I have been dying my hair for years, starting with natural toned permanents until last year when I took the plunge and tried bright semis. The last semi I used was Directions Plum and it was a nightmare from the start! I constantly had a blue neck and hands and after only a few washes my hair had very uneven streaks of blue and pinky purple :-(. I'd had enough, so tried to strip it out with Jo Bazz colour remover. I ended up with blonde roots (from previous bleaching) and turquoise stained hair!! My hair was so dry I didn't dare bleach it again so had to rush out and buy a red/brown hair dye to cover the mess. I REALLY want to go back to my lovely cherry red again but I have no idea how I can. Any help would be much appreciated!
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Posted : May 4, 2014 12:40 pm
How dark was the green? Chances are the cherry red would have covered it.
Either let the box dye fade naturally (they don't last long on bleached hair) or use a colour remover if your hair is up to it. You don't need a super pale base for a deep red.
Posted : May 4, 2014 6:31 pm
A lot of reds and even oranges will cover up green/blue just fine, even darker green surprisingly! Sorry that you've had such a bad experience with the plum, a lot of people haven't been happy with it since Directions changed it + have been having a really difficult time removing it.
If your hair is in good enough shape, try doing a color remover to bring you back to your blonde/turquoise and if you could post a photo that would be great. If it's still pretty dark you could try some fading treatments like vitamin c/baking soda with a clarifying shampoo.
Here's some examples of reds/oranges covering blue/green/purple:
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=12795.0
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=12702.0
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=13425.0
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=12595.0
Posted : May 5, 2014 1:58 pm
Thanks Ladies!! I really didn't think that red would cover it, but I think i'll let it fade a bit then try another colour remover and see how it comes out. It was a light turquoise colour last time ( should have taken a pic!) so hopefully a darker red would cover it 🙂
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Posted : May 5, 2014 5:48 pm
I had long hair and bleached it, then applied Plum and it went an inky blueish purple. I loved it but then it started to fade more and more into blue and then into green, because my base was yellow, as I was aiming for a supposed pink based purple. Since Directions changes the formula and it seems to be totally blue based now, it stained my hair green.
As I couldn't get my hair purple that way, I just dyed my hair box dye black. Now it's fading and showing the green underneath! xD But I'm also aiming for a red next, just letting it naturally fade as much as possible before doing anything.
I told you all of this not to bore you, but to tell you you are not alone! Thank god I cut my hair short or else my hair would still be one big mess.
Posted : May 7, 2014 11:18 pm
Thanks Xana! It's nice to know I'm not alone :D. I can't believe that one application of a semi permanent dye could stain the hair so much. I'm determined to get back to my beloved red again and I hope you manage it too. Please let me know how you get on x
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Posted : May 8, 2014 8:29 am
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