Thanks to the great help from you guys here on the hair dye forum (much love! ) I have completed my transition from my nasty built up Live XXL real red to a nice refreshed SFX Candy Apple Red.
Here's my before:
383241_10151101696225165_720225164_22274795_1447584001_n by lauralei's work, on Flickr
note doll hair like shine and fuzzy bits!
So I started with Colour B4, which did an incredible job:
SAM_3671 by lauralei's work, on Flickr
Next step was a bleach bath to help my roots take the new colour and even out my patchy bits:
SAM_3676 by lauralei's work, on Flickr
Then SFX Candy Apple Red:
SAM_3678 by lauralei's work, on Flickr
Not sure I'll use this shade again as it's a bit dark and a bit blue based for what I wanted but I'm happy with how well it's taken.
Topic starter
Posted : January 28, 2012 4:34 pm
Ooh it's turned out lovely!
Posted : January 28, 2012 5:42 pm
Looks really good! So much more vibrant than the before pic. 🙂
Posted : January 28, 2012 6:04 pm
beautiful colour 🙂
Posted : January 29, 2012 2:51 am
thats a lovely colour, really suits you 🙂 i like how you've styled your hair too 🙂
Posted : January 29, 2012 10:18 am
It's much better!!! You suit it =)
Posted : January 29, 2012 2:51 pm
Thank you my dears! x
Topic starter
Posted : January 29, 2012 4:52 pm
looks amazing on you
Posted : January 29, 2012 8:37 pm
It looks great! I've always wondered how that shade looked, please keep us posted of how it fades 🙂
Posted : January 30, 2012 9:25 am
Love this! And it suits you so well. I really want to jump on the red bandwagon but still have lots of violet and turquoise to go through and my hair literally never fades since I use conditioner to wash which doesn't remove dye at all...
Posted : January 30, 2012 2:29 pm
Thank you 🙂
It came out really dark at first, like a really deep burgundy then after 1 wash it went like the above pic but today after another wash it's gone mega bright magenta red but still with a burgundy depth to it. I'll post another pic at weekend when I've washed again and see how it goes by then!
As promised, here's an update, about 3 weeks in now and it's gone way brighter with a pinkish tone. Not very keen on the pink tone so I've got a nuclear red ready in waiting for when this fades a bit more. As it stands though it's lasting super well. (Has been rubbing off onto my hats, bedding and wall behind where I sit quite a bit but that's my own fault coz I cba doing vinegar rinses ) I've not been using any special shampoo or conditioner (coz I kind of want it to fade so I can 'orange' it up a bit ) and I've washed it every three days.
ps) sorry for the drunkface, again!
SAM_3756 by lauralei's work, on Flickr
Topic starter
Posted : January 30, 2012 3:31 pm
Thanks for sharing these photos! I'm just preparing to go from live xxl red passion to sfx nuclear red in the same way you have. Fantastic job! Can't wait to do mine too 🙂
Posted : May 8, 2012 8:33 pm
This is a beautiful colour... now I'm second guessing doing the Cherry 🙂
Posted : July 25, 2012 11:08 pm
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