Is 10 minutes long enough?
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Printed Date: October 03 2025 at 6:35pm
Topic: Is 10 minutes long enough?
Posted By: amberlynn
Subject: Is 10 minutes long enough?
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 4:06pm
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Ok, I decided to just dye my hair darker and see what happens. I bought revlon colorsilk in light plum brown. It says to leave it on for 20 min. I did a strand test for 15 min and it looks pretty dark. Do you think if I only left it on 10 minutes that would be long enough for the color to develope or would it turn my hair orange or something because it wasn't fully activated yet?
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Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 8:07pm
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What color is your hair to start with? Are you bleached, virgin...?
Rebekah
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Posted By: amberlynn
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 8:33pm
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My roots are very dark brown about 2 inches down and the rest is light brownish blonde. (Not intentionally!) Bleached from the tanning beds I go to. The hair other then the roots don't take color very well but since the plum brown is a dark color maybe it will work. I don't want it super dark as in almost black. that's why I was wondering if it would take if I left it on only 10 minutes since 15 minutes for the strand test was dark. I guess I could just do it and shampoo the heck out of it to hopefully lighten it a tad. I just want to know if 10 minutes would really give it enough time to even stick to my hair. If not then I'll just have to go longer and hope for the best. I'm on vacation so if it looks really bad I have a week to do something with it.
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Posted By: amberlynn
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 8:12am
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well, I went ahead and colored it. It looks nothing like the picture (does it ever?!) but I can live with it until redying time. I did my whole head then waited 10 min and washed it out. My roots look really good and shiny but even though it did cover the rest somewhat, it is kinda dull looking. but at least it isn't blondish brown now! Next time though I gonna dye that part first since it needs more color there and by the time i get to my roots, they won't end up darker(the roots) then the rest of my hair. That should even it out right?
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Posted By: lovetocolor
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 11:47am
you know amber that you should always do midshaft, ends and then roots but it sounds like your length is over pourous and it grabbed to much of the color...that makes that drab over dark look....you could use some good conditioner on your hair, let it sit for 30 min to an hour and rinse....what i have had happen is that dye comes out a bit when you do that....the deep conditioning open the hair shaft enough to let some of the darkness out...at least that has been my experience. good luck.
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happy coloring
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Posted By: amberlynn
Date Posted: July 08 2007 at 5:51pm
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Thanks. I have been dying my hair for years and I always started at the roots. That probably why they don't match the rest of my hair. I'm definantly going to do it the way you said next time. Also I never knew it ruins your hair to dye the whole head instead of just the roots each time. That's probably a major part of why my hair is in bad shape. The problem is though I can't find the "perfect" color so I keep dying it different colors which means I have to do the whole head to make it match.
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Posted By: lovetocolor
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 11:42am
oh, don't i know what you mean!! THE PERFECT COLOR....you know what though? i think i found it in that shades eq....that stuff is amazing but will go dark so you usually put 2 shades lighter than target color....that schwarzhoph stuff that is like shades eq is good too...i use their shampoo, BC for porous hair....made a diff the very first time i tried it and i use the conditioner too...also wonderful.
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happy coloring
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Posted By: amberlynn
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 1:45pm
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I just googled that schwarzkoph shampoo and I'm def going to look into that! That sounds better then regular shampoo. thanks for the hint!
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Posted By: lovetocolor
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 4:59pm
listen, just when you shampoo it feels like it has been conditioned....my hair got porous because of my perfect color search....definately get the shampoo and cond...highly recommend....i don't do that unless something is exceptional. let me know.
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happy coloring
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