No need to sweat. We talked to Annie Joerger, curriculum specialist for Nurtur Aveda Institutes, to find out what you need to know about hair dye on your skin and how you can remove it easily at home.

If you apply the dye throughout your hair without actually knowing how it’s going to process or oxidize, your at-home color experiment could end quickly in disappointment, Connor notes.

For my natural hair, I like Adore’s semi-permanent colors; my favorite is Pink Blush 142. But it’s very noticeable when my roots grow in.