

If you’re going for a platinum bleach job or a candy colored neon hue, that’s a whole other process (more on that later). The first step in any successful dye job is understanding what color you want to dye your hair. If you want to dye your hair, we fully support you. In fact, plenty more guys dye their hair than you would probably assume-and we’re not just talking about the obvious ones like Zayn Malik or Bad Bunny. Let’s start here: it is not weird for guys to dye their hair. Here’s everything you men need to know about dying their own hair at home, straight from the mouths of the professionals. It is possible to get a great dye job in the comfort of your own bathroom. But if you’re going to take matters into your own hands and do it at home, you need to know what you’re getting into. There are plenty of reasons to dye your hair: you have a few more gray hairs than you’d like, your hair is looking dull, you want to rebel against the man, you’re just damn bored, the list goes on. When done right, it can look amazing, but it can also go very, very wrong.


At-home hair dying is a process-pun intended. I tell you this not to discourage you from dying your hair but as a warning. I’ll spare you the gory details but let’s just say my only solution was a very short buzz cut. That enthusiasm for hair color continued through college until, against the recommendation of a colorist friend, I got a little too crazy. Even though my school prevented “unnatural” hair colors in the dress code, I still found myself hunkered down in my bathroom pushing the boundaries of that rule every couple of months. When I was in high school, I didn’t see my natural hair color for about three years.
