Okay, so recently I shaved my head. It has grown out a bit since then and I got bored last night so I bleached it once for 30 min, it turned to a pale yellow and I colored it Electric Lizard Green by Manic Panic. I left it in for 20-30 min and I only used the original dye, not the amplified kind.
After I colored it I thought it looked cool, but after a few hours I got tired of it (Does that happen to anybody else?). You see, I live in Seattle and Green is a Seahawks color... :/ Plus, my mom says it looks bad... but, she doesn't really like "alternative hair colors."
I know that reds look really good on me, and I usually go with those colors when I get one of those urges to randomly color my hair so I totally have a full bottle of Special Effects Nuclear Red hair dye!
The only problem is, is that I am not sure if I should bleach my hair, strip it, or just go over the color with the red. I know that RED+GREEN = probably an undesirable color but it seems as though the Nuclear Red dye is darker than the Electric Lizard dye. I am so familiar with how much stronger Special Effects is than Manic Panic. I'm leaning toward the idea that it should go over pretty well(?)... but, I don't want to make a mistake because I am about to start school and move!!! I want to look pretty!
I'll attach some pics of the green so everyone can see where I am coming from... I just need a bit of advice. Ignore the huge nose ring in my last pic. My other one fell out in the shower! Got a new one though. 8)
Nuclear is very strong. But strong enough to go over green is pushing it. At best, I think you'd get a very dark red.
However, green generally fades fast. Use some harsh shampoo and try and strip it as much as you can. Get it to a yellow again, which shouldn't take more than a few washes, and you'll be fine to use the nuclear then. Even a strong yellow will be fine.
Oh, and it doesn't look bad, it looks great! Generally ignore what mothers think is nice or not. π