Advice needed on hair colouring (merged)

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Well give it a go, you may find you get good coverage.

Tea3

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

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

Handy info on using on dark hair (I bleach bits of my hair and use special effects and other brands all over so its neon on bleached bits and more subtle on unbleached bits) - http://www.beeunique.co.uk/Hair-HowUnbleached.htm

It probably shouldn't stain the scalp if applied carefully but I am always in a rush and slap it on so I do get it on my scalp and bits on face etc but it comes off with a bit of washing (wear the gloves they sell or buy your own as it does stain hands - that I know 100% :rotfl:!!!)- there is a section on that site about getting the dye off your skin but I cant find it just now - will have a look

ADDED - heres the bit that says about getting the stuff off skin - http://www.beeunique.co.uk/Hair-Tips.htm

fuzzgun19

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

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?

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Tea3

I find the box dyes from supermarkets are handy for these things - nutrisse, nice & easy etc. You may be best looking at the shades available in your local shops as they often show a sample on the side of the box showing the results on various hair shades and you can see which shade you would prefer to go. Its not often I use 'normal' hair dyes now but when I did it was mostly nice and easy as they have a huge range (and loads of blonde shades) but I did sometimes use nutrisse which made my hair feel sooo soft and good after dyeing, but unfortunately fewer shades in that range at supermarket so was a bit limited.

Have you tried using lemon juice if you only want the hair a little lighter in places - more natural, cheaper and wont damage your hair like a permanent dye can.

~*Plushroom*~

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

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http://www.jeromerussell.biz/products/bblonde-highlighting-kit/

Simple, easy to use and give good results. I use their products for all my blonding/bleaching. They have a range of products so you may find something else you prefer. As your hair is already dirty blonde you'll only need the 30% vol cream peroxide to go with the sachets of powder bleach (May require more than one sachet and bottle depending on your hair length).

You can get a box of 4 sachets of powder bleach for under £5 and bottles of 30% are around £1.50-£2 so again depending on hair length you can probably highlight your hair for under £10.

You say you've got the cap, but did you buy the hooks to go with it? If not the highlight kit has them in.

WolfSong2000

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

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

If you still want it done at a hairdresser, but can't afford the cost, look for a local beauty college. I'm a Uni student, and there's a college near my uni that runs a number of courses, e.g. hairdressing, beauty therapy and I can get hair, etc done at really cheap prices. For instance just had a half head of highlights done...ended up being quite tricky because of what I was after, but I am absolutely thrilled with the results and cost me less than £10! truly MSE :j. Yes, they are students, but there's always a teacher to keep an eye on them.

Only thing I will say is that it's not a quick process, so you have to be prepared to hang around for a while...when I get my hair coloured there, I'm usually at the college for around 3 hours. Aside from that I can't fault it

vegankris

I liked Daniel Field Watercolours when i used to dye my hair. (You can buy them in large branches of Sainsbury's)

Burlesque_Babe

I have quite long (past shoulder length), curly hair which is dyed red - very red (wella Quasi Autumn Red I think)

I desparately need it cutting and colouring for a really important interview on Wednesday. I work at an adult learning centre so can get it done there but I'm not sure if there are any classes on Tuesday afternoon (the only time I have free). My other hair salon I use is fully booked and I don't have £60-£70 spare for other local salons for a full colour.

So, I'm happy to dye it myself and was going to get a permanent colour, I thought a dark auburn red.

something like this by Belle colour - it will be darker than my current shade



Is there anything I need to be aware of when colouring very red hair myself? Could there be any odd colour reactions? My hair is naturally a kind of mid brown colour (I think they say a 5? or a 6? when I go and they look at the roots)

This interview is for areally senior post and I can't go with bright orange hair :eek::rotfl:


Not quite sure how I'm going to sort the cut :rolleyes:

Carmen_Queasy

Unless you've used henna in the past it should be fine I'd imagine- I've went from bright red to auburn before without any problems. As for the cut, you could maybe put your hair up in a bun or chignon style so your ends are hidden if they're a bit split?

Burlesque_Babe

cheers for that

It's the weight of the layers really that I need to have sorted, I don't really suit my hair up - I look like a right old battle axe (I'm not very slim!) but at the moment it is not very professional looking. I might have a go at cutting some layers into the front - at least if it goes a bit wrong I can kind of hide it as it is a shaggy style anyway! When it gets to this stage, I just end up back combing it to try to keep the oomph in it - I'm a big fan of big hair