Hair Dying help + money saving?

taplady

elona wrote:

Use an anti dandruff shampoo to lighten the colour and then use loads of conditioner and leave it on hair for ages before rinsing it out.

My friends a hairdresser and she said anti-dandruff shampoo is great for lightening hair dye!;) good luck!

katieowl_2

MATH wrote:

I've seen dark brown and blacks chemically removed and what is revealed could never be described as natural (not on a human anyway LOL)

Quite so...My DD dyed her long dark blond hair jet black in her GOTH phase.... we had the novelty for a bit of blond roots growing out, but she got fed up with re-doing it almost weekly cos it looked so daft. In the end the BF paid for her to have it stripped out and she came back......ORANGE :eek:

Apart from costing £90 :eek: and double :eek: it has never been the same again :rotfl: Every now and then she has to tone the carottyness down with something as akin to the natural colour as she can find as it grows out.

Regards

Kate

NixNoo

While we're on this subject - do you think the anti dandruff shampoo will help with blonde highlights that have gone a bit yellowy? If so which brand.
Ta

MATH

NixNoo wrote:

While we're on this subject - do you think the anti dandruff shampoo will help with blonde highlights that have gone a bit yellowy? If so which brand.
Ta

Aveda Shampoo available at QVC and salons is expensive but very good. The colour enhancing shampoo "Blue Malva" will remove brassy tones from nautral and bottle blondes, grey/white hair and hilights. HTH

Izzy.

I was thinking of buying a colour to cover the odd greys that are appearing, but after reading this thread I'm not so sure. Can anyone recommend a good brand of colour that will hide grey hair? Thankyou.

filigree_2

black-saturn wrote:

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!!

I wipe Vaseline all round my hairline to protect my skin from the worst of the spills.

Many years ago a posh hairdresser (I went on Student Night) used their extra special cleansing lotion to get rid of the spills. I had a sniff and it was baby oil! Since then I use either baby wipes to wipe the smudges off or I massage in lots of makeup remover. I try not to scrub with soap because it doesn't seem to work so well and irritates my skin. I do the mopping up while the hair dye soaks in, there's not much else I can do for 20 minutes with squishy hair.

When I worked in a school I turned up one day with the usual purple ears and the kids took great delight in pointing out every single blob. Little darlings :rolleyes:

clarabell1984

NixNoo wrote:

While we're on this subject - do you think the anti dandruff shampoo will help with blonde highlights that have gone a bit yellowy? If so which brand.
Ta

swartzkov (palletta) A touch of Silver is great for taking the brassynbess away from blonde hightlight. a snip at around a few of pound a bottle. It is a purply colour which neautralises the orange colour! Use like a shampoo and leavin in for 5 mins - easy! :j And much cheaper than Aveda Blue Malva
http://www.auravita.com/products/aura/SCHW10020.asp?RefId=220&adid=SCHW10020

MATH

Izzy. wrote:

I was thinking of buying a colour to cover the odd greys that are appearing, but after reading this thread I'm not so sure. Can anyone recommend a good brand of colour that will hide grey hair? Thankyou.

Recital deffo cover all greys, most of the permanents do except a few extra gentle ones. The info on the back should tell you if it will give 100% gray coverage. HTH

Izzy.

Thankyou MATH, there arent many but they are beginning to multiply. :eek:

katieowl_2

Nice'n'Easy will also cover grey (at least it does with natural black shade) You can be frugal too, and only use half packs subsequently just to do roots.

Regards

Kate