QuoteReplyTopic: Will my hair dye fade? Posted: January 02 2011 at 2:04pm
Here's the deal:
I am a natural dirty blond/very light brown
In the past I have had dyed my hair dark brown by a professional. Back then I used cheap shampoo/conditioner and would wash my hair every day, and the dye would fade all the way out to my natural color within a couple months.
I started having my hair dyed dark brown again in early September, but have been using good shampoo/conditioner and only washing every 3-5 days so it has hardly faded at all.
I'm ready to go back to my natural color. If I start using cheap shampoo and washing my hair daily, will all the dye fade out? Or will just the new dye (that covers my roots) fade, and the dye that's several months old stay at my tips?
I think how much dye fades depends more on the porosity of your hair and what developer the stylist used than on what type of shampoo you are using. If your stylist used a permanent tint and your hair was otherwise healthy, I doubt you are going to get more than a level or two fade at the absolute most.
It is hard to go back to blond (or to some extent even light brown) from dark brown (especially if you have multiple layers of tint) without using a color remover or bleach. I, personally, have not liked the color removers I have used. I have also found that the tints that supposedly lift tint have not worked terribly well (on my hair at least).
Again though, it just all depends on your hair and how many levels you need to lift, the general rule of thumb is that "tint doesn't lift tint". If it were me and my hair was healthy enough to do it, presuming I needed a lift of more than 3 or so levels, I would probably just bleach and tone and be done with it.
I am more concerned that your hair will fall out. If you used semi-permanent hair color then it will fade out. With bleaching, I think you are going to have to allow your hair to grow
out which is going to take some time as you know. Bleaching is very
damaging to hair.
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