The “box” at home hair color is very appealing because of: price, as well as the photography on the packaging and the star appeal we see on those very enticing commercials. There are however limitations to opting for the “box” at home hair color, and one major limitation is the actual color in the bottle. Non-professional hair color cannot achieve the same results that a professional hair colorist can. In the salon, a hair color may take 2 or 3 different colors mixed together to make the perfect, beautiful shade of hair color desired something a box cannot provide. There are many options when going to a salon, techniques are what a “box” at home hair color cannot provide.
Most people who do a home color do not know or understand what hair is made up of, (melanin/pigment/proteins) amount of grey etc; all these are important facts that are taken into consideration to delivering drop dead gorgeous hair color. And it is information like this that is a point of difference as to why it would be most beneficial to opt to having a professional colorist provide that service for you.
It may seem appealing to reach for the “box” of at home hair color because it seems more economical….in the end—the opposite may be true. Many times more than not, it has been my experience that “box” at home hair color situation has come out with unexpected results which leads to more time, money and unhappiness. Don’t play around with hair color on your own remember you are dealing with chemicals that only a professional understands.
pps have no idea what it takes to have fab haircolor great post
ReplyDeletei say keep buying those boxes, i will have more clients haha
ReplyDeletedisaster waiting to happen , love the post HCC
ReplyDeletei did my own hair color once for $7 it ended up costing me $200 to fix and then some aweful results and so so unpredictable
ReplyDeleteI love when I get a client who has done a box coolor what a challenge for me. At the end I have a new client
ReplyDeletelove the blog: people have no idea what it ends up costing them
ReplyDeleteI'm a self proclaimed beauty junky but I would never color my own hair
ReplyDeletei did it once,,,,, never again
ReplyDeleteI am terrified of fixing box colors,
ReplyDeleteGlad you wrote this post ,,
ReplyDeleteHazardous plan & simple Hazardous!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe power of celebs and commercials, everyone stops and watches and most women think their hair will look like the picture on the box, so very wrong
ReplyDeleteHcc great post!
ReplyDeleteI have tried to get my mother to stop colouring her hair from a box, and she insists it looks fine, it looks like hell and i'm not even a hairdresser
ReplyDeletewith this economy and people lossing their jobs i think we will see alot of corrective hair colors in our chairs, sadly
ReplyDeleteThe marketing behind all the ads and tv commercials always are powerful suggestions, and pry on our vanities.
ReplyDeleteAmen, Sister! I leave it to the professionals
ReplyDeletenot only is ugly but messy, I will leave my color for my stylist.
ReplyDeletebad economy always helps the sales on home colouring I hate it cause eventally they come get it fixed
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a box ever turning out exactly like the picture on the box, all the women I know who use a box look like they do.
ReplyDeletei like when i hear "i followed the directions" hehe
ReplyDeleteI haven't used box color since 1998...since then, I have been an Aveda girl!
ReplyDeletebox color = job security!!
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