TQ79
Mar 28, 2009, 01:29 AM
Hi,
My hair is naturally really light golden strawberry blond, and for years despite protests from my mother and believe it or not hair stylist, I've dyed my hair to cover the blond. I've done various shades of red and auburn, even light and dark browns. And managed to strip them all out with store bought dye remover back to the natural color.
About 3 years ago I went black and then tried to strip the hair dye out with a store bought dye remover. When it failed, I bravely shaved my head and started over.
Stupidly enough about 6 months back I dyed it black again (apparently didn't learn my lesson the first time around) Once again used the same store bought hair dye remover and turned into a calico. Bleach blond on top that faded somewhat into my natural color, into a orange-ish red color, that faded to a lighter brown, to dark brown and the very ends still black. Despite constant ridicule from my mother of my newest color(s) on my head, I stuck with it like that for a few months to let my hair build back up to it's soft healthy state with deep conditioning and the likes.
I then used the dye stripper again which resulted in the rest of the orange and brown colors coming out to the bleach blond, with the ends still black. It now looks like I purposely two toned my hair and I've decided I can live with this as a look for now.
But my question remains as I am still in the scheming process of removing the black dye completely. I've heard a lot of little things from different sources, and I'm trying to figure out which are fact and which are fiction.
Does naturally blond hair absorb certain shades of hair color more than other natural colors do, to the point where it really becomes permanent or impossible to remove or change?
I've also heard that some black dyes contain henna, that won't come out no matter what you do to it, that it will always remain black?
Because to date I've cut a good 10 inches off my hair of the black dye that fails to leave even with the 2 applications of dye remover thus far. Should I just continue to cut it off inch by inch as it grows or are the above statement/questions false and the black can be removed at some point?
Any thoughts, opinions or insight would be welcomed :cool:
My hair is naturally really light golden strawberry blond, and for years despite protests from my mother and believe it or not hair stylist, I've dyed my hair to cover the blond. I've done various shades of red and auburn, even light and dark browns. And managed to strip them all out with store bought dye remover back to the natural color.
About 3 years ago I went black and then tried to strip the hair dye out with a store bought dye remover. When it failed, I bravely shaved my head and started over.
Stupidly enough about 6 months back I dyed it black again (apparently didn't learn my lesson the first time around) Once again used the same store bought hair dye remover and turned into a calico. Bleach blond on top that faded somewhat into my natural color, into a orange-ish red color, that faded to a lighter brown, to dark brown and the very ends still black. Despite constant ridicule from my mother of my newest color(s) on my head, I stuck with it like that for a few months to let my hair build back up to it's soft healthy state with deep conditioning and the likes.
I then used the dye stripper again which resulted in the rest of the orange and brown colors coming out to the bleach blond, with the ends still black. It now looks like I purposely two toned my hair and I've decided I can live with this as a look for now.
But my question remains as I am still in the scheming process of removing the black dye completely. I've heard a lot of little things from different sources, and I'm trying to figure out which are fact and which are fiction.
Does naturally blond hair absorb certain shades of hair color more than other natural colors do, to the point where it really becomes permanent or impossible to remove or change?
I've also heard that some black dyes contain henna, that won't come out no matter what you do to it, that it will always remain black?
Because to date I've cut a good 10 inches off my hair of the black dye that fails to leave even with the 2 applications of dye remover thus far. Should I just continue to cut it off inch by inch as it grows or are the above statement/questions false and the black can be removed at some point?
Any thoughts, opinions or insight would be welcomed :cool: