Colouring you hair can be for many reasons, maybe you want a feel-good boost, cover some grey or perhaps it makes you feel younger and trendier. Whatever your reason, do it for you and get some professional advice on what colours would suit you if you haven’t coloured your hair before.

Important rules to remember are primarily to do a skin test, leaving it for about 24 hours to see if there is any reaction to the chemicals. Apply cream around the hair line, this will stop the dye staining. Do not apply the dye all the way to the tips as they will collect the dye when folded up in the foil. Always apply conditioner after dyeing the hair to seal in the colour.

Looking after your hair after you have dyed it is very important. Use a shampoo for colour treated hair. A good one should be gentle on the hair and not strip the colour out. Likewise, a conditioner will seal and protect the hair and lock in the colour.

If you are not sure about what colour would suit you or are unnerved at the prospect of using a home dye kit, good salons will always offer a free consultation and will assure that you have had a skin test prior to a colouring service. The advantage of going to a salon is that they can advise on colours to suit you, and can create a more natural look with different colours.

Take 2 uses full spectrum Aveda colours which saturate the hair with sunflower, castor and joboba oil. It is 97% natural, giving permanent hair colour results are essentially damage free. Using a new colour on your hair will give you a boost, but remember the new colour may have changed your skin tone and therefore you may need to change your make-up such as a lipstick to help you give a nice all over tone.

At Take 2 we find our clients really love there complete new look and we advise them to take away only the products they feel comfortable with and keep record of all the shades used thus enable our clients to feel in control of their budget.