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Summary: Don't be fooled! Learn the common misconceptions associated with boxed hair dye in this free hair coloring video clip from a professional hair stylist.
Sandy Powell has been styling hair for more than 20 years. She has experience in coloring, cutting, styling, highlighting and lowlighting all styles of hair. Powell currently owns and...read more
"Once you've decided to color, to apply color or to lighten your hair, you have to remember to really pay close attention. This is your biggest step. The color never is as light or as dark as it promises to be. When reading the, tells you, when reading the instructions it tells you your current color and tells you how light it's going to be. Just because the box shows a beautiful blond on the front, doesn't mean that's how your hair is going to turn out. You have to pay close attention. Please read the directions, know how long it processes. Again, here's a, here's a perfect example of, this is what color your hair starts out to be, this is how light or dark it's going to process. Just because you bought a blond doesn't mean your hair is going to turn the blond that's on the box. You have to pay close attention to your directions. Here's another example. If you, if your hair is and what it's going to turn out to be. Please remember, your hair is only going to lighten three or four stages of color, which is this brown to this blond, and it's only going to darken three or four levels of color, which is the opposite, is this blond to this dark. Now that you know what to look for, pay attention to the box, pay attention to what color you want to be, and make sure you purchase the right color. "
eHow Article: Misconceptions about Boxed Hair Color