Is paying 3-400$ (CAD, in Toronto, incl tax, tip, and a haircut with a stylist/colourists with 20+ years experience) what I should be doing, OR can I / should I / is it reasonable to just buy semi perm dark brown box dye from drugstore and just get a 100$ish cut and just dye myself?
My eyebrows are black, and THICK. I have come to love them over my 30+ years on this earth. However, my hair is ashy/mousey, light brown / v dark blonde ish.
I feel my natural colour washes me the F out, and I like it when my hair matches my brows - makes me look more “complete” / cohesive and my eyes look better, skin tone better, etc. so, I started dying my hair dark with box dye (always semi permanent) when I was about 18 or so. Continued doing that q6monthish for years until I got routinely enough money (like 12 years later) where I could afford to pay someone to do it for me. I’ve also had a few year or so stretches of highlights, going more blonde, etc, but I don’t like the maintenance even if I like the result and it just causes hair damage I am not keen on.
There is such a huge “oh you should never use drugstore dye” vibe in any hair salon or whatever I’ve been to. But, when I pay to get it done, I never think the results justify the 100s of dollars of cost. The 100s of dollars of cost is certainly justified when I was doing more complex things/interested in that, but when I’m not… I’m just “eh”.
So like, hairstylists/colourists, if what I want isn’t that complex, and I am just semi permanently doing box dye every 4-6ish months… and just getting a nice hair cut otherwise… is that actually horrible for my hair? Should I have been doing this the whole time? Am I getting punked paying for that? Idk.
Thank you for reading sorry it was so long and rambly.