Ever colored your hair with box color?

pandasquishy · January 2011

I want to get some highlights and H and I were thinking maybe we could do it with one of those box colors. Between the two of us we might be able to make it look decent, right?

Has anyone used the boxed color for highlights? How did that work out? How many washes does that dye last?

eskamo · January 2011

I've never done the box highlights, but I do color my hair with the box dye often. H has even helped me in the past! I like the box dye, it completely covers and is really easy to use. I have tried both the permanent (which is really permanent!!) and the semi-permanent. The semi one tends to wash out or fade really obviously in twoish months.

lilbit255 · January 2011

I've never really done highlights out of the box - I've always had them done professionally. I always do my hair out of the box though...and I stick to blondes or reds and they last about 2 months depending on what kind of shampoo I use. This is with a permanent hair color. And the color never washes out, it just fades and needs to be touched up.

Noron · January 2011

I change my hair color every few months, mostly with a box color - however, I've never been confident enough to do highlights. I'm not particular about my hair at all (I'm one of those, "it's only hair - chop it all off! Let's see what it looks like - it'll grow back!" people), but I've heard many horror stories about highlights out of a box (mostly from my beautician friends).

Do you have a lot of experience with box coloring? If so, I'm sure you'll be ok - but if not, maybe try an all-over color first. From what I know about boxed highlights, they're really easy to screw up - they'll turn out streaky or blotchy easily, because you're only putting color on small parts of your hair and it's hard to keep those parts separate from the rest of your hair. Also, (and I could be wrong on this), I think all highlights are permanent...? If so, they last until they grow out or are dyed back.

GL with whatever you decide - and bring us pictures!

Whippet8 · January 2011

I've done my hair with box highlights before.

well...I had a friend do it for me. it wasnt even, and she didnt comb it through correctly, and I seriously looked like a cheatah it was so splotchy. the color was also a little orangey because my hair usually pulls out warm tones from hair color (what I've learned a few times since then).

I had to have another friend dye my hair, then re-do box highlights, and I still didnt like it compared to a salon. with the money I spend to do it and fix it ($20 for the highlight kits, and $10 for the regular), it was almost worth it to just get it done at a salon.

maybe look up youtube videos, and practice without the dye first?

musgral8 · January 2011

Boxed hair color all over, yes. Boxed hair color for highlights - NO! Unless someone has lots of experience doing it, you'll end up with what Melko said, very splotchy color that doesn't go all the way to your roots. If you use a frosting cap you'll have like 1/8" of roots that don't get color. If you use those highlighting combs you get HUGE highlights usually. My mom went to beauty school and was a practicing cosmotologist for years and she won't do boxed highlights lol.

pandasquishy · January 2011

Hmmm... ok thanks for the good advice everyone! I don't want to do an all over color because I Iike my hair this color, I just wanted to add to it. I think I'll put this on the back burner for now until I find a salon around here I trust.

musgral8 · January 2011

pop over to the ATL board and ask for recs, I know they've given suggestions before. If you were in Athens I could give you a great rec but it's a little far to drive for highlights! I lurve my hair salon

pandasquishy · January 2011

musgral8:
pop over to the ATL board and ask for recs, I know they've given suggestions before. If you were in Athens I could give you a great rec but it's a little far to drive for highlights! I lurve my hair salon

That is a little far. We were at Moe's (mmm, queso) one day and this guy came up to us randomly and gave us business cards and said he's had his place for 25 years or something and that he's got a great colorist, but it kind of weirded me out, so I don't know if I want to go there.

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