korsakovhatt3 please help
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Topic: korsakovhatt3 please help
Posted By: Ally1010220
Subject: korsakovhatt3 please help
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 12:42pm
| You seem to know the most about hair and hair dying, so I wanted to know if you knew anyways to remove some hair dye or lighten your hair at home without spending money. If not about how much does it cost to get your hair professionally redone. Thanks |
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Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 2:26pm
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One caveat -- I am purely an amateur. I came by my knowledge through trial and error. I've done some ghastly things to my hair by accident. (I had apricot hair less than a month ago.) I learned my lessons the hard way and have done a lot of research on my own. As for fading hair colour at home -- you could try Dawn or Liquid Tide (without bleach). Just make sure you condition well afterwards. It won't remove all the colour, but it should fade a bit. I think you can buy a box of ColorFix for less than $20 if you decide to go that route. As for going to a pro -- there are a lot of variables. Different salons have different pricing scales. Price will also be influenced by the length of your hair. For example -- I have waist-length hair. I recently got a quote from my stylist on how much it would cost to remove permanent brown dye from my hair and give me a multi-tonal blonde (using foils). He said it would cost about $180. I actually ended up doing my hair myself rather than shelling out all that money. I'm blonde now. Rather than going with ColorFix, I bought 2 boxes of L'Oreal Creme Lights and applied it with a denture brush to about 95% of my hair. I ended up with a nice warm dimensional blonde. Creme Lights is recommended for colour treated hair so I found it much more gentle than other bleaching products. (Total cost for my new look -- less than $35.) Let me know what you decide to do. I'll do my best to answer any questions you have. You could also try posting your question on the Going Blonde message board http://www.network54.com/Forum/127834 - http://www.network54.com/Forum/127834 A lot of what I've learned has come from the knowledgeable folks who answer questions there. Good luck.  P.S. I've asked Susan W if she can give you some advice. She knows a lot more about hair colour than I do. I would hate to steer you in the wrong direction with my suggestions. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: November 04 2004 at 9:31am
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Well, it's pretty cheap to do your own hair if you shop at Sally or some other beauty supply. You would need a bottle of developer, which is $2 to $6 or so, a bottle of dye, which is about $3.50, (2 bottles if your hair is long), and a plastic bottle to mix it in (I don't remember the price of that, I only bought one and wash it out and reuse it every time I dye). I would always recommend a salon however, because it is super easy to mess it up when you're doing it yourself, and sometimes it's not so easy to fix it. Sometimes you may have to wind up with a color you didn't want, just because it was the only way to fix a mess up. That doesn't usually happen at salons because if they mess it up, they have to fix it for free. I used to go to the regular shops at the mall when I tried letting salons do it, you can always call local salons and ask around about their prices, some will be much cheaper than others. I just read your earlier post about all the colors you've gone though. I'd recommend trying washing with Dawn or other dish detergent to get out as much as you can, then maybe the ColorFix. I haven't tried the colorfix, but I've heard it does wonders and it may help to remove the black. It would be hard to go light with the black on there. You may wind up with a funny color after the Dawn and colorfix, but don't fret if you do, once the black and other dark colors are removed, we can probably help you fix it no matter what color it becomes, or you can go to a salon and let them fix it. DO NOT use henna on hair that has been dyed this much, that can be a disaster you can't fix. Don't just run to Sally or the drug store and grab something, the bases of the colors are very important, and you should remove some of that color before you keep adding more on top. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |