So my sister-in-law asked me to dye her hair. I am not a stylist and have only ever dyed my own hair and not that well. I told her this, but she still wanted me to try. She is biracial so has normally dark brown, very curly hair.
She bought burgundy hair dye. She had a lot of white/gray hair mixed in especially at her roots. The gray/white is now Easter egg purple and she can not have unnatural hair for her job. What can we do about the purple hair? The darker hair dyed nicely. Please help! She goes back to work in 2 days!
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Try using a brown/burgundy dye even if it's semi permanent.
You should always do a strand test to avoid unpleasant surprises. You can try the semipermanent dye in the color of your choice, but be sure to do a strand test first.
nancym155,
I'm sure not a beautician but I use to color my moms hair sometimes for her, as I enjoy that kind of thing, and what I'd learned (because she had a lot of gray hair) was, that gray hair is basically, a loss of pigment in the hair strands.
So when applying hair color, the (colors used in the hair color itself) can deposit themselves onto "our hair" and render unwanted colors when there is nothing for the boxed hair coloring to grab onto.
What a woman at Sally's Beauty told me was that a protein filler was needed (Sally's carries that, it's just a topical clear solution) as that will help give the "un-pigmented hair" the ability to grab onto the hair color that you're applying.
Hope that helps. Also, you can call your local Sally's Beauty Supply store as they're always very helpful with any hair questions you might have.
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