Is at-home hair coloring as good as professional hair dye?
Articles abound online about how to color your hair at home, but we found the most credible evaluations of hair color kits at ConsumerReports.org and Good Housekeeping. Each of these sources tests several kits against their claims of gray coverage. ConsumerReports.org also evaluates ease of use and finds that all kits do a good job of coloring hair, but a few produce excellent results. Hair and beauty expert Paula Begoun provides comprehensive information in her book “Don’t Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me.” Begoun evaluates hair dyes by doing a comprehensive study of their ingredients and the way they work. She does not rate specific products, however. We found recommendations for hair color products in beauty magazines such as InStyle, Allure and Shape, where editors say they test hundreds of beauty products for their annual beauty awards. We cross-referenced those recommendations with user reviews. MakeupAlley.com is a particularly good site for hair-color reviews, and
