Hairdye & extentubes?

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was ok to dye your roots when you have microlinks/extentubes in, but cant for the life of me find a specific post. so thought I'd double check. it wont hurt the extensions if I do that will it? anything I need to know/do? TIA 

~Jenn~

so there isnt any danger of the dye getting down in side the micro rings and eating away at my own hair? or reacting in some way with the metal?

~Jenn~

thanks Jenny 

~Jenn~

oh eeeeeek kalika, that doesnt sound good!!!!!

What's your bleaching process, Kailka? Which bleach and developer are you using, and how long do you leave it on?

I doubt having the shrinkies in would cause the breakage in and of themselves. If you had the breakage when you were removing the shrinkies, or the bleach was trapped in there and caused the hair to break because of overexposure post-facto, I would say it was the shrinks, but if it broke off uniformly, even on the strands where you didn't have the shrinks, I tend to think it's the product or process.

:)

Man, that sucks.

So you've used the same process and products with success in the past, but with the extensions in, it fried your hair? Sounds like it could be the shrinkies after all.

How did you decide on the 30 minutes? Did you just wait until it reached yellow or pale yellow, then washed it out? I assume you didn't overlap with previous bleached areas too much.

If you're worried about doing this again, Kalika, I would suggest visiting the Going Blonde Board and explaining what happened in a post there. They might be able to make some suggestions. There's one guy in particular there, Rick, who's a cosmetics chemist and is incredibly helpful with the mysteries of hair color. He's been very helpful with many of my posts in the past.

OK, I'll stop playing Mom now--I'm sure you know what to do with your hair. I think I'm just worried for you and looking forward to seeing your next install, of course. Although I still love the mohawk!

:)

Kalika,

I have used Matrix redlights, and I think the red fades way too fast.  I prefer L'oreal HiColor highlights, they last longer.

Metal girl - thanks for the tip!

Jenny - I want ph because I will have the hair stright the next batch, and I want burguned rot, and pepperoni

oh man, i don't think red is easier to maintain and i'm a natural redhead!!

seriously, reds fade sooo fast - i have to color every four weeks to keep my greys at bay....and my roots grow in dark, but then turn if i'm in the sun, so keeping color even is the next thing.

i've had the best luck with Nutrisse color Mango, but it's still a little on the orangey side.

Pepperoni and Burgundy rot sounds beautiful. Can't wait to see pics. Is your boyfriend going to install it again?

Did we ever figure out if it's safe to dye with the extendtubes in? With all the extendtube users here, I'm thinking someone has done this before. :)