Hair dying questions

[Veronica]

Lucky me - I started going gray at 19. I get my hair done every 5 weeks. My hair and nails grow really fast, probably because of all that protein I eat. My hair and my arms/shoulders are my vanities. I'm too young to be so gray.

Veronica

[Blueberry]

I'm starting to think about this.

I had very blonde hair that also has gotten progressively darker. In the last 6 months, it also has *way* too many gray hairs. All of a sudden. Bleh.

[gnat23]

Lemme know when you're ready to come over to the Crayola Side.

-- gnat! (I got this!)

[Aggie_Ama]

Lemme know when you're ready to come over to the Crayola Side.

-- gnat! (I got this!)

I want to do some soft purple peekabo highlights but my husband poopoo'd that. Probably best, my office would probably flip out.

[laura*]

Lemme know when you're ready to come over to the Crayola Side.

Four years ago I tried bright pink hair at Burning Man. I think I must have done something wrong because the color kept washing out every time I washed my hair. By the end of the week is was mostly gone. From my hair that is - my T-shirts, pillows, and towel all had pink marks.

Is that the way it is supposed to work? Is there some sort of color fixer that I should have used? (The store only sold me the one bottle of pink goop.)

[breeze]

Years ago, in an attempt to go auburn-colored with a demi-permanent color at home (from blonde with highlights) I accidentally ended up with Bozo-the-Clown orange hair with green streaks (the former highlights). It took weeks to wash out.

I don't color my own hair anymore. Lesson learned!

That said, I'm also a blonde-to brown gal. Grew up with almost white-blonde hair that has gradually darkened, and is naturally reddish-blonde with lighter highlights on the sides and top. I haven't been keeping up with salon coloring in the past few years but I'm thinking about a major cut/color soon. I'm waiting until I get to donation length this fall (Locks of Love- 10 inches) and then I'll probably chop and color.

I'm also thinking about treating myself to a pink streak when I finish my dissertation next year. We'll see. I've been wanting one for years!

[indysteel]

Years ago, in an attempt to go auburn-colored with a demi-permanent color at home (from blonde with highlights) I accidentally ended up with Bozo-the-Clown orange hair with green streaks (the former highlights). It took weeks to wash out.

I don't color my own hair anymore. Lesson learned!

Oh my gosh; I'm sorry to laugh at your expense, but the visual on this is darn funny. I'm glad it's behind you now though!

[Jiffer]

I'm also thinking about treating myself to a pink streak when I finish my dissertation next year. We'll see. I've been wanting one for years!

For those of you pondering pink (or other interesting color) streaks, have you ever heard of dying your hear with Kool Aid?! My 14 year old daughter learned this from her friend and dyed the underneath layer in the back red and it lasts like forever! She just stuck in in a bowl of Kool Aid and wah lah! She did it about three or four months ago.

She will be needing a trip to the salon in the next month to un-Kool Aid her hair for the private school she's going to next year. They don't accept hoodlum Kool Aid kids! Haha!

[Jiffer]

Just to clarify, dying my own hair is not a matter of know how. I've done it before when I was a dark auburn. But I do believe it was easier to do darker hair. It seemed I couldn't mess it up. (Sometimes I can't believe I actually went through that phase! It's the only time I haven't been blond in my whole life. Hmmmm. Maybe I should do it again!)

It might be harder with a lighter color, though, to touch up and do just the roots.

But my main question was what it would do to my currently treated highlights mostly.

I might just grab a box of temporary color, as suggested by a few, and see how that goes. Unless I misunderstood, I have less of a chance of having a strange color reaction?

I've often wondered how I'd like myself with my natural color, so I might even decide to do a temporary color to match my natural and see how I like it. Hmmmm. So far, at 43, I don't have any grey hairs to cover up. Maybe I'll be like my dad who didn't get a grey hair for many, many years. I get my blond thick locks from him, so crossing my fingers I get the non-grey hair gene as well.

Part of my consideration is just saving money. With two daughters now in private school, and my husband's business that has ups and downs, I'm currently in a really, really, really long phase of waiting to get my hair done because money is tight. If I dyed my own hair this would not be an issue.

My sister dyes her hair blonde and her natural is much darker than mine. I figure if she can do it, I can do it. Cause, you now, "Anything she can do I can do better, I can do anything better than her!!!!" (That's a song, in case some of you didn't catch that!)

[lovelygamer]

Four years ago I tried bright pink hair at Burning Man. I think I must have done something wrong because the color kept washing out every time I washed my hair. By the end of the week is was mostly gone. From my hair that is - my T-shirts, pillows, and towel all had pink marks.

Is that the way it is supposed to work? Is there some sort of color fixer that I should have used? (The store only sold me the one bottle of pink goop.)

The "temporary" colors rub out like that. The semi-perm or perm don't. You can lock in crazy colors with a variety of things, including household white vinegar.

[SheFly]

Lucky me - I started going gray at 19. I get my hair done every 5 weeks. My hair and nails grow really fast, probably because of all that protein I eat. My hair and my arms/shoulders are my vanities. I'm too young to be so gray.

Veronica

I got you beat - my first gray was at 16 . I, personally, gave up and embraced it after 25 years of both salon and DIY coloring. As someone who has had BAD at home hair colors, take thee to the salon - especially with hair that is already treated.

SheFly

[GLC1968]

Lucky me - I started going gray at 19. I get my hair done every 5 weeks. My hair and nails grow really fast, probably because of all that protein I eat. My hair and my arms/shoulders are my vanities. I'm too young to be so gray.

Veronica

Ha, me too. I just gave up a few months ago and I'm *almost* 100% natural again. I'll be there after my next cut on Saturday. Shefly was one of my inspirations, actually. She looks so damn cute with her natural color!

I do have you beat in one way though. I had to color my hair every 3 weeks to keep the grey at bay! Dark brown natural hair and super white grey, all around the face, does not an easy color life make. I'm so glad to be done with it for good.

[SheFly]

Ha, me too. I just gave up a few months ago and I'm *almost* 100% natural again. I'll be there after my next cut on Saturday. Shefly was one of my inspirations, actually. She looks so damn cute with her natural color!

Aw, shucks . Pics! We need to see the new do!

SheFly

[GLC1968]

Aw, shucks . Pics! We need to see the new do!

SheFly

It's all a tad bushy right now (and I have a swollen eye) so I'll take some on Saturday after my cut. It's about time I updated my facebook photo anyway.

[malkin]

We had a family fling with temporary purple highlights for everyone.

Temporary for the humans but permanant for parts of the bathroom!