Dying my hair red...
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Jan 30, 2013
Lola N.
Any tips on how to get red hair from dyed black hair?
Jan 30, 2013
Diana V.
their are a lot of red hair dyes made especially for people with dark hair to get to red with no bleach....does that make sense??? lol
Jan 30, 2013
Diana V.
that's what I used
Jan 31, 2013
Tiffany M.
Those high lift no bleach reds will not work on hair that's dyed black... They're meant for naturally dark hair
Jan 31, 2013
Ysabella K.
Well there's no really way around it but to bleach it I u want it red. I had black dyed hair before and I just bleached it once and it turned and orangey yellow blond color which is fine bc red doesn't need to have a really light base to show up. I would try that. :) hope this helps!
Jan 31, 2013
Jessica S.
Hate to say this- those are the 2 worst nightmares for any stylist..
Jan 31, 2013
Harajuku B.
U have to bleach it then wait for a week then start the red dying
Jan 31, 2013
Tori K.
Use loreal high lift reds from sally beauty supply, itll lift and deposit the color in one step
Jan 31, 2013
Stephanie D.
STOP STOP STOP.
Lord why is everyone always resorting to bleach all the time? It completely wrecks your hair and she doesn't have to.
ASSUMING you don't want a strawberry blonde (and I'm guessing you're aiming for more like a medium auburn...what you need to do is use a sulphur-based color remover (I use and recommend color oops). It will reverse the oxidization process of the dye you have in there and strip it out. It's much less damaging than bleach and it works like a charm. I've done this a hundred times. Depending on whether or not your natural hair has been lifted at all by a previous dye, you may get a weird intermediate, but don't worry about it.
Keep in mind that it's still damaging (not as much as bleach) and will make your hair more porous, so any red you put in there will fade pretty quickly and you have to be careful how you apply it/how long you leave your new dye on certain portions to avoid hot roots.
Jan 31, 2013
Jessica S.
Right- the hair stylists dont know what theyre talking about... Yet again..
Jan 31, 2013
Jessica S.
Not going there.
Jan 31, 2013
Sandy G.
@Tiffany m., thats not true my hair was dyed midnight black and it turned a beautiful magenta red.
Jan 31, 2013
Aghadi H.
ok
Jan 31, 2013
Stephanie D.
Jessica, I didn't actually see you make a suggestion in this thread. How can you possibly accuse me of telling you you're wrong?
Yes, bleach will definitely remove the dark color she has on her hair, but it's not chemically necessary to do this to achieve HER desired result. You know it's not, and I know it's not. It's just the easy go-to solution.
Jan 31, 2013
Nicolette R.
Some of us hairstylist paid 20k or maybe even more to attend a beauty school to learn and take care of our clients and their hair. Leave it up to the professionals :) call ur nearest salon and have them take care of ur hair color process. Now of course u will need to deep conditioner afterwards. Ur hair won't be damn age unless u fail to keep up with ur hair maintenance,
Jan 31, 2013
Nicolette R.
*damage... Darn iphone lol
Jan 31, 2013
Jessica S.
Amen nicollette..
Jan 31, 2013
Stephanie D.
Bleach = laziness when you know better. And after $20K, you should know better.
Jan 31, 2013
Tiffany M.
As a professional stylist I used bleach as a last resort...that's the way I was trained
Jan 31, 2013
Z M.
Ok seriously do not listen to anybody. I had dyed black hair and went bright red without bleaching. It did take about 2 months for me to get the red I wanted since I did not wanna bleach my hair and I wanted to give it some time to relax. So what I did I dyed my hair red with a toner it of course wasn't red but has a red tint under the sun and I just kept dying and dying my hair with loreals hicolors in magenta until it was finally the bright red I wanted. I wanted it so badly and without bleaching that I didn't care how much time, effort and money I put into dying it because I was determined to not bleach my hair. But I will tell you maintaining it was very difficult because I wash my hair sometimes everyday and sometimes every other day so therefore I had to redye my hair every 1 1/2-2 weeks and ended up cutting my hair because all that redying didn't do good to my hair
Jan 31, 2013
Becca M.
Okay, I dyed my hair a vivid red colour last summer.. & just like you - I didn't know how to go about doing it at first.
1.) I went a a salon so they could do it correctly. (My hair was black for about 5 months prior) & I had really black ends.
2.) They consulted all the hairdressers there on HOW to attempt this - they said it would take without bleaching & it would be my desired colour.
3.) They didn't take the back out at all. My roots were reder than a tomato & my ends were blacker than black.
I finally just ended up cutting the back ends off & dying it myself. For about 50 dollars cheaper..
Just my story.
Red is also very hard to maintain. Loved the red hair, but I couldn't even enjoy it because I didn't want to strip or damage my hair.
Feb 1, 2013
Maggie D.
go to a hairdresser. black is the worst to get out. don't DIY. you've gone black and its time to suffer to consequences. I'm saying this from experience and from the pain of my wallet.
Feb 1, 2013
Jessica S.
I just have to say that while i was at work yest i let all the stylists i work with read this whole thread. All of agreed upon what to do in this situation. And you can not remove res or black or blue or pink or wtfe color with out LIFTING it. Which you need a color remover- which is always a mild form of bleach. Ive been doing what i do for 25 years and have never come across in my time where you can use something other then a form of bleach to get color out of the hair. To all who say you can use other remedies- go for it. Im independent and have had a very successful career and im very blessed for what ive accomplished. I would NEVER tell another individual they dont know what theyre talking about when i do not do their job.
Feb 1, 2013
Jessica S.
Everybody's hair is different plain and simple. But what ive learned in my time and every other professional as well- red and black are the 2 most difficult colors to remove from the hair. Period. Ive done my fair share of color correction- and it sucks. All due to people thinking they can do it themselves.
Feb 1, 2013
Stephanie D.
I'm sure you do a great job and that lots of people leave your chair happy. In 25 years, chemistry and technology changes...you're not doing spiral perms or Farrahs or Rachels anymore (yikes...at least I hope not). Here are some salon (professional) products that are sulfur based and designed to remove color:
Prevana Color Extractor
Goldwell Color Remover
Vanish Color Remover
There are more. Professional colorists aren't unaware of this type of product. You may have used one or all of these products before and assumed they were bleaching agents. I don't know. In any case, sulphur based removers reverse the oxidization process and take out deposited color ONLY without lightening the natural pigment. Look it up, google it, find a continuing education class on it, ask around on one of your professional forums...do what you have to if you don't want to take my word for it.