My Mom

Are you doing your whole head?  If it's a virgin process then you need to apply the dye to the ends and midsection first and lastly the roots--this prevents hot roots. Hot roots are when the roots are lighter than the rest of the hair.  If the other hair is already dyed then it's a different situation.  I once let my hair grow out about 3 inches and had to touch it up.  I used 30 vol. on the 2 inches farthest away from the scalp down the shaft.  Then I went back and applied the rest of the color with 20 vol. to the roots.  It looked very even, no hot roots.  A bit complicated to do though. 

Edited by Rebekah - October 18 2007 at 1:25pm

It can be risky if the hair is thin.  Dye chemicals always make your hair fall out a little.  Usually its not bad enough that anyone would notice or worry about it, so, it kind of depends exactly how thin it is.  If she already feels that she can see too much scalp through her hair, she probably should avoid chemicals.

If not though, and she does want to do it, go to a pro.  To get black hair to lift to lighter brown, you can't just throw the dye on it and expect it to work, it may need to be lifted first, plus gray hair can be resistent.  It will be easiest to let a pro handle it. 

edited for spelling


Edited by Susan W - October 18 2007 at 7:12am

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