Dye/ Color tracks to look like roots?
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Topic: Dye/ Color tracks to look like roots?
Posted By: sherrie215
Subject: Dye/ Color tracks to look like roots?
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 12:34pm
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Hey...I dont think Ive ever seen this postd here...but it was something I was thinking about trying. My natural color is dark blonde/light brown. I used to use bleach alot on my hair to get to the #613 color. Well after years of doing it I decided to quit doing it and am living with a little darker blonde. Nowadays I color my roots with a blonde dye and occasionally highlight. Mostly just highlight the top area and a few highlights throughout. The underneath of my hair and the roots have a strawberry blonde #27ish color while the length and generally what is visable is about #22 and #613. I always match the extensions to the length...and it looks very good. But at the root area with the extensions in, its a sharp contrast. The #22 or #613 extensions are very different from the root color of my hair. What I was wondering is if I used say... a strawberry blonde or a dark blonde hair dye and colored just the track area making it look like roots...has anyone tried this? Was just thinking it might make for a more seamless/natural look....any opinions on this or am I being silly??? |
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Posted By: kateadreena
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 12:46pm
| i havent tried it but it sounds like it would be VERY successful in blending the light hair into your darker roots :) |
Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 5:00pm
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Thats why I used to like that 2-tone outre hair so much. The quality isn't
amazing, but I could put in the one that was light blonde at the tips and dark at the track and I could put it in right up to an inch from my parting and they still didn't show through because the track matched my roots. It worked really well for me. I just wish the quality was better. I think your idea sounds perfect. I was actually thinking of doing the same thing with my boyhme 613 so that I could put blonde closer to my parting and hairline without the tracks showing up. Let us know how it works for you! |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 6:36pm
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this could work sheri- do a test spot underneath or something to see if u like the color match ------------- Bringing beauty, one head at a time... |
Posted By: metalgirl
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 8:03pm
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I was taught to do this in a hair extension class, I think it was Invisible Hair. You're right, if the 'roots' of the extension more closely match your roots, than it won't be so obvious when the roots grow out. ------------- http://www.Godiva-Hair.com - http://www.Godiva-Hair.com http://www.MetamorphosisHairDesign.com - http://www.MetamorphosisHairDesign.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 9:56pm
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OK time for some experimenting! I bought some hair color. In the following colors. Light golden brown, strawberry blonde and dark blonde. Just some cheap Revlon hair color that I had success with back in the day when I used to color some #613...but sheesh thats been along time ago! I have my Bohyme wefts that I took out from my last install that are in excellent condition and have them all cleaned and ready to go. So if I f 'em up I wont cry over it since its not new/unused hair! Any suggestions for applying the color, or how to achieve the 'root' look that I want? ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 10:11pm
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come to think of it i once tried this. lay the weft on some foil, mix the color in a bowl, use a brush( color brush to apply color) and just brush the top of the weft with the color. brush it on from the top down to where u want the color to end. make small strokes so it doesnt look like a stripe, like feather out the color.
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Posted By: FabulousHairExt
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 10:20pm
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Sherrie, if you like the 613 light blonde color but you dont wanna bleach why not try a highlift? it's much easier on the hair compared to bleach, you could even use it to highlight with. Try wella bp (blonding plus) you can get it at sally's it's great! ------------- fyi I know my spelling sux! |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 10:24pm
you can use it to highlight? Eventually I want to get back to light brown with 'some' highlights...right now Im just adjusting myself to something a little darker! A little at a time....cant do it cold turkey! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 11:28pm
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you can do highlites actually- low lights with any color, just apply with foil! process for about 30 mins- if u use a darker color, u could also get away with using a lower develp like a 10 volume as opposed to 20 or 30 you mainly want to deposit the color to the blonde hair right>?? ------------- Bringing beauty, one head at a time... |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 6:12am
right now my project is just to use the color to dye the track of the wefts darker to imitate roots. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 7:41pm
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OK....Im gonna cry... Any other ideas? I wonder about fabric dye? ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 8:38pm
Nope...last experiment..same thing. I left the dye on the track for 50 minutes...double the normal timing and still....blonde thread! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |