Used Feria, now I'm scared!

Hi, everyone!  Not sure if any of you remember me.. I get on here and post every once in a while.  My last post was asking about how to go about dyeing my blonde hair back to my natural dark brown at home and I got some great help!  My attempt was successful, although the color does seem to fade quite a bit and fairly quickly so I've had to dye it about once a month.  It's kind of tough because I'm trying to get a nice golden DARK brown shade and not too many lines make that shade.  The ones I've tried have all turned out gorgeous initially but then the brown fades to something much more like a medium brown, not a dark brown, so my roots still end up showing. 

This is complete paranoia... ''there will be smoke'', haha!

Don't worry, I have covered up or bleached a previous Feria color 4-5 different times in the past with another color from another brand and it never melted or burned.
I too have seen these idiotic rumors online, some people love to transmit unverified claims so they can be seen as experts on some threads or add a post to their numbers.

I was so fed up with that particular Feria myth that I registered in this forum here just to reply to you about it, so, umm, Hi!

I've used feria since i was like 16... dark shades like red and black... never had a problem ever.... my hair is blonde now...that sounds like hair 'bull' to me...

If your hair is washing out, trying using color boosting shampoos and  maybe just glosses, have you tried that?

Hey Jules,

I didn't see this post until now so I'm kind of late on this one. My source was behindthechair.com and I read about it on the hair color part of the forums. It's a website for salon professionals. I also found info on hair color removers and found they are not to be used on metallic dyes.

If you search the internet, it is pretty clear Feria contains metallics. If you search for "Feria" metallic", you find that even the names of some of their colors have the word metallic in them such as "silver blond metallic".

There was a recent post on here from someone who had used a dark Feria color and her hairdresser was unable to bleach it out and then refused to further treat her upon the advice of her supervisor. I also heard that Metalex, a different sort of hair remover, removes metallics. A few treatments with Metalex may be enough to remove all the metallics and then must be followed by bleach to lighten the hair. (See post: Hair Color Removers: 3 Main Types)

From the experiences shared here, though, I wonder if only some Feria dyes contain metallics. Or perhaps we are all being fooled. If I can't trust the professionals, though, I don't know who to trust. There is one way to be sure if Feria dyed hair will react, however. (source: behind the chair) Cut a few strands of hair and put it in a bowl with perm wave solution. If it reacts/bubbles, it has been treated and it will also react with bleach or ammonia based hair color.

If this Feria business is just a rumor on the web, it is quite a powerful one, and widespread too. To know for sure though, I would always do a strand test rather than risk losing and/or damaging my hair.

My goodness, smoke?!  Hmm, maybe if you mixed them together, just kidding, not even!  I think the thing about Feria is that the dye used in it is sometimes very difficult to remove, especially if it's black and then you want to bleach and tone your hair to pale blonde.  Otherwise, after it fades try something new and dye away!  Happy coloring!

Edited by Rebekah - January 29 2008 at 8:04pm