QuoteReplyTopic: Help with fading! Posted: July 21 2010 at 1:49pm
Hello,
I posted on here a while back asking whether I should dye my hair from blonde to brown. The "blonde" that my previous stylist colored it was more of an orange-y color... I'm fairly confident that she dyed my ash brown hair without adding any bleach, leaving me with a strange golden blonde.
Anyway, here is my current dilemma. I've dyed my hair brown a couple of times since (with 2 different stylists...clearly this is something that has been cause for discontent!) One stylist dyed my hair after the blonde mishap and ended up having to dye it twice in the same day because the blonde kept showing through. I've probably dyed my hair 3 or 4 times since (I dyed my hair blonde in January and back to brown in February). Each time, my hair won't hold the color. It fades to an orange color almost immediately. I do everything that I'm supposed to - I wash my hair in cold water, only every other day, with UV protection and color fade shampoo (Redken). I've even sworn off of my beloved hairspray. I've used different color brands and shades of color, too. I've gone way darker than my natural color, my natural color, and a bit darker than natural.
Last time, my stylist did a color deposit instead of the normal color. I told him that I really just want to keep the color and let it grow out until it's my natural color (I have short hair, so it's feasible). The only problem is that I really can't stand the strange orange color and, if it turns that color again, I'm going to want to dye it immediately. My color is keeping so far...does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can keep my hair brown? Also, do you have any tips for dying it if this happens again?
I wish I did! Sadly, lightened hair is porous and just doesn't hold dye, even permanent. I have dealt with this problem before and its the main reason I'm still blonde, its more of a pain than root dye for me. Its good your hair is short, you won't have to deal with it for long.
Since you've been going to a pro, its probably going to be easier to just keep doing that and letting him redye every once in awhile than to get into dyeing it yourself (if you don't have experience with that already). If he uses more ash in the brown shades he puts on you, it should help prevent it going as orange. (Ash shades in brown dyes tend to be green though, that's why its easiest to let your pro judge by looking at it whether your orange is orange enough to counter the green in an ash dye so your hair doesn't wind up greenish).
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