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From gray to brown again

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Printed Date: November 23 2025 at 8:05pm


Topic: From gray to brown again
Posted By: chgurlsng
Subject: From gray to brown again
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 1:45pm

My mother would like me to dye her hair back to her natural color to take a way the grays.  Every time she tried, her hair turned red and stayed that way for a long time.  My first question is why did it turn red?  Second, what is a good dye to use?

This is a pic. that is close to her natural color:

http://gallery.hairboutique.com/detail.asp?Colors=4&Textures=1&Lengths=255&btnSearch=Search&Genders=1&SortBy=0&Styles=255&FaceShapes=255&ID=4585 - http://gallery.hairboutique.com/detail.asp?Colors=4&Text ures=1&Lengths=255&btnSearch=Search&Genders=1&am p;SortBy=0&Styles=255&FaceShapes=255&ID=4585

Sorry, but my scanner is broken or else I'd have more actual photos.

Thanks for your help,

Char


Replies:
Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 2:27pm
Do you know which color she has been using? Which shade that is?
You need to get one where it says on the box that it can be used for covering gray hair. Is it just the grey hairs that are turning out red or is it all of the hair?

Posted By: chgurlsng
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 2:36pm

ALL of her hair turned red.  She used Revlon colorsilk 40, 4a medium ash brown and it says 100% gray coverage.  Thanks for your help so far!  I really appreciate it.

-Char

Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 3:59pm
I googled for that color and it said that if you color hair that is already red it will stay redish. Is this making any sence? Perhaps your mother started using that perticular color after it had turned red once? Try chaning brand and search on the color and read about it before. Have you got a sallys near you? Or a hairdressers, you can always ask them for help. Hairdressers sometimes sell haircolor, they'll know exactly what to do. If her hair is red at the moment you will need a "strong" color because red is hard to get ridd of, otherwise the red will still show through..

I don't know if this helped at all



Posted By: chgurlsng
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 8:44pm
Her hair has always been salt and peppery before she died it.  I will have to look at some different brands. 
Unfortunatly, we don't have a Sally's but we have Beauty Co.  I have never looked at their coloring products before.

-Char

Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 5:21am
I read abit more about that revlon 40, 4a haircolor and it said that the results will be a mixture between the natural color and mahogany brown. Gray hair has no real pigment and what has happened is that the only color that will stick will be the red/brown. If you ask at beauty co they will help you. Hope everything turns out ok. 

Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 7:29am

Originally posted by chgurlsng chgurlsng wrote:

Her hair has always been salt and peppery before she died it.  I will have to look at some different brands. 
Unfortunatly, we don't have a Sally's but we have Beauty Co.  I have never looked at their coloring products before.

-Char

You see, light hair when colored brown will prob always turn red so u need to use a protein filler on the hair in red which can bought at sally's and then use the ash brown over it, hope this helps.


Posted By: chgurlsng
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 9:02am
K, thanks a bunch!  I'll try it and get back later.

-Char


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