

Ms De Main is a curly hair specialist and says curly hair needs to be approached a little differently from straight, especially if you're going for highlights or a pop of bright colour. When dyeing your own hair, it can be hard to make sure you get the colour where you want it, and if your hair is curly it's even trickier.
#Shemale flic skin#
Most people know bleach is a strong chemical you don't want on your skin for long. Men dyeing their beards can quickly develop reactions to the dye because it's on the more delicate skin of the face.

Ms De Main says she keeps antihistamines in her salon to give to clients if they start to react. This is risky because that means the chemicals are on your skin for longer, increasing the risk of reaction. It's tempting to leave dye on your head for longer than the box says to try to achieve a more vibrant result. (I've always got my bond back with this cleaning trick.) DON'T: leave dye on for longer than recommended Smearing toothpaste (the white stuff, not the gel stuff) on stains from hair dye helps remove them. Once you've got the dye on your hair, clean up any smudges on your face, ears and neck and clean up any dropped dye from benches. Wear gloves! It can help protect your skin from unnecessary risk - which we'll get into later. Smear a thick cream around your face, ears and neck (I use horrible, cheap moisturiser - petroleum jelly is a good option). Put down an old towel or newspaper to catch drips, and only wear clothes you don't care about. "I used to go blue-black and my mum's ceramic basin was just ruined," she says. Ms De Main says she used to dye her hair at home as teenager, to the detriment of her mother's bathroom. If you start to get itching in your throat or trouble breathing, seek medical help. If you develop a rash or hives, don't use the dye. "Then you'd wait for 48 hours because often these reactions are delayed," she says. She says you can test by putting a small bit of dye on your skin and only leaving it for the time the instructions say to leave it on your scalp. The more you're exposed to hair dye chemicals, the more you risk developing a reaction. "It's a known problem that hair dyeing chemicals are good at causing allergies," Dr Nixon says.
#Shemale flic Patch#
This is to see what colour it actually turns your hair and to see if you have a reaction.ĭermatologist Rosemary Nixon says it's really important to be careful with patch testing as there's a risk you can make yourself allergic. Most DIY instructions say to test the hair dye on a few strands of hair and a small patch of your skin.

Should you do a strand and patch test when dyeing hair? It's important to prep your bathroom and yourself beforehand. Some of the foamy dyes I've tried can get pretty runny. ( ABC Everyday: Carol Rääbus)ĭoing your own hair is messy. Brock Gardner has been hairdressing for more than two decades.
