Confession time: have you ever died your hair at home? I use to. The very first time I died my hair in college with a Clairol kit; it was a dark brown that totally did nothing to my virgin black hair at the time. I then went a lighter brown a few days later (probably not the best idea) but it wasn't that good. I then tried L'oreal Feria a few months later and that was probably the best one home job I did on myself. There was an unfortunate highlighting incident where one section of my hair was considerably lighter than the rest, but I've realized that I don't have the skills to dye my own hair. Correction: I don't have the skills to highlight my hair. If i wanted to do a single color, I'd grab a friend and have her paint the color on, but highlighting is best left to professionals. Thankfully I now have a friend who is a master stylist and can whip my hair into gorgeous shape.
For those of you a bit more adventurous than me, stylist to the stars Frederic Fekkai has come out with the upscale version of the home hair dye kit. At $30, it's 3x the price of some other kits, but still a fraction of the price it would cost at the salon. It includes a pre-color treatment, the color, and a post-color treatment. Plus you get the Fekkai's "brush and bowl" system.
Brought to life in 20 shades selected by top colorists, each kit has everything needed to deliver long-lasting salon quality hair color at home.
Everything you need to produce salon-quality color at-home includes:
-Pre-color treatment for even results
-Salon quality permanent color, creamy formula with conditioning agents
-Post-Color Mask for extra conditioning and shine
-Professional tools: brush, blowl, gloves
-Tips from Frederic and the expert colorists from the Salons
The Fekkai brush & bowl application technique provides:
- more thorough/even mixing of formula
- better color adhesion
- more controlled, even application
- drip free application
The Frederic Fekkai Hair Color system is available at beauty stores like Sephora, Ulta, Beauty.com, and Fekkai.com