making hair ends lighter?
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Topic: making hair ends lighter?
Posted By: missdistress
Subject: making hair ends lighter?
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 3:35pm
Is is possible to dye extension human hair in such a way that the tips are a little bit lighter than the root color, to match how growing hair often is lighter at the end when its long?
My hair is long and the ends of my hair are noticably lighter than the hair closest to my head. its not really obvious until i take a piece of hair and actually hold it up close to my head.
I want to know if theres a way to duplicate this when i buy human hair because I want to create something that looks as much like my natural hair as possible.
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 6:21pm
I would try not to bleach or color extension hair unless it's virgin.
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Posted By: pooks11
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 7:04pm
Ditto Malibu! To lighten pre-processed hair could ruin it. Often, I custom color wefts to match clients hair and when I need to go darker I always use a demi-permanent color glaze. To lighten, I use a professional lightener with a 30 Volume developer and I only use virgin tresses from india or china (this type is coarser and can withstand more processing.
Another thing to know is that hair is sometimes double-wefted so it is imperative to separate the wefts before coloring or you get uneven patches of color.
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Posted By: nursie
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 7:27pm
well...you could buy hair to match your ends and then you could color the upper end of the weft darker to match your darkest hair...if i were doing this i'd use a demi/semipermanent to color it darker....lightening extension hair is unpredictable and sometimes if the hair has been colored with fabric dyes you wont get that color to budge
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Posted By: missdistress
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 7:30pm
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ok, I've realized that coloring the hair would probably be too complicated for me. =) My other option might be to try to prevent my own hair from getting lighter at the ends. Can anyone recommend any UV protectant hair conditioner or spray they like?
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Posted By: BunnyWabbit
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 10:00pm
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i just started using Aveda color keep sunscreen. It's got that typical earthy Aveda smell and not entirely cheap cost, but its a pretty good deal for their like at 14 bucks - the product comes out in a foam, so you can really get a great coating on your hair and it dosent' get weighted down by anything heavy.
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