Dye your hair without leaving home

I’ll cut to the chase. How do I dye my gray roots myself?

Since I’m in quarantine, I can’t go to the salon and every time I pass a mirror — like washing my hands in the bathroom — the gray stripe down my hair part and at my hairline seems to be more noticeable. Even though nobody but my husband and kids are looking at me, I’m looking at me and I don’t like what I see. But since I’ve never colored my own hair before, any tips would be welcome. Please, please help.

Dyeing your own hair is much harder than the ads would lead you to believe. If it seems overwhelming, you can spray or powder grays at the hairline and hair part for a quick but very temporary fix.

My go-to for these temporary touch-ups is a powder that stays put and resembles eye shadow, Style Edit root touch-up (amazon.com, $33.99). Color Wow has a cover-up powder that’s popular with stylists between appointments (amazon.com, $34.50). Amazon and some drugstores have cover-ups that spray on, but they’re harder to control than the powder.

One more thing: To get rid of eyebrow grays, add a very small amount of dye on them, but use great care to not get it on your skin

I had my mom’s wedding dress cut to tea length to wear. Had the same seamstress make a christening gown, bonnet and booties that 17 grandchildren have worn from the leftover satin fabric. Easy to hand wash and delighted my mom!

When are fake eyelashes (big ones) gonna be gone!?! They are so fake!! Just like blunt haircut and beards!! When are they going away!?!