Hair Dying help + money saving?

Uniscots97

elle45 wrote: »

No no no please don't even go there!!! I am a stylist and with the experience of colouring I would never in a milion years would colour someones hair from black to blonde!!:eek: Black has an extreme amount of pigment to it and going blonde you are going to have residue left behind!! It will end up being quite orange and very dry indeed!! Sorry to give you professional bad news but that is the way it is!!

How would you suggest we go about it then? I remember seeing colleagues do it (a number of years ago and a previous job). Would I have to strip the dye first? If so, what would you recommend?

Savvy_Sue

unixgirluk wrote: »

Thanks Sue. She's 14 (but looks a lot older). Her Dad says she can have it done and I made a very good job of dyring her hair black with bright purple highlights but it does make me nervous the thought of putting anything over black dye!

Let her Dad do it then - then it's HIS fault, not yours! :rotfl:

I know I've only got boys, and I know that mercifully we're not into hair dying (but we do have waist length hair on one of them! :eek:) but both boy teenagers and girl teenagers have to learn that just because we WANT something doesn't mean it's a good idea, and if it's not a good idea, our parents are not going to cooperate with it.

You have several mutually incompatible statements from her: she wants blond hair, she wants it before Christmas, she won't talk to a hairdresser - even to get advice. One of those has got to give ...

I know nothing about dying hair, but from what I've read here, this is not a no-risk operation. And whose fault will it be if it all goes pear-shaped? Or orange-coloured?

Seriously, try the wig. She may not like blond hair once she's had it a week! At least go and try a wig on in Debenhams or somewhere!

Uniscots97

Thanks she's had blonde hair before (bleached by a neighbour) and she likes it. So I think now she's tried her hair black she prefers her hair blonde. I even gave her my blonde hair extensions (to clip in underneath) but this has just made her more determined to get it done blonde. She's in 3rd year and goes to college for hairdressing class. Going to get her to talk to them about it (although since she is under 16 they're not allowed to touch her hair) and at least then she'll have heard it from both sides. But they were the hairdressers that talked her into jet black with purple steaks (that I ended up doing).

elle45

unixgirluk wrote: »

How would you suggest we go about it then? I remember seeing colleagues do it (a number of years ago and a previous job). Would I have to strip the dye first? If so, what would you recommend?

The only way I would say about having it done ,is to walk into a salon and get it done professionally!! PLEASE don't do it yourself!! You will surely regret it!!

Uniscots97

She won't let a hairdresser go near her hair (long story). She has to trust the person. Even asked her if my hairdresser could do it and she said no.

Penny_Watcher

My Wicked ex-Stepmother over processed her hair and it broke off about an inch or so from the roots.

She had either a perm closely followed by a bleaching to blond or vice versa (can't remember which was first - it was years ago). The perm didn't take properly so she had it redone against her hairdressers advice.

Afterwards her hair looked and felt like straw :eek: (*sniggers*). When she tried to brush it or wash it the hair just broke off in clumps. She ended up having to have something similar to a crew cut and wore a scarf or hat for weeks afterwards.

Now IMHO it couldn't have happened to a nicer woman :cool:. She didn't take the professional advice offered and almost scalped herself in the process.

This is the very last thing that needs to happen to your step-daughter. She needs to appreciate that very easily it could go terribly wrong.

Kids!!!

COPPERHEADJACK_2

Don't do it.
It needs a clouor remover on it which is peroxide based and that will strip most of the black out but if you start trying to put a blonde ontop it will go green because of the pigment which is still in the cuticles of the hair.

if you do it at home you will over process it and she will look like she has a ball of cotton wool on her head that is if it doesn't break off after all the colour you have been putting on.

Go and find a hairdressers that has a training night they are fine as they are watched over by professionals. Have a try at your local toni and guy.

Savvy_Sue

unixgirluk wrote: »

She won't let a hairdresser go near her hair (long story). She has to trust the person.

It's good that she trusts you, but it really does sound as if the BEST thing you could do to retain her trust is say "Sorry love, no, there's no safe way for me to do this."

She may hate you forever, but that's normal anyway, isn't it? I don't mean for you in particular, of course, sounds as if you've got a great relationship, but in general ...

black-saturn

It's going to be one heck of a jump from black to blonde. It might go brassy or even green!! You can remove some of the dye from her hair by washing it twice in washing up liquid. You could try asking the pharmacist at a chemist if they will sell you peroxide for hair. I'm a old goth and I have had my hair every colour you can imagine and sometimes all at the same time. It will be trial and error whether it will work or not.

emilyt

elle45 wrote: »

The only way I would say about having it done ,is to walk into a salon and get it done professionally!! PLEASE don't do it yourself!! You will surely regret it!!

Totally agree. Please please have it done at the hair dressers. I had to put up with a crying daughter for nearly 24 hours before i could get her an appointment to get hers sorted. Never again.