Redheads

Hey i want to do the same thing! I haven`t done it yet but I`m trying to get my mom`s ok (she`s kinda weird about this) so I have been asking the same questions. This is what I have found out.

1. Depends on how much the different colored roots bother you. If you color it a red shade that is close to your brown color then the roots will be less noticable and you probably won`t have to do it as much. I think every 6 weeks is pretty average.

2. I don`t think so. I think you can touch up the roots most of the time.

3. I don`t think it has to but I think it depends mostly on wether you have to lighten your hair first. If you want a lighter shade of red than your brown color then you have to lighten it first and this is harder on your hair and also harder to touch up the roots. If your hair is a lightish brown anyway then you might be able to just add a red tone to it and this is not hard on your hair.

I think I am going to try semi-permanent color first because the permanent color sounds a lot harder to keep up.

Bronnie

well just a little tip guys.. rty the dye on a little srand firt cuz red dyes can be crazy, and also make sure you are using a really good brand because red dye tends to fade... alot... but good luck guys!

Don`t get me wrong. I get along great with my mom but she is kind of the all natural type and when I tell her I want to color my hair she is like "why would you want to do that? your hair is beautiful the way it is" kind of thing. She doesn`t forbid me to do it or anything but I would have to pay for it and do it myself. She would even probably help me if I needed her to but she doesn`t know anything about coloring hair anyway so I would have to tell her how to do it which is why I was trying to learn how to do it myself. Does that make sense? If you knew her it would make more sense. She has long hair with streaks of grey which she says she likes, never wears makeup and she is still really beautiful in her way.