altering last night's dye job?

[mafibisha]

This is budget related because I'm doing it myself to save money

I dyed my hair last night. It's normally medium brown with auburn overtones, so I did it in medium brown auburn. Sounded good at the time

But I'm really not happy with it. Although I can probably live with it, I think it's too bright and want to reign it in a little with another color.

How soon can I do that? It's a darker color and I'll just intersperse (streak?) it through.

I know I know, sounds scary and could make it worse. But I'm willing to take that chance, as long as putting on another little dye doesn't make it fall out, or something worse? Like turn green?

Any advice?

 

[rszdtrvl]

PRELL Shampoo.

Buy a bottle of it and put it in your DRY hair.

Let it sit for a half hour.

Rinse, and then put conditioner in your hair for 10 minutes.

Rinse the conditioner.

I guarantee you that as soon as you rinse the shampoo out of your hair that you will have a large amount of dye come out as well. You need to deep condition because PRELL shampoo is a clarifying shampoo that strips the oils out of your hair.

Been there, done that. Only it was with my medium brown with auburn highlights hair and a bottle of dark brown (almost black) hair dye.

Any clarifying shampoo will work, but I think PRELL is the best for a bad dye job.

 

[disney fan4]

My mom somehow grabbed the wrong color hair dye thinking she had her normal color. She called the number on the box and they were very helpful.

 

[crisi]

You might want to give it the weekend and a few shampoos. Reds often look brassy for a few days, then soften.

I frequently do my own highlights by doing an all over dye and then highlighting bits all within an hour (which sounds like what you want to do this afternoon), and it works fine for me. But I lucked out on the gene pool for hair and mine is full and healthy and takes color well.

If you are going dark over light, you are doing lowlights, not highlights. If you tone it down by chunking dark in, its going to not look natural. You are going to want to chunk the darker in UNDER the lighter. Think about how light hits your hair and what sort of shadows and lights it creates - you want that illusion.

 

[ceecee]

Tide will take it out quickly as well. My hairdresser told this to my girlfriend after her DD went blue!

 

[disneymom2003]

I dont think the OP wants to take the color out. She wants to darken it. If you you use the Prell or Tide it will lighten you hair because it is going to strip the color you just put in out. I would just condition it and wait a week or 2 would probably be better

 

[eeyoresmom]

If you think the reds are too bright, I would just wash it a few times. Red fades VERY quickly. I'm always trying to keep mine bright!

 

[Shelby5514]

When I was in high school a friend wanted me to bleach his hair from a dishwater blonde to a light blonde. We picked up a box at Walgreens and away we went. He wasn't happy with the color so we went back to Walgreens to buy box #2. He STILL wasn't happy and the closest Walgreens was closed by this time so at midnight we drove across town to the 24 hour Walgreens where we bought color #3. That one finally was perfect and sadly we were NEVER able to duplicate the exact color again. We did use the moisturizing cream after every color to try to keep some of the moisture in it. My hairdresser is still amazed that he had any hair left at all! Hair coloring has come a LONG way since 1988 so I'm sure a few streaks of color here and there won't be a problem.

 

[happymommy]

At some beauty stores they sell shampoo that has a bit of color in it. I used to have a hard time keeping darker color on my hair (gave up and keep if more blond now) and used to use this brown shampoo (they also make a blueish color one to help with brassiness of blond color which is great). They aren't expensive at all, so maybe if you have a Sally Beauty nearby give that a try!

 

[Pigeon]

Wait a week. I dye mine a similar color, and within a week with daily washing, it's a great color.

 

[dancin Disney style]

...the best advice is to live with it for a week and wash your hair a few times. With any fresh colour it will wash out a tiny bit each time you wash it for the first 2-3 times. If you really can't live with it then puttting a second all over colour will not do any real harm. However, if you have made your hair too light and try to go darker it will never really hold. Going light to dark is not a basic process. If the problem with the original colour is that the auburn is too bright....it will fade. Anything with a red of any kind fades. If you elect to leave the colour as is until the next time you can try a colour enhancing shampoo made for dark browns to give you a tiny bit of toning.

When doing at home hair colour do not change brands....unless you are OK with getting a different end result. The colour on the box may look the same or may be the same name as the one you had used previously but they vary widely from company to company.

As to the clarifying shampoo.....they are intended to remove build up or polutants from your hair...ie: hair spray or chlorine. They do not remove hair colour. It is not possible for a shampoo of any kind to lift or lighten your hair....it's mainly water.

The Tide trick....I've heard it many time but it falls more into the realm of old wives tale. It may or may not work. I would only be inclined to try it on hair that is very healthy and never on thin or fine hair. If it does anything at all what you will get is, most likely, brighter auburn....the red component will be more prominent.

 

[dakcp2001]

Whenever I do red, it looks bright and crazy for about a week. Give it a few washes to calm down, if you still don't like it go to a darker brown all over color NOT highlights. Do it yourself highlights are a big risk. I would just do an all over color.

 

[lizabu]

I agree. Just wash it a few times. I'm light brown and last winter I used an auburn color and it turned out a very bright red almost burgundy. Within a week or two it washed out so much I was pretty much back to my original color. You wouldn't even know I colored it.

 

[mafibisha]

...the best advice is to live with it for a week and wash your hair a few times. With any fresh colour it will wash out a tiny bit each time you wash it for the first 2-3 times. If you really can't live with it then puttting a second all over colour will not do any real harm. However, if you have made your hair too light and try to go darker it will never really hold. Going light to dark is not a basic process. If the problem with the original colour is that the auburn is too bright....it will fade. Anything with a red of any kind fades. If you elect to leave the colour as is until the next time you can try a colour enhancing shampoo made for dark browns to give you a tiny bit of toning.

When doing at home hair colour do not change brands....unless you are OK with getting a different end result. The colour on the box may look the same or may be the same name as the one you had used previously but they vary widely from company to company.

As to the clarifying shampoo.....they are intended to remove build up or polutants from your hair...ie: hair spray or chlorine. They do not remove hair colour. It is not possible for a shampoo of any kind to lift or lighten your hair....it's mainly water.

The Tide trick....I've heard it many time but it falls more into the realm of old wives tale. It may or may not work. I would only be inclined to try it on hair that is very healthy and never on thin or fine hair. If it does anything at all what you will get is, most likely, brighter auburn....the red component will be more prominent.

Thanks all, really appreciate the advice.

Dancin ^ you were right. Tide did nothing but make my hair really dry.

Right now is anyone watching the new silly show after the Olympics, Animal Practice?

I love the hair color on the main female actress. Anyone know the name or how to get that exact color?

Ok, I looked up the actress on that show, so does anyone know what her hair color would be called? Mine is sorta similar

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3679028992/nm0305272

TIA!!!

 

[crisi]

The way to get a specific color is to take a photo to the colorist and pay to have it professionally done. Even then, it might not be right. Drugstore box colors will vary a lot from brand to brand off what is pictured on the box, and vary more based off what your hair is like and how long you leave it in. An experienced colorist will be able to get closer - but it isn't cheap. A dye job like the one in the photo is probably three layers of color and glaze, and from an experienced colorist, depending on the part of the country and the salon, could be around $200+

 

[mafibisha]

The way to get a specific color is to take a photo to the colorist and pay to have it professionally done. Even then, it might not be right. Drugstore box colors will vary a lot from brand to brand off what is pictured on the box, and vary more based off what your hair is like and how long you leave it in. An experienced colorist will be able to get closer - but it isn't cheap. A dye job like the one in the photo is probably three layers of color and glaze, and from an experienced colorist, depending on the part of the country and the salon, could be around $200+

This is very true and I used to spend that much back in the day before kids. But now I'm on the budget plan (hence the post here LOL)

I'd still like to know if there's a way I can do something similar myself. The Dis peeps are very creative so hoping someone knows.

(a good reminder that tuition at a state college is usually at least 22K+ )

 

[TheRatPack]

Here hair is pretty.....I bought a box of Nutrisse by Garnier and it was a pretty brown red like that. But didn't have all the highlights and variations that hers has. The color I bought was a mahogany shade as I look better with the 'purple reds' and not the orange reds. Anyhow....it was really a nice color. You might want to try that brand.

I saw one of our local hairstylist now offering 'Ombre' color? Maybe you can look that up and see how they have all the depth using different colors and find some tips?

 

[jgreco]

Off topic, I had the ombre coloring done. It looked great when I left the salon. Hair needs to be just past the shoulders to look right. If you are the type of girl like me who likes to put her hair up in a clip or ponytail it will just look like a terrible dye job that grew out.

 

[TheRatPack]

Off topic, I had the ombre coloring done. It looked great when I left the salon. Hair needs to be just past the shoulders to look right. If you are the type of girl like me who likes to put her hair up in a clip or ponytail it will just look like a terrible dye job that grew out.

LOL, thanks for sharing that. I wondered about that.....as it does have that look to it if it's not a slower fade from dark to light. Now I know.....definitely don't want to look like I've had bad dye job with roots showing LOL

 

[mickeyinthehouse]

My hair is a little darker than the picture you posted and has red to auburn tones to it. I was looking for a budget way to manage my hair color and found information on the internet about using henna to dye hair. I absolutely love it. I order the henna online and use it about every 6-8 weeks. The color does not fade as this is a permanent color for hair but my grey hair starts to show after awhile so I just use the henna when the greys come through.

My hair has never been healthier and it only costs me about $3 each time I do it. My hairdresser even commented on how well the color looks.