FAQ: Which Semi-Permanent Dyes work on Dark Hair?

Deep purple Goes plummy on my natural hair and does give a putple shine to my dark brown dyed hair (basically where I accedentally get it on bits I have not bleached!). But its dyed dark brown so the hair will be more porpus that naturally dark brown hair I should imagine

I once applied Atomic Pink on someone with dark brown hair who was terrified of the idea of bleaching her hair.

It came out exactly the same shade as ribena.
It looked like she'd dipped her head into a big vat of ribena.

She was very pleased with it!

ohhh thats fab : D

I quite like the idea of ribena coloured hair, I might try this once my extensions come out, until my hair is fit enough for bleaching again.  🙂

Ive been thinking of giving my hair a rest from bleaching after Ive used up my 3 tubs of Directions reds prob in about 6mths time.
My natural hair is similar to this shade

http://www.superdrug.com/permanent-colour/nice-n-easy-light-brown-116/invt/52272/

Would it work if I used a dark purple like Directions Plum over my faded red and natural roots,and kept using it without bleaching roots to give a break from the bleach,I dont mind if the colours not too even.

i would imagine it would. one of my mateys uses sfx blue velvet over her natural black hair ad it looks lovely =)

Ive been thinking of giving my hair a rest from bleaching after Ive used up my 3 tubs of Directions reds prob in about 6mths time.
My natural hair is similar to this shade

http://www.superdrug.com/permanent-colour/nice-n-easy-light-brown-116/invt/52272/

Would it work if I used a dark purple like Directions Plum over my faded red and natural roots,and kept using it without bleaching roots to give a break from the bleach,I dont mind if the colours not too even.

It absolutely positively works! I did this and the rest from box dyes/bleach did my hair the world of good. I never touched a box dye or bleach in 6months. I dyed my hair red and was dying it Rose Red with mixtures of other reds added in for 4months. I used to dye then wait until the colour had faded of my natural roots (it never faded off my length as I had box dyed my hair red as a base for Directions) and then I'd redye with the veggie dyes again. Then when I ran out of reds I decided to get rid of the Directions Plums in my hairdye stash and once the red had faded from my roots I fired it straight on top of the red and kept doing that until I bleached the top layer for blue.

It fades from your natural hair colour faster than the hair that's been dyed but otherwise it works without fail and stays pretty even coloured since Plum starts out dark and forgiving of damaged hair.

rouge from stargazer gives black hair a red shine^^

I've been using Directions Ebony to try and even up my hair between the frazzled bleached bits and the rest which is naturally very dark brown, and I'm starting to find that the roots are always much browner than the rest and I have to leave it on for aaages. Which is ridiculous since it's black, you would've thought black could dye anything!
I was going to ask about this, but it seems this post explains it.
I will probably have to break out the bleach bath (gently).