I'm not planning on dying my hair but I have decided that I'm going to shave it here in the next week. This is pretty different because I have waist-length hair and it's always been long. =D
Well I was supposed to be cotton candy pink but there was a hiccup with the dye and the only way to fix it was color over it. So now I am a redhead. Thanks for saving my life Feria R37!
BTW: Ladies of a certain age (as in OLD and crone-like like moi) shouldn't try anymore - it just looks fake. Gave it up after seeing a photo. Tried again and the same damn thing happened. I am now silver and loving it.
If you choose to dye your hair red, DO NOT USE ANTI-DANDRUFF SHAMPOO on it. I once dyed my hair bright red, realized I was out of shampoo, and used my dad's. Shortest dye job ever.
Bah. For a full year now, I've been planning on going back to red this fall. Stop stealing my uniqueness! (I'm not doing it now b/c i want to be blonde for the summer. sorta.) I am, however, chopping all* of my hair off in about 2 weeks and donating it, then coloring the rest.
Red was the last color I ever dyed my hair, and it didn't work at all. You'd think, given that I have the pallor of the dead going on, I'd be able to pull off red, but - alas - it was pretty terrible. *shrug* I guess I'm a slightly tawny shade of pale.
@Jack_Burton: When we were kids, April was in black&white, we trudged uphill both ways to school in six feet of snow, and phones were giant heavy rotary-dial machines we kept at home. That was the way it was and we liked it! Now get off my lawn.
A warning to those going the henna route: if you then go for a salon (or drugstore box) dye, you are likely to end up with green hair. And not a good green.
@undomesticgoddess is grace personified: This isn't the salon's fault. Henna dye is not very common, and clients often don't tell stylists that it's in their hair. There is a salon process to remove it, though. I think it's fair for the salon to fix it for free, but you should still pay for the stylist's initial time and supplies.
Good thing I just spent like 300 bucks getting red out of my hair (stripped, dyed, highlighted, toned). You'd better like it, or be prepared for the bill if you don't. Or you tire of it, like I did.
@Samanthrax is Sarcastic: I got rid of mine by dyeing it dark brown (almost black) and it still faded to red tones. Now that it's highlighted too, it's gone, finally!
i used to dye my hair red a lot in high school. they used to tell me to get it to stay i should take cold showers, but i just couldn't take it. but i'm a shower so hot it's steamy with the fan on kinda gal.
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Well I was supposed to be cotton candy pink but there was a hiccup with the dye and the only way to fix it was color over it. So now I am a redhead. Thanks for saving my life Feria R37!
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But yeah, I've definitely been considering going from dirty blonde to strawberry blonde.
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BTW: Ladies of a certain age (as in OLD and crone-like like moi) shouldn't try anymore - it just looks fake. Gave it up after seeing a photo. Tried again and the same damn thing happened. I am now silver and loving it.
And I was a natural redhead when younger.
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*by all, i mean most.
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No joke.
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Viva La Pelirrojas!!!!!
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Puh-leez. It's all about the Scarlett (GI Joe:Resolute and live-action feature) and Red Sonja...
I remember when TMNT was black and white and came in a comic book. And it was definitely not for kids.
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Henna is more permanent than regular hair dye. Be sure you want this to be your haircolor.
And green?! Did you get your money back/refuse to pay?
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But god, I wish I was a natural redhead instead of a non-blonde, non-brunette, stuck in the middle chick.