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Colour boredom.
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K, so, my hair is currently red (see attached). I'm getting annoyingly bored with it because my hair doesn't seem to like having bright colours, so it fades to a kind of dark-ish red (rather than all bright and vibrant and lovely like it is when I first dye it) after about 2 washes. I know it looks bright in the second picture but that's because of the flash (I also know it looks greasy, but that's just the flash too).
I wanna change my colour. this is my natural colour, and I don't want to go too dark/bright because I know the roots will look awful (they're bad enough with the red), but I want a changgggggggge. I was thinking blonde, but I don't know if it would suit me?
Helpplease.
I wanna change my colour. this is my natural colour, and I don't want to go too dark/bright because I know the roots will look awful (they're bad enough with the red), but I want a changgggggggge. I was thinking blonde, but I don't know if it would suit me?
Helpplease.
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I do like the colour, it's just getting on my nerrrrrrrrrves.
Conference? I think so. Bit busy atm though. Laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?
Gonna try and get my colour stripped over the weekend (my mummy seems to be buying me tickets to go home to stop me being lonely
What's the worst that could happen? You don't like it and dye it back. Oh well!
What you will need is BLEACH and lots of it. Blonde dye will have no effect on your dyed hair, but will turn your roots a fetching shade of ginge. Believe me, I have tried this and looked totally stupid. Red dye is very stubborn, and you will probably need to bleach at least twice to get rid (I wouldn't do this on the same day - you may need to invest in a large hat), and then use toner in ash or beige blonde (you've seen them - the Born Blonde things in Boots etc) to get rid of the gross yellow tones.
Between now and then get head&shouldersing your locks like it's going out of fashion
P.S. This is a really good bleach: http://www.allhealth-info.com/shared/product.asp?id=27757 ignore the bit about 'superb condition'. It will knacker your hair a little, but if you condition it really well, it will recover.
Thank yooooooooooooou Kaff
You can! It comes in three strengths too, I think. I used to use the middle one when I had le pink hair and it worked really well, but you could try the strong one if you are brave enough!
Yeah i think that will look hot :thumb:
I recently got my hair done at a college in Birmingham, it only cost £6 and it was fantastic.
Would I need to get a bleach then a blonde hair colour, too or what would I need to do?
Let's see how yours turns out, Franki!
It is going VERY ginger, but I bought two packs of lightener, and I don't have any lectures tomorrow, so it's fine
Mine went very ginger when I bleached it, ended up with Barbie colour though!
I think because it was so red it will deff need two lots of lightening.
My roots always look ginger half way through (and i panic everytime:p) and thats just from going mousy blonde/brown to blonde, but leave it on long enough and it all goes lovely!
Ruby I do like my red hair, too. But I miss being blonde. It sucks cause I had the blonde hair lots of people try and replicate too. :crying:
Plus, it's a good 12quid every month at least to get my hair red!
How often do you do it?
Mine faded well quick and even though it says every 6 weeks, I would end up doing it about every 3-4 weeks
I used Herbal Essences, too! 'Citing!
I read somewhere that using Head And Shoulders strips the colour, too? Would it be best to use this in the days leading up? I just want my blonde back. :crying: