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I feel the urge - with the gorgeous weather and my weight loss programme - to try out one of those shop bought hair dye kits. I've never done this before (always had the hairdresser do it but trying to save pennies), does anyone have any recommendations on brands? My blonde days have gone so I'm looking brunette-ish or red (and need to cover some child/husband induced grey hairs :'().


Also - can you dye your hair while still bfing? Something in the back of my tiny brain is telling me it's a no-no.


Thanks for your help :)

Before I was pregnant I was using Couleur Experte by Loreal. You can buy most of the colours in Sainsburys. Its not a 10 minute job, but I liked the fact you get a base colour and some toning highlights (that you stick in after with a mascara type wand). This stops so much of the 'roots' look. And its not as complicated as it sounds!


As for the bf - not sure on that. Now I'm pregnant I'm sticking to professionally done highlights (not all over colour and don't in theory touch your scalp so no chance of getting into the system), but for bf I heard somewhere that milk doesn't store things once they have passed through the mother's system which (in the case of a glass of vino!) is 2 hours. So if you did it at night when the little one is in bed for a few hours, all should be well???

I've pretty much always done my hair with the shop bought ones and tried most brands, quite like the casting ones, tend to try and avoid the ammonia ones where I can. I haven't tried those highlight ones also where you put different colours in, not convinced that Eva Longoria has ever self streaked her own hair!!!! The secret to success is not to really stray too far from your original colour and I have always tended to go darker than lighter. It can often look a bit harsh straightway, but after another wash softens nicely.

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Its fine to dye your hair while breastfeeding! I tend to go for the low ammonia ones as I find the smell of the chemicals so sickening. Is your baby over 3 months? They say you shouldn't colour your hair within 3 months of giving birth as the colour does not take properly, I can vouch for this my hair went pink - should of been a shade of dark brown! No, no. no. I stopped dying my hair after that, and the fact its a long a vicious circle...

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