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I colored and conditioned my relaxed hair and all the color came out. What did I do wrong? I used a semi permanent hair color by Clairol and Tresemme conditioner.
Semi-permanent color may not be enough for your hair. You may need a permanent color. Permanent colors open the hair cuticle and the color deposits better.
So recently, about a month ago, I got my hair dip dyed blue. I had to use bleach as my hair is naturally a very dark brown. It has now unfortunately turned a weird ash greeny-grey colour and I really want to put a purple on the end of my hair now. I am wondering what product I should use. Would a colour remover work or would I have to go full on bleach to get it back to a light enough colour to put more colour on?
You really should stop monkeying with your hair and let your natural color grow out. Hair dyes and bleaches damage your hair, especially if used too close together time-wise. Get to like your natural color - that's what nature gave you.
When my son was dying his hair wild colours, we found good hair dye at places at like skateboard shops because the usual hair salons did not have those sorts of colours. If you live in a city, you may have salons that cater to wild colours. I understand what you are saying about the faded blue, as that happened to my son's hair as well after some time. Since the blue has faded, and some time has passed, it may be alright to re-dye your hair with another colour.
If the ends have faded a lot and you are changing to a deep vivid purple you should be fine. If you are doing a lavender, try a hot oil treatment on the colored part followed by a thorough shampoo to remove even more of the old color before proceeding. You can always try a little of the new color on a little bit of hair that you can easily see before you color it all, to preview the color results.
My question is about changing black hair to a variegated color of red, dark brown, and very light brown. I read several postings about lightening hair color. But I am not sure the answers fit my question. Do I need to first bleach the hair and then apply different hair colors? What are the easiest ways to achieve the result?
By ZiZi from Boston, MA
Frosting, tipping, painting, streaking and highlighting the hair are all basically the same process but in slightly different variations. All the techniques involve bleaching the hair, but each approach gives somewhat different results. Frosting gives and overall salt and pepper look. It involves bleaching some individual hair strands while leaving adjacent strands untouched. The overall result is a blending of the dyed and natural hair. Tipping involves applying the bleach to just the ends of some or all of the hair. Streaking gives more pronounced strips or bands of color, this is often used to "frame" the face.
Sometimes it is used in a conscious, striking display looking like tiger stripes. Highlighting is similar but using fewer strands of hair in a band as with streaking. Highlighting results in more subtle variegated hair colors , not entirely blended, but neither is the result striking bands of hair color as with streaking. Finally the technique of hair painting involves applying the bleach with a brush in a pattern. This can be used to create all sorts of effects such as horizontal bands of color or even making words.
With frosting, highlighting and tipping, two basic methods may be used. One approach is to put a plastic cap on the head, selected hairs are pulled through holes in the cap and then bleached while the hair under the cap is protected from the bleach.
The second method takes longer but is still quite popular. This approach involves selecting a few strands of hair and placing them on a square of aluminum foil. Bleach is applied from about two centimeters away from the scalp down to the tip of the hair fibers (or just at the tips in tipping). The foil is then wrapped and folded around the hair until the bleach process is completed. Streaking is done in much the same way but more strands of hair are selected and bleached together. This second method can also avoid exposing damaged scalp skin to irritating chemicals, but the cap approach makes it easier as there is something physical in the way to protect the skin which is not the case with the foil approach.
The advantages of all these techniques are that not all the hair is involved and the procedures do not have to be repeated so frequently as with all over bleaching and dying. Good luck.
As a retired hairstylist after 35 years (and color was my specialty) I can honestly tell you that this many shades is not something to mess with yourself and it also depends on whether the black is your natural color or an applied color! Also, bleaching of black hair, whether natural or applied, is one of the most difficult to lighten without ending up looking a mess :-( My suggestion is seeking out a local top notch color specialist but keep in mind that it will be expensive and the upkeep will also be expensive.
As you may know, be careful Black hair doesn't bleach well and can turn many colors you won't want.
I would go to a salon and let a professional color your hair.
How many minutes should I keep hair color in for short hair?
What should I do if I use a box of permanent Dark and Lovely hair dye and it didn't dye my hair correctly?
I am naturally a red head and I have been thinking about dyeing my hair. I keep seeing this new trend called opal hair and I'm in love. But my mother says that if I dye my hair it will never grow back to my natural red hair again. She says it happened to my cousin, but I don't know if I should believe her or not. If I dye my hair will it grow back my natural color?
I am looking to color my hair dirty blonde, but I am relatively inexperienced. So if someone could tell me what hair color I should use, what technique, and how I should care for my hair after it, it would be great.
Thanks.Back in November I used a semipermanent hair dye to color the ends of my hair dark turquoise. It is now March and my hair has faded to a kind of greenish color.
If I purchase more of the semipermanent dye in dark turquoise will that be all I need to get my ends back to the vibrant color that it was before it faded?I tried to go from a dark brunette to blonde using Clairol "born blonde" and the result was blond roots and the remainder is fairly dark orang(ish). I need to fix this asap! Do I need to go to a professional or just reapply the stuff? If I just reapply how long do I wait?
I started coloring my hair at home and noticed that the box came with gloves that were kind of loose. My question is: What other kind of glove could I use and reuse? Something that would be safe and not rip up my hair? I was thinking of those rubber ones from Playtex? Or would they be too hard on the hair and rip it? Any ideas greatly appreciated.
I think any kind of latex glove would be fine, but I just use the ones that come. They are a bit lose, but I don't find that that is a problem. I think you can get boxes of gloves in a drug store if you need exceptionally small ones.
Louise:
thank you for this suggestion. Just bought a box of disposable latex gloves, 100 ... should last a long time!
Ann
I colour my hair at home and it comes out OK. I am colouring to hide grey. I am still on semi permanent. I will evaluate continuing when it stops working for me. I am only doing the roots and I don't get that long before root re-growth. I am using Lorel Casting semi perm. I kept the bottle of mixed product in my cupboard with the intention of doing a little touch up in about 3-4 weeks. Has anyone here tried this or is it dangerous? I don't want to end up with green hair, although that is unlikely as my hair is black, or worse a nasty scalp injury.
Thanks for reading!
X Jen
Check the box. My brand states that you cannot save the mixture. It may be just a trick to make you buy more, or it may be unsafe to save. Sharon
My brand also states that you can not save the mixed up dye. I think that it continues to have a chemical reaction in the bottle, as you can see that it will have changed colour in the bottle if you look. I certainly wouldn't use it. Next time, do not mix it all up. As long as the products are not combined, you can mix up some, reseal the bottles, and then use it later. I save the applicator bottles so I would pour half of the one mixture into one of the old bottles, then add half from the tube, mix and use. I think if you read your instructions, you will see that you can do this.
I have naturally dirty blond hair. I dyed the tips bright red with Kool Aid. I want to dye my hair dark brown with a kit I bought from a local drugstore. I've done some research, so the kit I bought is top rated. Will my tips look weird if I dye them brown?
By E. J.
They might. Why not give it a week or two, and by then the colour from the koolaid should fade out, I would think. Another thing you might do is find the help line/Q & A section on the product you have. Email or phone the company, and they should be able to advise you.
I don't think it would be major. I would give the Kool-Aid a little time to fade or cut the Kool-Aid out. If you would want to color your hair now or in the next couple days I think the red would just be a shade or two darker. But eventually if you keep coloring it, it will even out.
I'm a dirty blonde that decided to dye my hair pink for Halloween. Now my dark roots are coming out and I want to dye my hair black. I'm afraid that it won't work out naturally. Will I have to bleach it to get it back to its natural blonde in the summer time or will it naturally come out?
By wild flower
If you dye your hair with a permanent colour, it will fade a bit over time, but it will not totally disappear. Hair grows about 1 inch per month. If you dye your hair black now, it will certainly not all be back to your natural colour by the summer. If you want lighter hair for the summer, you will have to either cut off the dark hair, or bleach it. If the pink has faded, you might try dying it a medium blond over top of that, or maybe a blond close to your natural colour, and then just let that grow out.
Since black is as dark as you can get, it will cover up blonde and pink. Naturally, in about 6 weeks your blonde-dirty blonde roots will grow back slowly but you can use a root touch-up product which would be cheaper than re coloring all of your hair.
I have dark brown hair which is short. I get gray around my sides and the front of my hair. I am looking for a dye product, a powder or whatever to cover those gray areas. I want one that doesn't get on your clothes or pillow. Thank you.
By sarah
It has been 2 weeks and my roots are starting to show. Is it safe to reuse the remaining hair dye?
By JLH
if you did not mix the whole box of dye and kept the dye and conditioner separate you should be ok. I do it all the time as my hair does not require a full dye mix, it wastes it.
If you did mix it up, it is not useable.
When I color my hair I end up with a red tint to it, why? I use only browns.
By Terry
I just redyed my hair and touched up my roots. The formula from Sally's says leave on roots for 25-35 minutes. I left it on 20 and applied it to the rest of my hair to freshen it andn left it for another 10.
The hair on my roots didn't take to the dye as well as the rest of my hair. Should I have left it on longer than the required time, and when can I redye the roots to match?May I dye my hair and then my ends in two different colours? I wanna dye my full hair blond and then my ends pastel pink.
Is it still possible to do that on one day or is it too dangerous for my hair?I want to dye my hair a burgundy color. My hair is already a dark brown/black-ish color. I'm just worried that it won't go back to normal. So my question is, will it?
Hair dye changes your natural hair chemically and permanently. You may be able to dye your hair a new color, but it will never return to the original natural color. The only way to return to your original hair color is to grow it out and cut off the dye areas.
I have natural dirty blonde hair. I do not want to permanently dye my hair, but I want to semi dye it. I did research and it said that it should come out with a couple of washes.
I want to dye it a light brown and still have my blonde hair come back the same after a couple of washes. Will my hair come back the same if I use semi permanent dye?Your hair should return to very near it's original color. It will not be exactly the same because certain components of the semi permanent coloring will remain in the hair. Also, most semi permanent hair colors gradually fade over a four to six week period, not two.
This is going to seem very petty, but here goes. My roots could really use a touch up, but I have poison ivy going on 2 weeks now. Since it is an immune system response, would it be safe to color my hair or might I enter the ninth circle of hell? The package instructions always advise doing a patch test before every application, so maybe this is the time to follow the directions. Anybody have experience with this particular issue?
By Marne
I would not mess with your poison oak/ivy at all! (Yup-much experience here!) You can try the newish root coloring products to help you hair til your PO/I runs its course.
I tried dyeing my hair red, like ginger, but it only dyed the roots and the rest is still brown. I went out and bought two more boxes. I need two because my hair is long and thick, and tried it again, but it stayed the exact same. Is it a good idea to go buy blonde dye to get rid of this nasty split colour?
By Brianna B.
I think, at this point, you need to consult a hair stylist to see what can be done about your hair. Repeated colouring your hair could damage it. Perhaps you need to trim your hair to get an even colour.
