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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 187831" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>As you get older the recommendation is to take your hair colour lighter. From my own observations, staying youthfully dark can actually give you a hard, old look. Even though I have few lines (none, some say) I have chosen to slowly make my shade lighter.</p><p></p><p>I dye my own hair and generally get the shade right, carefully according to the packet. Then my usual brand was unavailable so I switched to another. The trouble was, the shade in my hair was much darker than I expected. Too dark. So I bought some hair dye stripper and used it. Then my hair looked awful - like green-yellow straw, with patches of orange where the dye hadn't all come out. The instructions had been to wait two weeks after dye stripping before re-colouring. But I wasn't going to hide indoors for two weeks - I couldn't, I had to drive kids to school, I had appointments etc. So even before it was dry from the dye stripper, I dyed my hair again, this time with a much lighter shade.</p><p></p><p>There have been times when I wanted to go paler. That's when I switched back to using a semi-permanent (yes, even with a great deal of grey) and would touch it up as it faded. Slowly I was able to get to a shade I felt was OK and once the old permanent dye had fully grown out, I went back to using a permanent dye that I was happy with.</p><p></p><p>I've not done highlights on my hair - not properly. Fairly easy to do at home though, if you take the time. even easier if you recruit a friend and you both take turns. Or you can have a highlights day where you both sit around after doing each other's highlights.</p><p></p><p>Another trick I use - when I'm doing touch-up hair treatments (mostly roots only) I will split a pack of hair dye and only mix up half. The rest gets sealed back up and kept until next time, when I mix up the second half and do the hair again. I find with my shortish, not thick hair, it's plenty.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 187831, member: 1991"] As you get older the recommendation is to take your hair colour lighter. From my own observations, staying youthfully dark can actually give you a hard, old look. Even though I have few lines (none, some say) I have chosen to slowly make my shade lighter. I dye my own hair and generally get the shade right, carefully according to the packet. Then my usual brand was unavailable so I switched to another. The trouble was, the shade in my hair was much darker than I expected. Too dark. So I bought some hair dye stripper and used it. Then my hair looked awful - like green-yellow straw, with patches of orange where the dye hadn't all come out. The instructions had been to wait two weeks after dye stripping before re-colouring. But I wasn't going to hide indoors for two weeks - I couldn't, I had to drive kids to school, I had appointments etc. So even before it was dry from the dye stripper, I dyed my hair again, this time with a much lighter shade. There have been times when I wanted to go paler. That's when I switched back to using a semi-permanent (yes, even with a great deal of grey) and would touch it up as it faded. Slowly I was able to get to a shade I felt was OK and once the old permanent dye had fully grown out, I went back to using a permanent dye that I was happy with. I've not done highlights on my hair - not properly. Fairly easy to do at home though, if you take the time. even easier if you recruit a friend and you both take turns. Or you can have a highlights day where you both sit around after doing each other's highlights. Another trick I use - when I'm doing touch-up hair treatments (mostly roots only) I will split a pack of hair dye and only mix up half. The rest gets sealed back up and kept until next time, when I mix up the second half and do the hair again. I find with my shortish, not thick hair, it's plenty. Marg [/QUOTE]
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