i go into my local beauty store and buy all my stuff and i stay away from the boxes at the walmart and stuff they said that stuff has way to much developer and it can dry your hair out but for me thats bad cause once mine starts going dry its hard to maintain and bring it back to life.
but anyway i go into there and they ahve this shade thing and you match your natural hair to it and it will give you what range you are in
and for those that are hair salonists im sorry if i call it wrong but it like a range like im a 5 so i look for colors that have like a 5 in the and then the color number like 5ag or somehting like that, and they can guidline you cause like i wanted to go to like a color and it was like 2a and she was like oh you shouldnt you need to stay within 2 digits of your hair color now, and then go light and then when that settles and your hair is treated then go lighter cause i wanted to go platinum blonde but i wanted it to look nice i didnt want yellow or tacky looking hair and so i went in and she was like oh no i wouldnt advise it cause you will turn yellow so i went like a light blonde or more like a medium blonde and then im ready to go light er now so that way i can gradually lighten up instead of going crazy and yes those boxes lie in the stores
they dont tell you like it is they tell you oh yeah if you have black hair you can use this and your color will look like this and its not always true and i even have to use different level developers on different people
like my mom has red hair and she likes to cover it up her roots and you would think that since shes red i could use a 20 or 30 and she would be ok cause she is red but nope i actually have to use 40 level on her just so she can pick up the color
so everyones hair is different and so i would suggest going to an actual beauty store like sally beauty supply
we have them here but i dont know about where you are from but its about the same i mean the first trip i spent a little more but i bought the developers and the littel bottles and the gloves and the bowls and combs and dye but once you have your stock you just need the dye from then out
well i hope my rant helps
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