Advice needed on hair colouring (merged)

the_devil_made_me_do_it

I'm pretty sure there is a hair dye suitable for down below. I remeber watching a TV programme where women were having shapes shaven in and dyed bright colors :rotfl:

sunflowersuffolk

Just another suggestion - I started worrying about the chemicals I was putting on my head every 4/5 weeks, and I now use Naturtint, which I think you can only buy on line. Its a bit more expensive than Nice nEasy but I think its got less possbly harmful chemicals - see http://www.naturesdream.co.uk/naturtint.

The good thing is, you can mix several colours if you want, and you can just mix 3 or 4 spoonfuls (use plastic spoon) to just do your new roots, instaed of using the whole bottle. It covers my grey well, and no amoninia smell, my hair is really shiny and soft.

gghh

When I was at college I used to dye my hair with home dyes but as I've got really really dark brown (almost black) hair it never used to take very well and you could hardly notice I'd done anything!!
I really like sort of reddish brown hair and am wondering, if I were to get it done at a salon, would it show up more than a home dye?
And what do I ask for?? Sorry if I sound a bit thick but I've never been very daring at the hairdressers "just a trim please"!!!

Nile

Hello gghh

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dmg24

If you have it done at a salon you are likely to get a better result, because they will know what colour to use (remember the colour on the packet does not necessarily reflect the result!), and they can also lighten it a little if need be.

Having said that, my hair is currently dyed a very dark brown, and I have just applied a Movida 'Plum' dye that has given a lovely red/ purple sheen to my hair. It might be worth trying a temp colour to see what result you can get at home (but you should be aware that reds can last a lot longer than the supposed 28 washes!).

VampyreScene

see my thread on hair colouring

gghh

oooh yes PLUM that's exactly the kind of colour I'm going for. Thanks

VampyreScene

ask the one in my thread, see if they do plum lol.
did a grand job of mine

jenniewb

My best tip: get it done in a salon as a model- cheaper and better coverage- do not go to sanris they do not use perminant hair colour and it does rinse out very fast!

Once you have it done, do the roots at home- go back to the salon every now and then to get any tide marks (where you can see the growth and new dyed lines) settled out.

If you can, hook up with a mate- you do her hair, she does your hair- way better coverage- way easier to get a less messy result! (Being that most bathrooms are some shade of pale!)

the_devil_made_me_do_it

jenniewb wrote: »

My best tip: get it done in a salon as a model- cheaper and better coverage- do not go to sanris they do not use perminant hair colour and it does rinse out very fast!

Once you have it done, do the roots at home- go back to the salon every now and then to get any tide marks (where you can see the growth and new dyed lines) settled out.

If you can, hook up with a mate- you do her hair, she does your hair- way better coverage- way easier to get a less messy result! (Being that most bathrooms are some shade of pale!)

How do you find out what hairdressers are looking for models? & do they color or style hair as you want it or how they want to do your hair?