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Getting home colouring right

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© Jean-Marc Maniatis for le Club des Créateurs de Beauté
If you’ve been toying with the idea of changing your hair colour for a while, then now’s the time to do it! Blonde, brunette, red, we help you to make the right choice for your colouring. If you’re not sure, dip your toe in the water with semi-permanent colour first, but if you’ve found your ideal colour, then dive straight in with permanent colour.

And if you’re still not convinced, then you’ll find answers to all your questions here… So what’s it going to be?

By: CG, translated and adapted by: KM

Sarah Horrocks
13/07/2006

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Article Plan Getting home colouring right ▼

A Professional Look

- Determining Your Base Colour
- Choosing by Your Colouring
- Caring for Your Colour
   Hairtherapy Color Save Conditioning Spray, Schwarzkopf
   Nutri Color Creme, Revlon Professional
   Luminous Color Glaze, John Frieda
   Color Resist, Garnier Fructis

Semi-Permanent Colour

- Working with Your Hair Colour
Movida, Garnier
Color Pulse, L’Oréal Paris

Permanent Colour

- Permanent Colouring
   Recital Preference, L’Oréal Paris
   100% Color, Garnier
   Colour Experte, L’Oréal Paris

I still have a few questions...

- I still have a few questions...
   I'm a brunette and I want to go blonde. What can I do?
   Could colouring make my hair fall out?
   I'm blonde and I want to go darker. What is there for me?
   I want highlights. Are they easy?
   Does colouring harm the hair?
   Can colour fade over time?

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