QuoteReplyTopic: Dark Blonde > Platinum > Dark Blonde? Posted: April 10 2006 at 8:21am
OK. Apart from odd mini highlights using sun-in and semi-permanent green hairdye just in a couple of streaks I have never dyed my hair.
I'm 17 and used to have lightish blonde hair when I was little but no sun exposure = dark blonde/light brown hair.
Questions:
1. I bought Garnier Belle Color Light Natural Beige Blonde [9.13] in the summer and reacted to a patch test. However, recently I did another test and nothing happened. Has the hair stuff gone out of date or is it ok to use? Could I still have a really bad reaction?
2. Regrowth: Option one: Keep my hair this very light blonde for a while.. but would it work to instead of root re-touch to just gradually dye my hair a darker blonde until I get back to my natural colour?
OR
Option two: Retouch a couple of times then use semi permanent dark blonde so that I can let my roots grow out but not have a huge dark/light root growth strip..
This post is a bit confusing. You say other than mini
highlights...you have never dyed your hair, but the rest of your post
and the title implies that you are now platinum and trying to decide
what to do to grow out the roots?
If you want to use the stuff you bought, I'd patch test again just to
be absolutely sure you won't react to it...with allergies you tend to
get reactions to some things the second time you do it, not the first,
so I'd do a third just to be sure....and even then, frankly, I'd still
hesitate and consider another kind of product. You don't want an
allergy on your scalp. Just for info, it could be a bit old now,
but that shouldn't change what it does completely, it will likely just
not work as well (I have a couple of shades of very old blonde dye and
still use it for touch ups). Be sure to strand test any blonde
you use anyway to make sure it won't pull orange on your roots.
If your hair length is platinum you will have to be a bit careful when
you dye that white hair, it will absorb the base colors in the dye and
has a good chance to come out a funny color, so be sure to always test
strand both parts of your hair first.
It really up to you how you want to grow out your roots, if you want to have all your hair dyed or go gradually.
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Ah sorry yes I can see my post wa a bit confusing...
What I called question two was me thinking into the future.. I have a nasty habit of not just doing things without thinking about things in advance, therefore here I was wondering how such a drastic change would be managed..
One more question: How much of a reaction is a reaction? Is even the tiniest feeling of anything enough to rule out me ever being able to dye my hair?
Usually, when you're doing an allergy test it'll tingle very very
slightly at first, then you shouldn't feel anything after that. If it
still tingles, or if it gets worst after it dries, then definitely
consider another product. It should feel exactly like putting straight
peroxide on your skin; a bit of a cold tingling sensation, then nothing.
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That's probably possible, but would be a bit unusual. I think its
more likely that whichever ingredient in it that triggered your allergy
is now weaker or gone from age (since you had already opened it before
and air was getting in). I'd definitely test again, and test
strand on your hair too to make sure it isn't so weak it doesn't just
make your hair orange or anything.
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