Help!?! with blotchy hair
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Topic: Help!?! with blotchy hair
Posted By: Liz-a-Beth
Subject: Help!?! with blotchy hair
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 2:06pm
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Hello all. I'm new.
I've been lurking this board for a while and I have some ideas on what to do with my hair, thanks to everyone for the good advice on this board. I just thought I'd run it by y'all to make sure. I have hair a few inches past my shoulders. I'm trying to grow it out. In the past 8 months I've dyed it (permanent) about 4 times. OOPs! I didn't know any better. NOW I do! In the months before that I had it done professionally a few times in demi-perm with some highlights too. My natural hair color is a dark blonde/light brown with some red AND ash tones to it. (I know, weird huh?) Since dying I did a really dark brown back in November and then a lighter shade of brown the couple of times between. More recently I dyed a med. brown that brought out some more red. It was starting to get a lot blonder and lighter, then a month or 2 later I dyed it a really dark brown again, like last November. But this time, it looks like where I had highlights before turned out looking black and then there's other spots where the blonde is showing through. The roots are lighter and some of the ends are lighter too. Since reading the advice on this board I've been using Olive Oil and Head & Shoulders shampoo to try and lighten up the darkest parts. It has lightened up a little but the color is just too blotchy all over. Now, I'm thinking that I really just need to use colorfix on my hair (strand testing first) to get rid of ALL that old dye in my hair. Then use a protein filler (I want to get some Deep Fuel by Redken) Then after 3-4 hours (at least) then I'll use a demi perm in the color that I want in a couple of shades lighter with an ash tone to it. This will be a whole weekend thing for me! Is this right for me? Any advice, changes, suggestions on this? I'm SORRY this post is SO LONG! Thanks for hearing me out. 
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Posted By: Liz-a-Beth
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 2:36pm
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Oh yeah, FORGOT TO ADD: About 6 months ago I used FERIA when I dyed. Is
the colorfix going to be dangerous to use on my hair now because of this?? It's been a while and a lot of the blonde had been showing through since, in between dye jobs. What are the risks with FERIA and COLORFIX?? Thanks again for your help. 
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Posted By: Liz-a-Beth
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 4:07pm
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Posted By: Trinity05
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 5:19pm
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Well from my understanding, Feria is a direct dye. ColorFix will not remove it, but bleach will and I know this from experience. I dyed my hair with Feria back in December and then four months later wanted to go lighter with blonde highlights so I did and it turned out great, I have since gone even blonder and again it looks great. I did however go to a professional. So don't try this at home if at all possible. Best of luck to you! Trinity |
Posted By: Liz-a-Beth
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 12:36pm
Thanks! 
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