So, I want to experiment this weekend and thought I'd run a question past you. I've been deepening my hair with less diluted dyes and applying much darker mixtures at the root, to blend the root. It's worked well in the back, but it just feels messy on top, so I hope to start fresh.
So plan is to remove as much colour as I can and of course see what I'm left with. At this point in time, I hope to attempt something that vaguely resembles ombre, ha ha. And of course, me being impatient, I don't want to wait a week after the colour remover because work is really really stressful at the moment, I need to at least feel like I look okay, don't need any unnecessary hair issues!
Because of the lightness of my hair now, the ombre would require putting a darker colour into the roots and inside lengths, and since the regrowth is virgin hair, I'm considering (OMG!) an easily-attainable box dye from the drugstore to blend the grey strands and get better coverage. I want it to be subtle, so I have dark blonde in mind.
So back to "reoxidisation", if I remove as much colour as possible (which are all semis at the moment) and apply a darker peroxide-based colour into the roots and blend down, my silly question is... would it possibly reoxidise lighter than the darker colour I'd be applying? I just can't picture that happening. I'd guess it wouldn't go lighter because if it does reoxidise, it may bring back some of the toner molecules if they're not washed out completely? But the darker colour would stick a bit, wouldn't it?
I could always use semis, which I may do, but I don't think they'll give the coverage I'm after at the top. And in fact, I'd probably have the same question if I'd choose to use a semi.
I'd think reoxidising would happen if the colour I'm removing is/was very vivid and concentrated and a lot darker, because I don't think I've got too much colour in there to remove, just a good amount of toner buildup and a tiny bit of brown-ish at the roots. Or... reoxidising may be an issue if I hoped to go lighter.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts, gals. :-*
P.S. The evil box dye I'm thinking of using is one I'd used lots and lots of times before I joined this forum, and it never fried my hair! Plus, I just can't get a hold of natural semis and don't have time to get to Sally's, which is a pain!
Posted : September 19, 2014 5:51 am
Yeah... you're so over thinking again lol
Think about what you've asked. (Irony of telling you to think about it when I've told you you're over thinking doesn't pass me by either 😉 )
2. How could a lighter colour reoxidising really do anything to the darker colour. If it does anything, it'll make the dark colour a little darker. However the colour remover, if not fully removed, could cause the dye not to take properly.
1. Why are you removing the colour anyway? What's the need if you're going darker?
Or maybe I've misunderstood?
ETA, if you've been deepening the colour over all your hair, just use the colour remover on the ends.
Posted : September 19, 2014 7:01 am
Yeah, that's what I thought. I think I'm brainwashed with the reoxidising issue from reading this forum and the make sure you "rinse, rinse, rinse before recolouring after a colour remover!" 😀
I want to remove colour buildup and also get rid of a few browny spots that don't quite blend too well on the roots. I thought of doing colour remover on the ends only, and may do if I think another colour will go evenly over the already-patchy stuff on top, but it might be best to start with a clean slate! I want it subtle and don't want the patchy bits to show through.
Thanks, as always, Janine. 🙂 Don't know why that question was stuck in my head, but it was worth asking!
Posted : September 19, 2014 7:28 am
I think you should go with semis anyway. That way if you do use the colour remover there nothing to worry about with dye not sticking! Then, if you want to, when you come to do the roots, use a box due then.
Posted : September 19, 2014 8:05 am
Exactly my plan, Janine! Only in reverse.
The plan is to blend in a "non-permanent" peroxide-based dye on the roots then go back in and blend further down the lengths with my ashy semis.
P.S. Just hope it "sticks", but we'll see. 😀
Posted : September 19, 2014 4:20 pm
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