How To Expertly Color Your Hair In Your Own Bathroom

We’ll get to that in a minute. The good news is, if all you want is a simple, single-process color, you can do that yourself. In fact, the only reason to get a single-process color in a salon is just to save yourself the mess and trouble. But really, it’s not that difficult. Here’s how. More from The Stir: 6 Insider Tips for Coloring Your Hair Do you think you can get a pretty good color job at home? Image via © iStock/ValuaVitaly I also liked how eSalon walks you through the whole process of hair dying — so I’m shamelessly stealing some of their tips to include in this tutorial. Otherwise, ask your stylist for advice. Maybe I’m just lucky, but the stylist who cuts my hair has always been generous about giving me hair coloring tips. It doesn’t hurt to ask! She’s suggested specific colors that would work on me, which was really helpful.

1. Everything in the hair color in your kit.
2. Gloves, if they don’t already come in your kit (but they’re usually included — just check to make sure).
3. An old towel you don’t mind staining.
4. Hair clips you don’t mind staining. Should be metal as some hair dyes can do weird things to plastic. Nope, no, metal is bad. Very, very bad. Just use plastic.
5. A comb.
6. A timer.
7. An application brush.
8. A dye bowl (optional). Another important tip: I’ve gotten dark brown hair dye on my white, cotton shower curtain. Before you get started, look around and see if there’s anything near your station (hanging towels?) that might get smudged while you’re working. Don’t worry about your ends quite yet. One trick that helps ensure even color is to open your bottle of dye, fill the remaining volume with water, mix, and pour over your hair, working it all through. For minimal mess, do this in the bathtub! Now rinse or shampoo thoroughly. I find it’s better if I actually undress and get all the way in and make a shower out of it. (That means you’ll want to wear a robe while you’re dying your hair, not a shirt you have to pull over your head.) Do rinse as thoroughly as possible, because if there’s any color left in your hair it will EAT your hair and that hair will fall out and you will be very sad. Condition with a color-safe conditioner (usually in your kit) and you’re done!

title: “How To Expertly Color Your Hair In Your Own Bathroom” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-19” author: “Lois Rodriguez”

We’ll get to that in a minute. The good news is, if all you want is a simple, single-process color, you can do that yourself. In fact, the only reason to get a single-process color in a salon is just to save yourself the mess and trouble. But really, it’s not that difficult. Here’s how. More from The Stir: 6 Insider Tips for Coloring Your Hair Do you think you can get a pretty good color job at home? Image via © iStock/ValuaVitaly I also liked how eSalon walks you through the whole process of hair dying — so I’m shamelessly stealing some of their tips to include in this tutorial. Otherwise, ask your stylist for advice. Maybe I’m just lucky, but the stylist who cuts my hair has always been generous about giving me hair coloring tips. It doesn’t hurt to ask! She’s suggested specific colors that would work on me, which was really helpful.

1. Everything in the hair color in your kit.
2. Gloves, if they don’t already come in your kit (but they’re usually included — just check to make sure).
3. An old towel you don’t mind staining.
4. Hair clips you don’t mind staining. Should be metal as some hair dyes can do weird things to plastic. Nope, no, metal is bad. Very, very bad. Just use plastic.
5. A comb.
6. A timer.
7. An application brush.
8. A dye bowl (optional). Another important tip: I’ve gotten dark brown hair dye on my white, cotton shower curtain. Before you get started, look around and see if there’s anything near your station (hanging towels?) that might get smudged while you’re working. Don’t worry about your ends quite yet. One trick that helps ensure even color is to open your bottle of dye, fill the remaining volume with water, mix, and pour over your hair, working it all through. For minimal mess, do this in the bathtub! Now rinse or shampoo thoroughly. I find it’s better if I actually undress and get all the way in and make a shower out of it. (That means you’ll want to wear a robe while you’re dying your hair, not a shirt you have to pull over your head.) Do rinse as thoroughly as possible, because if there’s any color left in your hair it will EAT your hair and that hair will fall out and you will be very sad. Condition with a color-safe conditioner (usually in your kit) and you’re done!

title: “How To Expertly Color Your Hair In Your Own Bathroom” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-15” author: “Rachelle Holmes”

We’ll get to that in a minute. The good news is, if all you want is a simple, single-process color, you can do that yourself. In fact, the only reason to get a single-process color in a salon is just to save yourself the mess and trouble. But really, it’s not that difficult. Here’s how. More from The Stir: 6 Insider Tips for Coloring Your Hair Do you think you can get a pretty good color job at home? Image via © iStock/ValuaVitaly I also liked how eSalon walks you through the whole process of hair dying — so I’m shamelessly stealing some of their tips to include in this tutorial. Otherwise, ask your stylist for advice. Maybe I’m just lucky, but the stylist who cuts my hair has always been generous about giving me hair coloring tips. It doesn’t hurt to ask! She’s suggested specific colors that would work on me, which was really helpful.

1. Everything in the hair color in your kit.
2. Gloves, if they don’t already come in your kit (but they’re usually included — just check to make sure).
3. An old towel you don’t mind staining.
4. Hair clips you don’t mind staining. Should be metal as some hair dyes can do weird things to plastic. Nope, no, metal is bad. Very, very bad. Just use plastic.
5. A comb.
6. A timer.
7. An application brush.
8. A dye bowl (optional). Another important tip: I’ve gotten dark brown hair dye on my white, cotton shower curtain. Before you get started, look around and see if there’s anything near your station (hanging towels?) that might get smudged while you’re working. Don’t worry about your ends quite yet. One trick that helps ensure even color is to open your bottle of dye, fill the remaining volume with water, mix, and pour over your hair, working it all through. For minimal mess, do this in the bathtub! Now rinse or shampoo thoroughly. I find it’s better if I actually undress and get all the way in and make a shower out of it. (That means you’ll want to wear a robe while you’re dying your hair, not a shirt you have to pull over your head.) Do rinse as thoroughly as possible, because if there’s any color left in your hair it will EAT your hair and that hair will fall out and you will be very sad. Condition with a color-safe conditioner (usually in your kit) and you’re done!

title: “How To Expertly Color Your Hair In Your Own Bathroom” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-09” author: “Tiffany Rivera”

We’ll get to that in a minute. The good news is, if all you want is a simple, single-process color, you can do that yourself. In fact, the only reason to get a single-process color in a salon is just to save yourself the mess and trouble. But really, it’s not that difficult. Here’s how. More from The Stir: 6 Insider Tips for Coloring Your Hair Do you think you can get a pretty good color job at home? Image via © iStock/ValuaVitaly I also liked how eSalon walks you through the whole process of hair dying — so I’m shamelessly stealing some of their tips to include in this tutorial. Otherwise, ask your stylist for advice. Maybe I’m just lucky, but the stylist who cuts my hair has always been generous about giving me hair coloring tips. It doesn’t hurt to ask! She’s suggested specific colors that would work on me, which was really helpful.

1. Everything in the hair color in your kit.
2. Gloves, if they don’t already come in your kit (but they’re usually included — just check to make sure).
3. An old towel you don’t mind staining.
4. Hair clips you don’t mind staining. Should be metal as some hair dyes can do weird things to plastic. Nope, no, metal is bad. Very, very bad. Just use plastic.
5. A comb.
6. A timer.
7. An application brush.
8. A dye bowl (optional). Another important tip: I’ve gotten dark brown hair dye on my white, cotton shower curtain. Before you get started, look around and see if there’s anything near your station (hanging towels?) that might get smudged while you’re working. Don’t worry about your ends quite yet. One trick that helps ensure even color is to open your bottle of dye, fill the remaining volume with water, mix, and pour over your hair, working it all through. For minimal mess, do this in the bathtub! Now rinse or shampoo thoroughly. I find it’s better if I actually undress and get all the way in and make a shower out of it. (That means you’ll want to wear a robe while you’re dying your hair, not a shirt you have to pull over your head.) Do rinse as thoroughly as possible, because if there’s any color left in your hair it will EAT your hair and that hair will fall out and you will be very sad. Condition with a color-safe conditioner (usually in your kit) and you’re done!

title: “How To Expertly Color Your Hair In Your Own Bathroom” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-24” author: “Charlotte Oliver”

We’ll get to that in a minute. The good news is, if all you want is a simple, single-process color, you can do that yourself. In fact, the only reason to get a single-process color in a salon is just to save yourself the mess and trouble. But really, it’s not that difficult. Here’s how. More from The Stir: 6 Insider Tips for Coloring Your Hair Do you think you can get a pretty good color job at home? Image via © iStock/ValuaVitaly I also liked how eSalon walks you through the whole process of hair dying — so I’m shamelessly stealing some of their tips to include in this tutorial. Otherwise, ask your stylist for advice. Maybe I’m just lucky, but the stylist who cuts my hair has always been generous about giving me hair coloring tips. It doesn’t hurt to ask! She’s suggested specific colors that would work on me, which was really helpful.

1. Everything in the hair color in your kit.
2. Gloves, if they don’t already come in your kit (but they’re usually included — just check to make sure).
3. An old towel you don’t mind staining.
4. Hair clips you don’t mind staining. Should be metal as some hair dyes can do weird things to plastic. Nope, no, metal is bad. Very, very bad. Just use plastic.
5. A comb.
6. A timer.
7. An application brush.
8. A dye bowl (optional). Another important tip: I’ve gotten dark brown hair dye on my white, cotton shower curtain. Before you get started, look around and see if there’s anything near your station (hanging towels?) that might get smudged while you’re working. Don’t worry about your ends quite yet. One trick that helps ensure even color is to open your bottle of dye, fill the remaining volume with water, mix, and pour over your hair, working it all through. For minimal mess, do this in the bathtub! Now rinse or shampoo thoroughly. I find it’s better if I actually undress and get all the way in and make a shower out of it. (That means you’ll want to wear a robe while you’re dying your hair, not a shirt you have to pull over your head.) Do rinse as thoroughly as possible, because if there’s any color left in your hair it will EAT your hair and that hair will fall out and you will be very sad. Condition with a color-safe conditioner (usually in your kit) and you’re done!