Selecting the right hair color for you is the first step in achieving the hair color results (and avoiding hair coloring nightmares that find you looking for a good color correction specialist). Following some general guidelines can help you find a hair color shade to complement your skin tone, eyes and natural coloring so you don’t wind up with a look that makes you want to tear all of your hair right out of your head.

Before you set out to color your hair, it helps to understand the different types of hair color. Each one works differently, so you want to be certain you choose the one that is best for the look you want.

Types of Hair Color
Semi-permanent colors are also known as glazing, color staining or washes.

These are a good choice if you’ve never colored your hair before or if you want to try a new color that you aren’t sure you want to commit to. Semi-permanent color works by coating the hair with a non-peroxide hair color that will wash out gradually over four to six weeks. An advantage of the gradual washout is that you don’t have to worry about touching up your roots. By the time your regrowth is visible, your color is mostly back to normal.

However, semi-permanent colors cannot lighten your hair; they can only darken it. They can also be used to cover your gray temporarily, to add shine to your hair and to help control frizz. They are the gentlest type of hair color, and you should use semi-permanent colors as long as they give you the result you desire.

Since it breaks down the cuticle of the hair and deposits pigment directly into the hair shaft, permanent hair color does not wash out. You can use a permanent color to either lighten or darken your hair. These types of hair colors lighten by bleaching the hair and then adding color all in one step.

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