Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering At-Home Hair Color

From Good Housekeeping

A whopping 82% of Good Housekeeping readers who color their hair do it themselves at home. Which makes sense: DIY dyeing can save you both money and time you'd otherwise spend at the salon. But where to begin? How to get the best results that rival a pro's? And how to care for your color after so it doesn't fade? To the rescue: Our Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty Lab scientists and hair color experts, who reveal everything you need to know about coloring your hair at home:

• First, find the perfect shade for you in our hair color inspiration guides, from blonde to brown to red and gray, balayage, and beyond.

• Once you've chosen your perfect hair hue, shop for GH Beauty Lab top-tested and expert and shopper-approved at-home hair dye products and kits tailored to your needs.

• Next, get coloring: Our hair color experts walk you through best practices for DIY dyeing, whether you're applying all one color, highlights, or bleaching your hair.

• Congratulations, you did it! Time to show off that stunning new shade and keep it true with the GH Beauty Lab's top-tested color-preserving shampoos, root touch-up products, and more.

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