Comments on: What Everyone Should Know About Coloring Hair http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/05/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Terry http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/05/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-68415 Terry Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:02:30 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/17/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/#comment-68415 My experience: After some time of home dying with dark brown, my hair darkened to black. I went to my salon and asked them to remove the black and give me back my "brown" hair. They used the bleach soap referred to above, and my hair turned firey-orange. They warned me about it and said don't worry, we will dye it the color you want. Well, I ended up with a med. brown color with very intense red highlights...like a dark strawberry blonde! I have black eyebrows, so this really looked weird and didn't match well with my skin color. Lesson learned: I have used the dark brown, semi-permanent color with great success. Since my natural color is now salt/pepper, I have to color more often, but I really like the results. My experience: After some time of home dying with dark brown, my hair darkened to black. I went to my salon and asked them to remove the black and give me back my “brown” hair. They used the bleach soap referred to above, and my hair turned firey-orange. They warned me about it and said don’t worry, we will dye it the color you want. Well, I ended up with a med. brown color with very intense red highlights…like a dark strawberry blonde! I have black eyebrows, so this really looked weird and didn’t match well with my skin color.
Lesson learned: I have used the dark brown, semi-permanent color with great success. Since my natural color is now salt/pepper, I have to color more often, but I really like the results.

]]> By: Lyndsay http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/05/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-60631 Lyndsay Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:19:56 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/17/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/#comment-60631 You may need to have your stylist do a soap cap (basically shampoo and bleach) on your hair to pull the black off so you can lift it to a brown. To get rid of orange or brassy tones in your hair, you'll want to mix an additive in your color (if you color at home). You can get this at Sally's. It takes out red tones in your color. :) You may need to have your stylist do a soap cap (basically shampoo and bleach) on your hair to pull the black off so you can lift it to a brown. To get rid of orange or brassy tones in your hair, you’ll want to mix an additive in your color (if you color at home). You can get this at Sally’s. It takes out red tones in your color. :)

]]> By: F.G. http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/05/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-58496 F.G. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:15:59 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/17/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/#comment-58496 I have too-light highlights, that have partially grown out so that I have dark brown roots. I'd like to go all light brunette--in other words, darken the highlights and lift the natural dark brown color, without leaving a root stripe. Is this possible? Will it take a double process? I have too-light highlights, that have partially grown out so that I have dark brown roots. I’d like to go all light brunette–in other words, darken the highlights and lift the natural dark brown color, without leaving a root stripe. Is this possible? Will it take a double process?

]]> By: jessika http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/05/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-56273 jessika Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:30:27 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/17/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/#comment-56273 do not use anything like manic panic or raw or anything like that. those stain the hair and will eventually have to be grown out or lightened out. so before you do it think about how to get that crap out. not so worth it. but Pravana is a professional color line thta has amazing special effect colors. easier to remove. do not use anything like manic panic or raw or anything like that. those stain the hair and will eventually have to be grown out or lightened out. so before you do it think about how to get that crap out. not so worth it. but Pravana is a professional color line thta has amazing special effect colors. easier to remove.

]]> By: Romney http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/05/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/comment-page-1/#comment-38297 Romney Fri, 15 May 2009 12:50:28 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/17/what-everyone-should-know-about-hair-dye/#comment-38297 "Cons: The chemical process is damaging to your hair" Actually this may be an advantage for me. A hairdresser recommended colouring because I have lots of fine hair. Damaging it slightly seems to plump it up a bit. I don't blowdry or use any other products, just dye at home every 5-6 weeks. “Cons: The chemical process is damaging to your hair”

Actually this may be an advantage for me. A hairdresser recommended colouring because I have lots of fine hair. Damaging it slightly seems to plump it up a bit. I don’t blowdry or use any other products, just dye at home every 5-6 weeks.

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