Hair Color Articles
Questions about hair color?
If you’re one of the millions of people who take coloring matters into their own hands (or if you’re not and you want to understand what the heck your stylist is up to back there), check out our index of articles below.
You’ll learn professional tips and techniques for a wide range of processes from highlighting hair with foils to coloring grey hair, and more.
Browsing the hair color aisle, the range of options can be overwhelming. Boxes of color, row upon row, it can all become a bit of a blur.
These articles will help to demystify the art and science of coloring your own hair.
Hair Color Pictures
PREPARE YOUR HAIR
For best results (and to avoid common color mishaps), make sure your hair is ready for the color.
Minerals from water, chlorine from swimming pools, and build-up from styling products can all impede the haircolor formula’s ability to do it’s thing.
Use Joico K-Pak Chelating Shampoo
before coloring to help eliminate these impurities.
Photo galleries and tips for choosing a hair color. Knowing how to distinguish different tones of a color and levels of darkness is so important for knowing what will suit you best.
Our haircolor photo galleries show a broad range of tones and levels throughout the color spectrum.
At a glance, you can clearly see the progression of tonal changes and the enlarged (slideshow) versions have descriptions to give a name to those tones.
Blonde Hair Style
Get a brass-free blonde tone
Brunette Haircolor
Beautiful rich browns
Red Hair Colors
Lightest to darkest reds
Basic Chemistry
Understanding the color wheel and underlying pigments is key to achieving good hair coloring results and avoiding the frustration, and damage that is so common with home hair color adventures.
The following articles provide details about how to deal with some of the most common hair coloring issues…
Hair Toner
What, when and how
Undesirable orange/yellow hues can be neutralized using hair toner. Learn the ins and outs of using toners to combat unwanted pigments.
Removing Haircolor
Strip out dark pigments
Oxidative hair color removers are effective for lifting out dark artificial pigments. Read our tips on what to look for and how to use these products.
Color Back
Going from blonde to dark
Adding pigment back to chemically lightened hair can result in undesirable ‘muddy’ tones. Learn how to avoid this and get a nice result.
Foiling Hair
Details on the tools required for foiling hair and methods of applying foils for different results. The articles below go into more detail including an instructional video demonstrating how to apply foils on your own hair.
- Highlighting Hair Using Foils
Insider Tips and Techniques
- Foiling Instructional Video
DIY Highlighting at Home Using Foils
- How-to Pictures
Highlight/Lowlight Process Using Foil
Bleaching Hair
Advice on mixing, application and processing for good and safe results with hair bleach. Bleach is extraordinarily effective at lightening hair, but it can also reduce it to a brittle, straw-like condition, or just plain mush if not used properly.
The articles below provide further details to ensure a good experience with bleach. It CAN be your friend!
- Hair Bleach
Cautions and Considerations
- Hair Bleaching for Blonding
Specifics on Using Bleach to Lighten Hair
Coloring Fun!
LEARN MORE
Books we recommend:
Punk Hair
Tips for achieving vibrant, punky hues. It’s not as simple as applying a bright hair color product.
The hair needs to be pre-lightened in preparation for the other color to be applied and visible. It’s like coloring on a dark piece of paper compared to coloring on a light piece of paper.
The light background shows the color far more brightly. Learn about how to get your hair ready for bright, punk colors.
Hair Color Trends
These fun hair coloring techniques offer a myriad of options for refreshing your look with hair color. A color change can completely transform the feel of a style without even changing the cut. A change of cut and color together? That’s gonna have an impact.
For more hair color ideas, see the color section of our hair trends page.
Special Concerns
Coloring Grey Hair
Essential tips for success in getting good coverage. Grey hair can be very stubborn about taking color and consumers can get confused about whether a hair color formula is suitable for coloring grey hair. Learn about what to look for in a product and a few tips to ensure good results.
Coloring During Pregnancy
Factors to consider if you are pregnant and wondering whether you can safely color your hair.
Get the right tools
Having the right tools for your hair coloring projects is key to success. Just like any other artistic endeavor. Unfortunately, most commercial haircolors don’t come with any application tools (bowls, brushes).
If you do regular home hair coloring, do yourself a favor and get a set of tools! This colorist’s toolkit has everything you need to make your process as simple as possible.
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