advice// dying extensions?
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Topic: advice// dying extensions?
Posted By: nicci
Subject: advice// dying extensions?
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 5:53pm
| Oh, no! I recieved some hair in the mail today and was expecting it to be a completly diffrent color.. I ordered it off ebay and it was 100% human cuticle remy hair in color 24 well the color is so orange/ yellow, I mean its almost daffy duck yellow, wow! (verry disapointed because I thought I had pretipps in remy 27, 24, and 613 and the 24 was not nearly as yellow..) so anyways.. anyone dye extensions before? i just need to maybe lightten them and make them not so yellow.. oh boy! |
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Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 5:59pm
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Ive done it a cuple of times....Extension hair can be quite dificult to lift....but i think it shall be alrigth since it already so ligth...May a suggest some Blue Bleach, cuts the orange good..:) Do a strand test first tough.....So that you dont fry it..:D Good luck honey ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3 
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Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 6:06pm
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what is Blue Bleach?, never heard of that before.. is it a brand? thanks so much for the reply I was so shocked when I saw the hair.. |
Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 6:12pm
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aaawh, well you know when you have regualr hair bleach white powder mixed with developer, this is BLUE powder bleach:D it helps tone down the orange and yellow in one step:) Most brands of bleach have a blue and white version, i use Indola Rapid Blonde professional bleach....I would advise you to go to the Hair Colour section on hairboutique:D you can get loads of recomendations there:D:D Ur welcome honey:) hope it works out for yah ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3
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Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 6:25pm
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oh i just remebered, Loreal Superblonde is a over the counter bleach wich is bluebased..:D ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 9:28pm
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I would HIGHLY recommend that you NOT try to LIFT the color. Please read the posts here or do a search. Depositing color can turn out ok most of the time if done carefully, but lifting is another story completely. First off...blondes are already highly processed. Another process could FRY the hair. Second, sometimes the manufacturers use a fabric type dye instead of the usual hair type dyes, to dye the hair and will NOT lift correctly with bleach. If its too yellow, you can use a purple shampoo or mousse or a few other products to help with the brassiness. But if the hair is too dark then you might either try selling it or exchanging it (sometimes they let you, sometimes they dont) Im sure if you got remy cuticle hair, it was probably expensive. You wouldnt want to throw your money down the drain. If it was cheap hair then it wouldnt be a great loss if bleaching didnt work out. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: pinkparadise42
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 7:14am
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Hey, being a blonde myself, I have run into the same problems as you. The hair never seems to match identically from one time to the next. I have ordered hair from Ebay and many different suppliers and I order the same color everytime and always end up with variations of colors! I hate the brassy orange look your explaining, but I have to say I am with Sherrie on this one! I have tried to color and lift my extension hair multiple times and have never had success. The one time I did it it severely dried out my hair to the point where it wasn't really even wearable and I had to get rid of it and start fresh. And when I tried to just color it a shade darker, I didn't have much success with that either. I have read people on here having success dying dark colored hair but the blonde is a reall struggle! Good luck! |
Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 9:52am
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My experience with bleaching extension hair that was not virgin indian remy, was not so good. The hair turned purple and fell apart!!! Try a toner on a strand, or use a color shampoo like Sherrie suggested. If all else fails, try re-selling the hair. Good luck. |
Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 9:56am
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your right sherri , it was expensive. Ill try to see if the
complany will let me exchange or return it first.. .. worth a try right
Thanks everyone.. Its just really a brassy orange and I am afraind that even a strong purple shampoo/conditioner won't really take enought of it out |
Posted By: pinkparadise42
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 10:21am
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Nicci, Yeah def. try to get the company to offer you a refund or something. You haven't used it yet, but some companies don't offer a refund due to the nature of the product. I absolutely hate the brassy orange look, however for some reason some of the hair I have received always has that color tone to it! Goodluck! |
Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 2:41pm
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YAY>> I can exchange it for another color.. better than trying to dye and ruin the hair so the responce was that I could exchange it for remy 22 which is more ashy or remy 613 which is more golden.. now what color to get?? oh my! so i want to say 22 but how ashy is ashy I sure don't want gray, i just need something that isn't orange.. more like beige.. any sugestions on that? I also emailed the seller this questions but I feel hear I am more likely to get a very honest responce |
Posted By: Naked Eye
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 2:50pm
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Yeah, what I always do (since I always have to tone or dye the hair to
match my own) is buy a color that is a lot lighter than I need, that way I know I can just tone it to make it the right color, and I know I am safe and wont have to lift color, I've only heard bad things. So, someone correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't did blonde extensions, but 613 is the lightest I think, from there you can do something to make it a slightly ash-ier blonde?? Right? |
Posted By: tbctbc
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 8:35pm
| try a neutral tone...it usually dyes pretty well... |