Advice needed on hair colouring (merged)

Claire3121

I have the problem that dyes cover my grey for a couple of weeks,then its almost like its washed outAnd before you ask,yes I do use permanent dye(Garnier,the one Davina advertises).

~*Plushroom*~

For bleaching - Jerome Russell
For "natural" colours - Polycolour Tint by Scwartzkopt (Permanant, cheap and very glossy colours - never paid more that £2 a box).
For "un-natural" colours - crazy colours or directions as they are conditioning colours and you can mix them together to create your own colours if careful.

Henna is a great dye, but remember that if you decide to change your colour and use a chemical dye you're going to have to wait for the henna to grow out completely or have it cut off because of the metallic salts reacting with the chemicals which can cause funny colours, bad condition or actually dissolve :eek: same goes for using Henna if you've got chemical dye in your hair already. It's tricky territory and you need to be able to commit with henna and not fancy a chemical dye as a change.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

~*Plushroom*~ wrote: »

Henna is a great dye, but remember that if you decide to change your colour and use a chemical dye you're going to have to wait for the henna to grow out completely or have it cut off because of the metallic salts reacting with the chemicals which can cause funny colours, bad condition or actually dissolve :eek: same goes for using Henna if you've got chemical dye in your hair already. It's tricky territory and you need to be able to commit with henna and not fancy a chemical dye as a change.

Don't I know it. Tried to bleach my hair quite a while after I'd had henna on. The color of my hair wasn't good. Also, due to the nature of henna and how it reacted with the bleach, my hair wouldn't accept any color. Resulted in having my hair cut really short.

I like Boots botanicals for natural colors. It's also semi permanent so will be less harsh on your hair.

~*Plushroom*~

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

Don't I know it. Tried to bleach my hair quite a while after I'd had henna on. The color of my hair wasn't good. Also, due to the nature of henna and how it reacted with the bleach, my hair wouldn't accept any color. Resulted in having my hair cut really short.

I like Boots botanicals for natural colors. It's also semi permanent so will be less harsh on your hair.

I feel for you there, had it happen to me when I was younger (Before I worked in a hairdressers at college for some extra cash), if only I had known! It's let mine grow out but being an impatient teen and wanted to put purple streaks in I bleached two large sections at the front - all fine until you looked at the last inch of hair, which had turned rubbery and weird and I had to snip off!

Oh the Boots range is very nice, and they quite often have offers on their dyes so can work out at a very good price.

PixiePie

Special FX is the *best* I have ever used in terms of conditioning my hair - been dying for so long I have no idea what my actual hair colour is anymore, and this left my over processed bleached hair (almost at cotton wool stage!) soft and lovely. Only downside is it's only semi perm, and it only comes in slightly manic shades (think there is a darkish red type colour) - and it's quite hard to get hold of in the UK.I get it from a website called beeunique (or something similar), but you can get it from ebay from the states as well I think. Manic Panic is good as well I find, not quite as good for conditioning, but still much better than anything I've tried from Boots or superdrug etc, and does come in far more 'normal' colours as well (eg dark browns, blacks etc).

Really really conditioning and beautifully shiny soft hair awaits

the_devil_made_me_do_it

PixiePie wrote: »

Special FX is the *best* I have ever used in terms of conditioning my hair - been dying for so long I have no idea what my actual hair colour is anymore, and this left my over processed bleached hair (almost at cotton wool stage!) soft and lovely. Only downside is it's only semi perm, and it only comes in slightly manic shades (think there is a darkish red type colour) - and it's quite hard to get hold of in the UK.I get it from a website called beeunique (or something similar), but you can get it from ebay from the states as well I think. Manic Panic is good as well I find, not quite as good for conditioning, but still much better than anything I've tried from Boots or superdrug etc, and does come in far more 'normal' colours as well (eg dark browns, blacks etc).

Really really conditioning and beautifully shiny soft hair awaits

Does it work on dark hair? Also, does it stain the scalp?

fuzzgun19

I'm thinking of doing DIY highlights, as I can't afford the hairdressers at the moment.

I've bought one of those highlighting caps, but am wondering which dye to get.

My hair is a 'dirty' blonde naturally, and just want some natural light blonde highlights through it.

can anyone recommend a dye... which is best - one you mix the developer with lightening powder or ready made colour creme tube/developer?

Bargain_Rzl

How is the Boots Botanicals one for covering grey? As it happens I have a couple of boxes on my bathroom shelf and have been meaning to use them within the next week.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

I guess with the Boots Botanicals, it's going to depend on how much grey you have to cover. I have patches of grey and it colors ok, only issue is the grey patches tend to wash out quicker. I guess this could happen with permanent dyes too.

Bargain_Rzl

I have quite a bit of grey along my parting but most of my hair is golden brown. If I get a salon dye job I get a semi-permanent and it covers really well.