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Originally Posted by naturallyblonde
roots maintenance is worth it if you can't do it yourself. i live in Southern California and you can tell who does not have good hair coloring from ten feet away.
I would say mantain it yourself but get a pro to do highlights before big events and photo ops.
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I've been meaning to comment on this last statement.
My professional opinion is that it is very possible and safe to color your own hair at home. However, it can be challenging to match colors when you are talking over the counter color and professional color. The at-home type is formulated to be weaker to enable the amateur to safely do it. It is also done at a governed, specifically set time for this regulated formula. The pros have a different formula that processes at a different rate. It takes a stylist who has mastered the art of hair coloring and who has access to matching up brand names. Clairol, for example, can usually be copied back and forth. Yet some other brands can be risque.
Choose to go one way or another with your haircolor. If you decide you want to color it at home, talk to a stylist about any potential highlights you have thought about so she can steer you towards the best brand name for at home kits. I feel a good cosmetologist will be glad for your honesty to advise you in this as it is so stressful to try and fix messed up hair.
And you thought I was going to say, never color your own hair.
If you're unsure, do what the pros do. Save some of your hair from your next haircut, taping several locks to heavy cardboard or laminated paper at 2 inch intervals. Buy the haircolor(s) you like and experiment. Then take the locks, bind them on the same taped end with more wrapped tape, and hold them against your own hair. What do you think?
Regular haircuts and maintenance will take care of your hair very nicely. At-home kits have lots of conditioners and, as I say, are formulated to be gentle to your lovely locks.