How to Dye Ginger Hair by Yourself

Red hair is not only beautiful, it's also rare. Hair can come in very different shades of red: dark auburn, copper, strawberry blonde, orange/red and ginger. Special precautions need to be taken when dying red hair because dying it the wrong shade could end up with the hair looking brassy and orange. Start by going to a beauty supply store and consulting with a professional to help pick out the correct shade of the color you're trying to get. Also, read the back the hair dye box well--the color shown on the model on the front of the box will more than likely not be your resulted color. Once you've got your color in the correct shade you can begin dying your hair.

Things You'll Need: Old clothes,  Plastic gloves, Hair color, Color developer, Color applicator, Scissors, Hair clip, Color conditioner.

Instructions:

1. • 1
     Put on old clothes and a pair of gloves to protect the skin and hands from the chemicals and the dye.
   • 2
     Pour the hair color and the developer into the applicator bottle.
   • 3
     Snip to the top of the bottle off to open the applicator. Put your finger over the cut hole in the top of the bottle and shake the bottle well to mix the color and developer together.
   • 4
     Apply the hair color into sections starting at the top of the head working down. Completely saturate the hair with the color.
   • 5
     Clip the hair on top of the head when finished dying the hair. Allow the hair color to set in by leaving it in for the specified time stated in the instructions. Different brands of hair dye will have different times to keep the hair color in; make sure you read the instructions thoroughly, don't just guess.
   • 6
     Rinse the hair color out with water. Once the water runs clear, apply the color conditioner. Leave the conditioner in for 35 minutes, then rinse out.
   • 7
     Style hair as usual.