Keeping dye out of highlights?
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Printed Date: December 21 2025 at 1:31am
Topic: Keeping dye out of highlights?
Posted By: redcheese
Subject: Keeping dye out of highlights?
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 8:26pm
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I have naturally orange light-coppery hair, and I have a few chunks of
highlights I'd like to maintain up in front, near my face. They're
well-defined and fairly wide, so it's very easy to separate them from
the rest of the hair. The highlights aren't super-bleachy. They're a few shades lighter than my hair and sort of a light warm goldy blonde shade. I really like the contrast and the color they provide. I also like semi- and demi-permanent colors, typically within the red family and not too far off from my natural shade. I like to try a semi-permanent color every two months or so, when the mood strikes. My hair is in good condition and doesn't break or frizz. However, I'm concerned I'm going to "stain" the highlights with the semi/demi permanent dyes. Since the lightened hair is more porous,I'd like to keep the highlights completely away from the dye. So. Next time I do a semi/demi-permanent color, is there some tried-and-proven way to "seal off" a highlighted area to keep dye from touching it? I've tried to tie up the streaks in little rubber bands and use little spritz bottle to rinse off the dye as soon as it touches, but somehow I make a mess every time. Any ideas?  |
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 8:54pm
| Have you tried foil? |
Posted By: redcheese
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 9:08pm
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eKatherine, I've heard some folks say they have good results with that,
but that it can be difficult if you're a beginner. Do you know of a
good how-to or some sort of guide? Thanks :) |
Posted By: irishroyal
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 9:22am
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Foils are easy especially with what you need them for. Take your highlight pieces and place a foil underneath, hold it with your thumb and forefinger like an arch, take some conditoner right out of the bottle and pour it on your highlighted pieces and then fold up the foil, think of folding it up like an icicle left over right and then right over left, so you end up with a long icicle shape. Now apply the demi around your icicles. The conditioner protects the hair from the color, but when you go to rinse, fold your icicle up one more time to make sure it's tight, just sweeze it together. |
Posted By: redcheese
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 12:54pm
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Thank you! I'll try that next time. |
Posted By: weaveitup^_^
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 8:18pm
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you can also put a thick layer of vaseline over the hair you dont want colored, it will work as a "wall" to keep the color from touching your strands ------------- public.fotki.com/Weaveitup - public.fotki.com/Weaveitup |