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Hi Guys,
My hair has been recovering over the past several months from getting it from dark brown with flashes of Atomic Pink (SFX) to a natural all-over medium ash brown. I wanted to grow my hair out a bit and give it a break from bleach, use a lot of intensive conditioners, generally leave my hair alone etc. However, because I'm a natural light blonde, and it doesn't suit me in the slightest, I get bored very easily and brown and black are just such dull alternatives. Also, I find that my blonde roots when they come through are very resistant to brown dyes in particular, especially permanent, which frustrates me! I've had red hair before but I used L'Oreal Feria by Preference in Pure Spice Power, which gave great first-time-dye results and always covered my roots well, but faded out too fast. So, I've decided to bite the bullet and go for the super vivid Little Mermaid shade of red, Nuclear Red (SFX). All I had to do to get the below result is put a bleach bath (1/2 bleach, 1/2 shampoo) on for 15-20 minutes until my hair went blonde and orange, very little damage was caused as I didn't use neat bleach and my hair was in much better condition than it has been. I then smothered my hair in the Nuclear Red and left it to soak in for about an hour, here is the result. I'm really happy because it's even all over and super super bright!
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After:
Hope you like it!
Posted : October 27, 2010 11:52 pm
Beautiful colour result!
Great that you also managed it without a full bleaching.
Posted : October 28, 2010 7:29 am
Gorgeous colour!
I'm also jealous you did it with no damage from little bleach, you're very lucky!
Posted : October 28, 2010 10:17 am
Thank you! I love it!
I think I got away with only doing a bleach bath because I'd left my hair alone for a good while and the only dye that had gone over previous bleach was the same medium ash brown dye x 3. It may even help being naturally blonde too, cause the roots tend to take no time at all to lift.
Posted : October 28, 2010 12:16 pm
Nuclear red is the first color I ever did and will probably always be my favorite!
Posted : November 17, 2010 1:22 am
Just an update, it's been nearly 3 weeks now and the Nuclear Red colour is still packing a punch! It's faded in the sense that it no longer has that 'nuclear' glow from fresh dying, but it is still most definitely a true red, and I can't see it fading to orange for a long time yet, certainly not before my roots need doing anyway!
Posted : November 17, 2010 1:29 am
That happened to me too. It was red for so long and after that it was a nice orange but that took FOREVER for it to get that way.
Posted : November 17, 2010 1:31 am
ooooohhhhh I LOVE that red!
Posted : November 17, 2010 3:23 am
wow, that is gorrrrrgeous. love the haircut too 🙂
Posted : November 18, 2010 7:35 am
it really is the perfect little mermaid colour. look amazing!
Posted : November 18, 2010 9:37 pm
So, it's been over a month and I've STILL not needed to re-dye! Sure, my blonde roots are coming through a little, but who cares? The red is still very bright and still hasn't faced to orange. VERY impressed with this colour.
Pics from yesterday:
Posted : December 2, 2010 1:34 am
the color is still vivid, thats very nice!
Posted : December 2, 2010 12:57 pm
Still looking great!
I love Nuclear Red, its very bright and normally stays vibrant for a fair while. Still loving the cut too 🙂
Posted : December 2, 2010 3:23 pm
wow! i wish mine lasted that long! looks good sweetie
Posted : December 2, 2010 8:01 pm
Wow, that is really bright and looks really good and well done 🙂 impressed it hasn't faded over the course of a month! That's good going for semi permanent.
Posted : December 12, 2010 8:50 pm
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