Dye your hair a strange color

Step 6 Upkeep

After you've washed out the dye, you may want to consider doing a hot oil treatment or two because your hair is very damaged. The dye is a conditioner but I still think it helps.

When you wash your hair, use J&J baby shampoo which will not strip all the color out at once. Harsh shampoos will make the color fade within a few washes. Some people suggest using a "coloring shampoo" (from the beauty supply store) if one is available.

Dont forget to wrap your hair in the dye towel when you sleep (if its long) or cover your pillowcase (if its short)

You can do minor touchups every few weeks to keep it lookin' good!

Comments

[sharkona]

Also, I sleep with the dye in, most alternative hair dyes (i.e. Manic Panic, & Special Effects) have conditioner in them, so even after a whole night, my hair is soft, plus, it sets in GOOD, and lasts a lot longer in my opinion. Just put a plastic bag and a towel on your head & hop into bed. Rinse in the AM. If this is too much to handle leave it in for as many hours as you can stand!

[TexelGirl]

When I was dying my hair blue, one of the tips I read was to add some extra dye to a color-safe conditioner. That way you get a color boost with every time you condition. It did seem to prevent fade/dullness much better than when I didn't do it.

[God Under Siege]

Simply not washing your hair as often helps you keep the color lasting longer and keeps your hair more healthy too! Something the beauty and hygene industry totally don't want you to believe, but it's true! Don't wash out the minerals from your scalp everyday. It'll save you money too!

[The Ideanator]

Thats pretty much how I justify it, I just wish I knew where to get the green and blue dyes cheap.

[shiggles]

in ga our local cvs carries a kit with green blue and purple it's either special effects of splat beauty supplie places the ones with all the barrette and hair weaves have a huge selection of wild temp colors the shops that carry alot of ethnic hair and skin products

[hallowedgrave]

Just wanted to drop a "Thank you" comment for this excellent step by step hair dye instructions. I didn't follow it completely but took ideas from it that helped me during the bleaching/pre-lightning stage(e.g. tin foil, etc...)

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

Hi, I'm a hairdresser and I just thought I may add a few tips. If you can afford to, see a hairdresser about this. ;) I have two reasons to justify this statement: 1. Many lighteners [bleach] sold in beauty supplies are not intended for on-scalp use and can [and will] leave the scalp with chemical burns, sometimes resulting in open wounds, other times burning the hair follicles entirely and leaving bald spots [even if it only gets on the scalp in a couple places]. 2. If your desired color can be achieved with permanent [oxidative] hair color as opposed to direct dye [special effects] it WILL always last longer. This is because of several reasons, which I will not get into at the moment, but the primary reason for this longer lasting effect is called NATURAL REMAINING PIGMENT. And when salon professionals take color classes they drill this into your brains. (: If you cannot afford to see a hairdresser: 1. Purchase a lightener that is safe for on-scalp application, and add two packets of sweet-n-low to the lightener, I am dead serious it will not burn. 2. Developer should be selected for appropriate lift [again, your hairdresser will know this] so, if you have very damaged hair that is long and dark, three applications with 10 volume will be MUCH safer than one application with 40 volume. 3. The toner step is entirely unnecessary. Toner does not lift hair at all, so after applying the lightener, hair is either light enough, or not - in which case another application is needed. 4. apply lightener to the roots when the hair is nearly as light as you want it [the last 5 minutes or so], this way you will get a color that is between brown and your bright color - for a "natural look," if you will, without the instant re-growth. I use and love Redken Color Extend shampoo and conditioner, with a weekly treatment of Alterna hemp organics repair, my hair color is actually very similar to yours in the photo, but I go 8 weeks between coloring it and it is always BRIGHT. I really hope this doesn't sound mean, I just want to help. (: If I failed at being nice, I'm sorry. ):

[msdrpepper]

OH I thought you sounded nice! And my best gf is also cosmotologist and has colored my hair before and she also uses the Redken Color Extend on her hair and mine. Her hair always looks great (I need mine touched up again at the roots - I have very very long hair so the roots show bad pretty fast... we'll get to it this week or so...).

[ladyada]

ill try the sweetnlow, a great tip. BTW what -does- toner do if it doesn't take out the yellow?

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

It hard to explain briefly. But I'll try. In the American level system, there are 10 levels of hair color. 1 is black and 10 is lightest blonde. There are different colors that are exposed when you lift, or lighten, hair. There is a specific pigment exposed at each level. Toner provides a neutralizing pigment to balance the color exposed. So toner will not take yellow-orange hair to a white color, because yellow-orange is the color exposed at a level 8. In order to achieve a whitish blonde color, hair must be lifted as light as it will possibly go, and toned with a violet-based level 10 toner. But then, it gets more complicated, because there are different levels needed to apply these bright hair colors. Violet - 6-7 Orange - 7-8 Red - 5-7 Blue - 10 Green - 9-10 Yellow - 9-10 Does that answer your question a bit?

[watermelonhead]

i've heard about the sweet-n-low trick, and it does work.

[Doctor What]

You are brilliant.

[Aleksandr Skotbot]

I just joined this site, so pardon my error, I write using brackets, and where I placed them, they turned into links! eek!

[frenzy]

some how i expected you to get an arduino in your hair some how, oh well.

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[alex-sharetskiy]

hey, buddy no spam >:(

[mclisa]

Products with glycerin can strip red pigment from your hair. Also shampoos with sulfates as the primary cleansing ingredient can be very harsh. I use two good protein shampoo/conditioners, Mill Creek Keratin (health food stores) and Curly Hair Solutions Treatment shampoo and Pure Silk Protein.

[NattyIce]

If you do get dye on your face or hands and want to get it off right away crush a denture cleaning tablet and a add couple of drops of water in a cup(so its a thick paste). A light rub with a wash cloth or even your fingers and and the dye comes right off. Saved me from having to go out with purple ears many a time.

[Avozilla]

A light scrub with toothpaste and an old washcloth does the same thing--and it tingles.:D

[cryptographrix]

Paul Mitchell shampoo one and conditioner...seriously, the stuff works, but you only have to use a small amount... That and Elmer's glue in place of hair gel. I know some people who use olive oil, etc, but I never really got that - plus, it doesn't work for my hair because it's too thick. Currently, I went with white. I was jealous of people over 50. Peroxide pain sucks.

[jessifu]

Back when I was a non balding punk rocker (now I'm a balding punk rocker, I tried to not be a punk, just be cynical and listen to punk music, but that's pretty much punk, so oh well) I would use egg whites or Knox gelatin to spike my mohawk. I spent years shaving the sides of my head, now that's the place it grows best. All I wanted was the hair in the middle and it's abandoning me!

[Full Frontal Graphic]

Yeah. A Nohawk. Just be glad you have hair... and my best advice for guys going bald: since worrying is said to make you lose your hair, if you are losing your hair, don't worry about it.

[ejap]

Oil based conditioners tend to fade the colours away very easily. SO don't use them regulary, preferably at all.

[landru]

I think you're really cute ;-)

[costumey]

You can also add a bit of food color to the ELMERS SCHOOL GLUE to brighten things up a bit. I bet the blue gel school glue would work but I have only used the regular school glue, just be sure it isn't glue all. :-)

[I Love Nosferatu]

Its not a good idea to use a hot oil treatment. It gets your hair nice and soft but it strips the color. Nice hair by the way im gonna do red in september.

[brunoroots]

you look great ;)