have colored my hair with a drug store brand. Has the dye changed since then? In other words, will I get highlites from it also or do I have to do that seperately? I am so confused!

Can I get salon quality results from bottled hair dye?

salons are so expensive and doing your hair is really easy! it will save you so much money!

*for one to get the light blonde streaks u need to go to sallys beauty supply and get the clariol bleaching kit..its the only thing that will lift so its reeally blonde..ask the employee for everything you will need.

*for the base color..id try a reeally light loking blonde at the store..you want to go a little lighter then what you want becuz remeber it doesnt turn out the exact color on the box.

now to do your hair

*the base color is easy..you basically cover your hole head as if you wer shanpooing it..makin sure u get behind your ears and the very back.

*the streaks are a little harder on your own..but i hav donw mine long enought to know tho//

after you wash the base color out and hav ur hair dried ..clip the top half of your hair up and pick the streaks one by one and put the color on them ( i would ask a friend to help to get the back of your head)..make sure you space them out..and remeber it may notl look like alot but once to wash them out its much more streaks then u thought!

good luck!

Can I get salon quality results from bottled hair dye?

If you're used to getting it done in a salon, I'd keep doing it. It's hard to get that kind of result from a box. But if you're feeling brave, go for it. Since you want to lighten, you'll have to be careful to not end up with brassy orange tones. You won't be able to go too much lighter than your natural color...box color won't lift that may levels. You really won't get highlights unless you do those separately. If parts of your hair are already highlighted, those might turn out a bit lighter after you color...if you're lucky. They could also soak up more of the color and be darker. Sorry to be so negative about it, but I've colored my own hair so many times and had to live with it or go get it fixed. The picture on the box is never what you end up with. I wish!

Can I get salon quality results from bottled hair dye?

It depends on if you know what you're meaning I use this asian hair colour called Begin, that comes in a small box,usually $4.00 it's amonia free so it won't damage your hair or anything, just add water and best of all it's permanant, but it has a little smaller amount of most, so ir you're hair is long

Can I get salon quality results from bottled hair dye?

I am a stylist and I feel you should stay at your salon. What is going to happen is you won't get what you want then it will cost 3 times as much to have it fixed. It can be done at home if you Know what you are doing. Even then it can go south Quick. I turned my hair green once and had been ding hair for10 years at that time. By the way you can't lighten color with color home or other wise!