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Topic: question about dying hair red
Posted By: leenuuh
Subject: question about dying hair red
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 8:00pm

hey guys! well i've been wanting to dye my hair red, kind of like a dark auburn or a plum color. something like this:

 or

anyways my hair right now has been dyed to a dark brown with blonde and brown highlights. i was wondering how long the red color stays on for because my friend told me it doesn't stay on for long and starts to fade after a while. oh and if it fades what color does it turn? thanks for any help!




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Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 9:08pm

Please don't put color over color as it will not work.  You must first remove the old color and then tint back those blond highlights or you might end up with PINK or ORANGE highlights. 

Rebekah

See Claude's post regarding coloring hair



Posted By: hannebash
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 9:30pm
I did the burgundy colors when I was in high-school. They do fade really fast, and I always ended up with orangey-brown hair after a month or so. I agree with the advice about dying over highlights. You will have uneven color and some areas will probably turn out a bit funky.


Posted By: aubergine
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 1:30pm
That 2nd hair dye there, I've used that - my hair went brown/black, and then faded really quickly to red/brown.

But the red/brown colour lasted for a while actually, it just looked a bit dull...



Posted By: rebeccamchallam
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 9:55am
dont do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!idid about five months ago,a gorgeous intense red no6.66 it faded in two weeks and is now a nasty coppery brown colour with no hope(apperently)of getting back to my natural dirty blonde!!!!!dont do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 2:07am
Reds do fade easily-- I always seemed to like my burgundies the first few days after I did them, 'cause they'd go much less burgundy after that.  But I never had much problem with them fading to an ugly shade, just a less intense one.  *shrugs*

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