changing up your hair is a quick and easy way to mix up your everyday look. the problem is, coloring your hair at home can be intimidating. (i know it freaks ME out, ever since my mom turned my hair ORANGE the day before my senior prom. haha) but it’s time to give it a shot!

we teamed up with vidal sassoon pro series who recently launched a bold collection of at-home hair colors, blue, purple and red. i’ve been really into purple hair lately (kelly osbourne!) so we went with that one…

jeanette was brave enough to let us experiment on her hair, she had been wanting to make a change and was game to let me try my hand at it. it’s a 4-6 week commitment, so that’s not too bad. we read the instructions very carefully, but really, it was only four steps. pretty simple.

mixing everything together was straight forward and simple, and then it was just a matter of working the color evenly all over her head. we let the mixture stay on for about 6 minutes which is less than recommended but she had previously colored hair and the purple seemed to be soaking in quickly. so then we rinsed…

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i think the bold color looks so pretty on her! especially with her green eyes. it got the girls in the office talking about dying their hair too. what about you, do you dye your hair at home? or does it make you too nervous?

you can see the whole vidal sassoon pro series color collection here. and, if you do decide to try it for yourself be sure to enter the vidal sassoon facebook contest for a chance to win a trip to london with a $4,000 shopping spree! upload a photo of your boldest hair move to facebook with #ColorMeBold. you can read more about the contest, here.

photos by: brittany wood