Hair Dying help + money saving?

Penny-Pincher!!

Leave it too the professionals at a decent hairdressers!! You wont be laughing when she makes you cough up for the fee though:rotfl:

Good Luck

PP
xx

Queenie

NixNoo wrote:

Not very nice laughing at her is it?!

Oh I don't know If we didn't laugh over our OS disasters, we'd end up pretty sad

:shhh: I think wayne's saving grace ... is that he posted on here on her behalf to find a solution (no pun intended!) to her dilema. So having a little titter along the way is merely harmless teasing really, rather than being malicious or nasty :silenced:

Hope something in the advice given in the above posts help with your wife's hair problem, wayne - let us know if it does and which method she was successful with.

PS: Sleep with one eye open, just in case

black-saturn

I'm dying my hair tonight back to goth black so hopefully I wont be on here tomorrow with a post like this.

Poppy9

MATH wrote:

Method One: Scrunge anti dandruff shampoo into dry hair, wrap in cling film and then a warm towel. If you have a hood hairdryer sit under it for 20 mins and then rinse off. Repeat if you need too. You must use the 'full-monty' anti-dandruff not the newer formulations with conditioners in or anything.

Method Two: Massage Spirit Soap (ask at your chemist) into the hair and leave to rest for a few minutes, rinse and repeat as needed. Spirit Soap can make your scalp a bit sore if you use it too much.

Method Three: Shave all the hair off and wear a wig:D

Why not go for a swim in the local pool. Chlorine works wonders at removing colour from your hair when you don't want it to.

Next time if highlights go wrong use a semi permanent colour to mask and this will gradually fade over 6 - 8 washes.

If she finds salon prices too steep for colouring find your local hairdressing college. The students are being trained in colour use and are ultra careful and well supervised. If the tutor thinks the colour won't work etc she won't let the students dye your hair even if you really want it though. I've had a colour correction at the college. They use peroxide to strip the colour out. Should lift in seconds but doesn't always.

Poppy9

black-saturn wrote:

I'm dying my hair tonight back to goth black so hopefully I wont be on here tomorrow with a post like this.

No no don't do it:D

pavlovs_dog

there was a thread recently here about dying hair. the quote is taken from post 10 - HTH!

Alltheloginsaretakenappar wrote:

Hello, I used to be a senior colour technician at Toni & Guy.

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Choosing which colour: For your first time, choose something a little too light and then go a shade darker each time until it is spot on. Because these colours work with your own tones and don't actually lighten the hair it isn't going to look too light. But, if you use something too dark you do have a problem (in an emergency use washing up liquid or head & shoulders to fade the colour, but follow with loads of conditioner).

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Some other tips: Apply vaseline around the hairline to avoid staining your skin. If it does stain, milk or cigarette ash are good for removing it. If you get it on your clothes, immediately spray it with hairspray to stop it setting before you can put it in the wash.

black-saturn

Poppy9 wrote:

No no don't do it:D

Too late, I'm sitting here with an old sheet wrapped round my head as we speak!!

I usually have a disaster with getting it all over my skin. I have very long hair so I usually get it all up my arms, round my neck, on my ears and everywhere. Luckily Superdrug have a new wipe out for 99p that gets rid of all that so I havn't got to go round with a blue neck for days like usual!!

wayne

wow thanks for the replys folks.dw washed it twice in fairy then twice with vosene put a load of conditioner on and left for 20 mins.her hair is a lot lighter now thanks to the people on here for all the advice.thought maths advice about balacalava was great but she wouldn,t go for it lol.just waiting now for the payback,whatever it is it will be well worth it.thanks again.

nicki_2

black-saturn wrote:

Superdrug have a new wipe out for 99p that gets rid of all that so I havn't got to go round with a blue neck for days like usual!!

Thanks for this - I dye my hair (did it on Tuesday night...must be something in the air ) and the only thing I've found that removed the excess dye from my skin was nailvarnish remover :eek: I'd much rather use some wipes, plus OH would probably be happier too since he can't breathe around me when I've dyed my hair and I need him to clean up my neck properly The nailvarnish remover just make the situation for him even worse

Queenie

Thanks for reporting back to us wayne It's always great to hear which tip/advice worked.

Hope the payback isn't too costly