I have colored my hair at home for the last year. It has gotten almost black and I want a more medium brown. My 3 inch roots are the way I want my color but I'm getting anxious about the rest of it. I have read about all kinds of home remedies...prell, dawn dish det. etc. they just don't seem to work, maybe since the color has been in my hair to long.
I was considering Color Zap or Color Fix...Can anyone with experience give me advice as to what I might do? Should I attempt these? If so, what are the risks of it totally screwing up my hair color?
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.
Maybe I'm not doing the prell thing right. Does anyone have detailed instructions...do you put it on dry, how long, etc.
No wether or not yo go to the hairdresses having dark hair is hard to die over because the pigments of the hair dye is very strong. Having to get lighter you would have to use a color zap or get your hair stripped at the hairdresses. Getting it stripped leads to hair snapping and being very brittle and sometimes even falling out. If you really want to go lighter you are best off ither letting it fade and grow out, keep washing it with head and shoulders conditioner it makes the hair dye fade, you wont realise the difference straight away but after a few washes with it your hair will really fade wich may fade enough to dye lighter. I suggest getting the color zap or letting it fade though, you dont want your hair to go orange, green, purple, yellow you want it nice so its not worth taking the risk honestly!
Good Look.
I've Been Doin Hair For 14 Years. It Will Be Damaging To Your Hair To Do This, But If You Only Want To Lighten That Much It Can Be Done. The Key Is To Lift Only The Amount Of Pigment Out Of The Hair That You Need To. Go To The Beauty Supply Store ( Not The Drug Store Or Walmart,as You Never Know What You Sure Getting) And Get A Off The Scalp Hair Bleach And 20 Volume Developer. Mix According To Instructions And Apply Only To The Hair That Has Color On It, Not Your New Growth!!!!!!at All Costs Do Not Put It On Your New Growth As It Wil Make It Blonde Because It Is Natural Pigment. Leave Lightener On Until The Colored Hair Is A Medium Orange, Then Wash It Out And Shampoo. Then Apply A Demi Permanent (again, From The Beauty Supply Store) ...choose A Color That Is Close To What You Want, But Make Sure It Has A Blue Base (blue Cancels Out Orange). Do Not Apply This To Your New Growth Either. Try To Match The Color You Have As Closely As Possible, It Will Not Be Perfect, But This Is A Start...
I Am A Stylist And If You Email Me A Picture Of You Hair I May Be Able To Help You More...i Don't Know Anything About The Color Zap, But I Do Know That Black Is The Hardest Color To Remove And Would Feel Better Giving You Advice If I Could See What Were Dealing With...jomamma123@live.com...feel Free To Email Me
I dyed my hair black a while ago, what would be the best way to get rid of it? I heard dyeing your hair after using colour zap made your hair purple ^_^; I'd rather avoid going to a salon if possible
Try mixing baking soda with shapoo, wet your hair, towel try it so it's damp, then cover it with a plastic cap and leave it on for as long as you can stand it, when darkening hair remember to only use demi- unless you are trying to cover grey.
Try mixing baking soda with shampoo, wet your hair, towel try it so it's damp, then cover it with a plastic cap and leave it on for as long as you can stand it, when darkening hair remember to only use demi- unless you are trying to cover grey.
I'd like to know why people think that baking soda is good for anything. It does nothing! Baking soda is simply sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate)
It dissolves in water to form sodium ions and bicarbonate ions:
the bicarbonate ion will not react with artificial haircoloring, developed or not. It will not react with natural pigment, either. It can't oxidiize like peroxide or persulfate (hair bleach). It won't dissolve the pigments, either. All it'll do is sit there on your head and irritate your scalp.
Bicarbonate will break down when heated to form carbon dioxide -- a gas. That leavens the bread and that's why they call this baking soda.
Bicarbonate is useful in buffering solutions (Keep the solution in it from becoming very acidic or very basic) by reacting with either acid (H+) or hydroxide (OH-):
Bicarbonate has been touted for a lot of other things. It's claimed that it will absorb odors from the 'fridge. It will absorb airborne organic compounds, but it doesn't even do that very well. Arm N Hammer has hyped their product a lot but basically, it's only baking soda.
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