school girl error, im guessing!!

[lilposhgirl]

ok so i dyed my hair the other day with permanent (first mistake) hair dye which i guess has actually bleached it...... ok so i didnt do all the little testy things etc (2nd mistake). i really have to try a rectify the situation coz its actually orange in some lights (yes orange not ginger). Im not sure how to go about it my mum wont let me go to th hairdressers coz its too expensive. So im either guna leave it.... or most probably dye it again shall i do it with semi permanent dye? or what? i am also aware that my hair might fall out if im not careful HELP ME PLEASE!!!!

[gessoo]

Oh bless you. I hope a hairdresser on here comes to your rescue. I actually dyed my sons hair red when he was about 14, and that curtains hair style was in fashion. I reckoned that it was safer for me to do it than let him loose with red hair dye! It gradually went pink and remained that way until it eventually grew/got cut out. It was meant to be a semi permanent colour - perhaps the fact that he was quite blonde was the problem.

How about offering yourself as a model at a hairdstylists that has college trainees! It would be a good lesson for them in correcting colour and would cost hardly anything.

Good luck!

[malaise]

Your hair wont fall out, but you'll probably need a permanent dye in your natural colour or darker to cover the orange. Since you've bleached it, start using shampoo & products for damaged hair to keep it in nice conditon.

Alternatively you could go to a Salon Services or Sally's (or any other hairdresser's supply shop) and ask the assistant to recommend you a good toner that will remove the orange (probably ash blonde or grey). This will make your hair a little darker, but will make it a much more human colour.

But p.s a hairdresser's is by far the best idea! I spent my entire teen years f*****g with my own hair and ended up having to crop it all off when I was 19! So be warned ;-)

[jules1968]

what colour did you put on it? I work in a hairdressers and may be able to offer you a bit of advice if i know what you put on it and what was your hair colour before you did it. ? Was it a bleach or just a high lift colour?

[lilposhgirl]

I put 'conditioning hair lightener' on it. So i wasnt quite expecting this haha. My hair was quite a dark blonde colour.

[jules1968]

All you can do really is to use a silver shampoo on it to tone down the orange. these things are really bad for the condition of your hair so make sure you use a good conditioner! Good luck and let me know if it works!! p.s it may take a few washes to get it working. DO NOT use this stuff again. Your hair has a red pigment in it and because these things only lift the colour so far out, the orange tones will remain from the red.

[lilposhgirl]

This might seem a really stupid question but what is a silver shampoo and what will it do? Also can i use a semi permanant/ permanent dye on it to kinda tone it down a bit or will this ****** it up even more? xxx

[jules1968]

a silver shampoo will tone down the orange. have a look in boots.It's just an ordinary shampoo. when you use it, it looks purple but don't let that put you off when you see it.Its what a lot of older ladies with white hair use to tone it down when it goes a bit yellowy.I would strongly advise against putting anymore dye on your hair, at least until you sort this problem out. I used to put sun in ( a similar product) on my hair when i was at school because i wanted to go blond, but because it didn't lift enough, i went ginger!! it does contain peroxide. Why don't you pop into a salon and just ask their advice about re-colouring. They would be happy to help you i'm sure without you booking an appointment.

[smudge]

I shall never forget coming home from work one afternoon & our youngest daughter, then 16, opening the door with bright yellow hair. She had decided to use peroxide on it! I could have throttled her, as she had the most beatuful head of hair!

I wouldn't let her go to school the next day, but carted her off to the hairdressers for help. They told me there was nothing they could do & that it would be best to let it grow out! There was no way she as going to school like it, so I bought a hair colour, which toned it down slightly to a mucky green!

Remember Wispy?!!!!

[smudge]

*was going

[lilposhgirl]

Hahahaha yeah im 16 i think its a necessary step in life haha the difference is my mum actually did it to me. I dont think i would hav actually put peroxide on it knowing what it was xxxx

[gessoo]

Ha ha, your mum obviously is a bit like me then!!!

[gessoo]

When I was 15 back in the dark ages of 1962 I decided to change my image from long fair hair to short blonde hair. I ended up with a shaggy urchin cut (much like I have at the moment) and it was bright orange. I then went out and bought a black shiny PVC mac and some white stilletos! My mum must have been horrified, but bless her she didn't pass any comments. I must admit I was quite pleased with the result. I did then go blonde quite shortly afterwards - a nice bleached white colour. Eventually I settled for a nice soft blonde.

I never had natural colour hair again until quite recently when I decided to see what colour it was - still light brown. I have now had three colours put into it but its quite subtle. Variety is the spice of life!! I'm all for experimenting.

[smudge]

Yeah, but not when it ends up bright yellow & resembles Jimmy Saville!

That would put anyone off concentrating in the classroom, 'specially when you're due to sit your exams the same week! ;o}