Next time, have fun. Go try on wigs if you can find a store that still sells them. Then you will have an idea if you want to damage your hair to get that color or be happy with your natural healthy hair! I have several relatives that think I should dye my hair because I have been going gray since I said I do the first time at 19. I figure I'll leave it gray and use it as a constant reminder of what husbands and children are capable of doing to the one they love! In reality, beauty school and then working in a salon for a couple years made me hate dyed hair. It's just too much trouble to keep up.
My Hair Update
'Cause I know you're just DYEING to know how it turned out, LOL!!!!
If you missed my previous post...I did something really stupid and dyed my hair BLACK. It's not a good look for me.
I got tons of great advice on that thread and I am very thankful to all who responded, if only to laugh with me!
I did go to Sally's and get Color Fix -- kind of expensive, but if it works, I'll pay! I think it was $23. Still cheaper than a salon.
Just got done with the process. It's not quite as easy as putting the color INTO the hair, but not horrible either. Gotta mix bottles 1 and 2 in a bowl, apply, wait 20 minutes, rinse and shampoo. Repeat this if needed, which I did. At this point my hair looked *normal* again, maybe a little brassier than I'd have liked. I was ready to throw a party, let me tell you! Then after that you're supposed to apply bottle 3, processing toner whatchamacallit...it's like water, so not real easy to apply evenly, I dripped all over.
Leave on for 5 minutes then rinse. And I used a good conditioner.
Result? My hair is now dark brown with a little reddish tinge. Not quite what I'd hoped, but still a HUGE improvement over Raven Goth Halloween Black! It's not totally even in color, which is actually kinda cool, looks like I might've done that on purpose just to be different.
I can live with this. I still have a little bit left in each bottle, so I might try it again to see if it gets a tad lighter.
I've read reviews of this stuff, and a lot of women have left off the final bottle #3 step because it darkens the hair again. I don't know what would happen if I did that. Might not work in the long term; I think the hair would gradually get dark again anyway? And it smelled a little yucky -- but the bottle #3 made the smell go away. My hair isn't as soft as it used to be, but I've definitely had it fried worse.
Moral of the story? Gosh, I'm sure there are several.
If you missed my previous post...I did something really stupid and dyed my hair BLACK. It's not a good look for me.
I got tons of great advice on that thread and I am very thankful to all who responded, if only to laugh with me!
I did go to Sally's and get Color Fix -- kind of expensive, but if it works, I'll pay! I think it was $23. Still cheaper than a salon.
Just got done with the process. It's not quite as easy as putting the color INTO the hair, but not horrible either. Gotta mix bottles 1 and 2 in a bowl, apply, wait 20 minutes, rinse and shampoo. Repeat this if needed, which I did. At this point my hair looked *normal* again, maybe a little brassier than I'd have liked. I was ready to throw a party, let me tell you! Then after that you're supposed to apply bottle 3, processing toner whatchamacallit...it's like water, so not real easy to apply evenly, I dripped all over.
Leave on for 5 minutes then rinse. And I used a good conditioner.Result? My hair is now dark brown with a little reddish tinge. Not quite what I'd hoped, but still a HUGE improvement over Raven Goth Halloween Black! It's not totally even in color, which is actually kinda cool, looks like I might've done that on purpose just to be different.
I can live with this. I still have a little bit left in each bottle, so I might try it again to see if it gets a tad lighter.
I've read reviews of this stuff, and a lot of women have left off the final bottle #3 step because it darkens the hair again. I don't know what would happen if I did that. Might not work in the long term; I think the hair would gradually get dark again anyway? And it smelled a little yucky -- but the bottle #3 made the smell go away. My hair isn't as soft as it used to be, but I've definitely had it fried worse.
Moral of the story? Gosh, I'm sure there are several.
