I have always colored my own hair. I have never once had it done in a salon.

Best of luck to you wantoretire. I hope you find a wig you really like and I really, really hope your chemo is successful and you are well very soon.

All the best of luck Wantoretire.

I've never gotten hair coloured at a salon. Both my hubbies did it for me. I used mostly purple/auburn tones. Just for the colour, not to cover grey. The past few years I haven't bothered at all.

Funny, a couple years ago I was visiting brother and SIL and she commented on how she liked my hair colour. I said Thanks, it's mine. She shook her head and said how both me and my brother don't turn grey.

Always in a salon, but it's expensive and takes 45 extra minutes, I'm tired of it. I've wanted to go grey for years, and so now that's what's happening.

My sister is a blond, so as she goes grey it blends in just fine. Lucky her.

Always at home, never did salon coloring. I use Clairol color instincts now. It is semi permanent and fades gradually, so no growing out seen. But if I had the beautiful white grey, it would be natural. I love that look.

Wantoretire_did, when my friend lost her hair due to chemo, she bought a cute, short wig in a style that was named "Sabrina," so that's what she called her wig. As in, "Sabrina is in the bathroom drying." or "Let me get Sabrina and we'll go out." I hope your chemo goes well and also that you get a cute wig!

Always in a salon until two years ago when my daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27. My hair turned gray almost overnight. With running her arround for medical appointments and taking care of her then 1 year old son, I never had the time to get back to the salon so I let my hair go gray. Fortunately it is a lovely shade and I love it.

I have always done it myself at home. I use the semi permanent, Natural Instincts

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Been home coloring my hair for years. I think I've only done it in a salon twice and both times they left glops of it in and around my ears. I prefer to do it at home. I also have less staining of my face when I do it at home. I think I'm just going to stop it altogether. I dyed my hair violet this summer for the two weeks I was on vacation. When I came back I had to redo it with a normal color for work. May be the last time for me.

I used to have streaks...and went to the Salon. Mother Nature is now adding

the streaks...a lot cheaper, but not quite as pretty and more silver than before.

I did it at home the first two times. The second time I got the red all over the bathroom -- pale yellow walls!!! I had never had it done in a salon and didn't have the knack. Ever since that second try I have gone to a salon for colour.

Since shutdown I've done it myself and it's pretty good. Also, I've discovered that my hair is no longer poker straight! I have little waves. I always thought I needed at least a few rollers. I'm afraid the salon is going to lose money on me when things open up more.

I do root touch ups at home between my visits to the salon. I get my hair done every five weeks in normal times and I do the touch up at my part and temples at the halfway point. Salon color is my only girly thing. I like having slightly different shades and highlights for different seasons. Don't care the least bit about fashion or hair styles but I do love my color.

I began at 40--my strawberry blonde started to go a dull gray. I had anticipated going brown--that is what I was told redheads did...a few years ago students asked if that was my REAL hair color and I said "Yes, it's the color God gave me, now it just comes out of a box"! After four months of no haircuts this spring and "letting it go" I debated just stopping. At 60 I decided I could 'look old', but friends said I needed the color so am back at it. I swap back and forth between Clairol and L'oreal. I have been tempted to try some less commercial types like the OP..but this works so what the heck.

My lovely hairdresser has given me a few hints regarding coloring my hair. First of all, I section my shoulder length hair thoroughly and hold with clips. To prevent skin staining, I place Vaseline along my forehead line from ear to ear. If your hair is shorter, you might need an application at your neckline. And finally, I picked up a bowl and a coloring brush from Sally’s Beauty to apply the hair color vs using the squeeze bottle provided. The brush makes it easier to work the color into your roots.

I once let a Veda salon use me as a model for a new line of hair color they were starting to use, otherwise I always do it myself. Takes 20 minutes, Cost $1. I'm a Brunette/medium brown......every once in awhile, I color the roots in Medium Auburn which gives my hair "highlights".

I put the hair color on. Put it UP, on top of my head with a clip. Then wrap a large brown bath sheet around me and sit at the breakfast bar, on the computer. Every 4 weeks.

Always. Have never had my hair colored in a salon.

I used to use Natural Instincts until I had a bad experience with it after Coty purchased the brand and 'new & improved' it. I woke up one morning to find my pillowcase, pillow protector & pillow all stained from the hair color. I had too many covers on the bed & had started sweating during the night. Still experimenting to find a brand of professional hair colors (not the consumer box kits) that I like.

I had my hair highlighted for about ten years, but I found that to be too expensive after it got up to around $200 or more each trip. I tried to do it myself a few years back and accidentally bleached it white (which I found hilarious). I was letting it grow out and the ladies in the salon would ask to be allowed to fix it and of course, they would lighten all of my hair back to the same point which drove me nuts so I took the plunge and lived with the line until I could cut it all off. I found out my natural hair color had turned almost a light brown after being darker blonde. I'm getting a little grey coming in now, but I'm hoping it will blend ok. I'm not coloring it myself.

Ci_lantro, you might want to look at the esalon website. Their color selection is custom blended to exactly what you want, and way more specific than drug store box color. You can have them tweak the percentages in your color formula with a bit more ash, etc. Their customer service by email and phone is very responsive. I really feel like it was a great find.