Coloring Hair at Home: Pros and Cons

Nearly every woman comes to the point in her life when she wants to change something about her look. Generally, we choose a change of hair color. And here’s a slot for dilemma: you either entrust the hair to a professional or color the strands at home. Before making a decision, let’s see the pros and cons of coloring hair at home. Should you do it?

Color treating the hair is one of the most popular ways to turn the look around. Getting a new hair color is the easiest way to boost the mood for some women and they often choose to do it on their own. Still, you should think it over first because at-home coloring seems to have as many pros as cons. Without the right preparation, the effect may spoil your mood instead of making you feel better.

What are the good sides of coloring hair at home?

• Coloring hair at home is easier on the pocket.
  Let’s face it. Coloring hair at home is much cheaper because we pay only for the hair dye. You don’t pay for the service and getting to the salon so it’s surely a budget option. Still, it’s the other way round if your home treatment doesn’t work out…
• You are the choice maker.
  If you aren’t assertive, you may have problems getting your message across so the hairstylist is confused or misunderstands you. To make things worse, you don’t know how to say no to your hairdresser’s suggestions. And then you end up with a color you hate. This isn’t the case when you take decisions and do it at home.
• You don’t need salon appointments.
  When you dye your hair at home, you don’t need to waste time getting to the salon or simply trying to get the best date. You can even win some time for household chores or watching TV shows while leaving the dye in. Visiting the salon always means wasting a few hours so you surely save lots of time if you go for coloring at home.
• You don’t have problems communicating with others.
  Problematic communication doesn’t occur if you dye your hair at home. Your dissatisfaction isn’t necessarily the hairstylist’s fault. We often have no idea how to communicate our thoughts. If you color your hair at home, this problem doesn’t exist.

Watch out for the bad sides of coloring hair at home!

• It’s difficult to choose good proportions.
  Even though coloring may seem easy, hairstylists are like alchemists who know the secrets to creating the best mixtures. If you have no idea about hairstyling, it might be challenging to prepare the dye giving the desired effect. The timing and the ratio of ingredients matter a lot.
• You may choose wrong product for your hair type.
  Suiting the right products is another key thing. Each type is different: for example, damaged hair needs special preparation before coloring. Only a hairdresser knows how to dye different types of hair for the best effect. Doing it on your own, you are likely to take wrong picks.
• You may get the effect opposite to what you count on.
  So, lack of preparation, choice of wrong products and mixing unsuitable proportions may give us the hair look which is far from perfection. A good hairdresser knows how to control the process, timing, temperature, etc. Buying a beautiful trendy gray dye doesn’t mean it will look on your hair the way it looks on the box.
• You can easily cause damage to hair.
  All of the cons come down to at-home coloring which leaves hair damaged. Getting hair dyed by a pro lowers the risk of something going wrong. It might be better to pay more money and go to the salon rather than end up with ruined hair which takes time and effort to bounce back.