Lostsoule77
February 13th, 2011, 10:23 AM
I have a bit of a quandry that I need help with. In early Nov. '09 I dyed by hair using Natural Instincts #36 midnight black. It claims that it washes out in 28 washes and that it is a semi-permanent dye. I've been following this thread http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64155 and realize now that it is actually a demi-permanent dye. I had been looking for a true semi-permanent when I dyed it (for halloween), but everyone was out of the color. I have used NI about once every two years (a red color) and have never had a problem with it washing out so I didn't think this would be a big deal.
Fast forward to now and it is still in parts of my hair and I have a demarcation line. I called Clairol around Sept. or Oct '10 about it and their answer was since it was more than 2 shades darker than my natural color I would have to give it more time or have it stripped in order to get it out. Normally I wouldn't really care, but I'm getting married in Sept and would prefer not to have a demarcation line for that. ;)
I went into the best salon around(it's only one guy, but he is awesome) to ask him how much he would charge to strip it out. I'm trying to take care of it now so I have months to kinda repair any damage before Sept. He told me to just get some 20 vol peroxide from Sally's and mix it in with Dawn dt and leave it in for about 5 minutes (he did tell me the proper ratio that I can't recall.) He said that is basically all he would do anyway. I didn't want to do this myself because I don't want to mess up my hair. I asked my friend (who is a hairdresser, but lives in KY.) She said she would do that, but add a highlight powder to the mix and then a toner after. She said she wouldn't recommend doing this myself. She also suggested I try some laundry detergent followed by a DT before I got it stripped. While the detergent took some of the lighter spots out, it didn't help at all with the darker spots or the demarcation line. I've also tried washing more often and using a clarifying shampoo every couple weeks. Still no go.
After all this I think I am ready to try the stripping. My sister said the hair dresser probably told me to do it myself because he thought it would be easy and not a big deal and that she would try it.
So my question is do you think 20 vol. peroxide with some Dawn might work? How damaging would it be? Or would you think I should just go back to the salon and let him handle it? If I can do it what ratio do you think is proper and how long should I leave it in? I'm not trying to totally remove the dye. I just want to soften the demarcation line and lift some of the darker color. I don't plan on dying my hair again to get it to my original color which is why I haven't really considered color oops or any of those (along with the bad reviews they all have.)
TYIA for any help or suggestions. Sorry for the super long post, just wanted to try and get it all in. :) I put pics in an album so this isn't even longer. It is here http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/album.php?albumid=7273.
:D
Fast forward to now and it is still in parts of my hair and I have a demarcation line. I called Clairol around Sept. or Oct '10 about it and their answer was since it was more than 2 shades darker than my natural color I would have to give it more time or have it stripped in order to get it out. Normally I wouldn't really care, but I'm getting married in Sept and would prefer not to have a demarcation line for that. ;)
I went into the best salon around(it's only one guy, but he is awesome) to ask him how much he would charge to strip it out. I'm trying to take care of it now so I have months to kinda repair any damage before Sept. He told me to just get some 20 vol peroxide from Sally's and mix it in with Dawn dt and leave it in for about 5 minutes (he did tell me the proper ratio that I can't recall.) He said that is basically all he would do anyway. I didn't want to do this myself because I don't want to mess up my hair. I asked my friend (who is a hairdresser, but lives in KY.) She said she would do that, but add a highlight powder to the mix and then a toner after. She said she wouldn't recommend doing this myself. She also suggested I try some laundry detergent followed by a DT before I got it stripped. While the detergent took some of the lighter spots out, it didn't help at all with the darker spots or the demarcation line. I've also tried washing more often and using a clarifying shampoo every couple weeks. Still no go.
After all this I think I am ready to try the stripping. My sister said the hair dresser probably told me to do it myself because he thought it would be easy and not a big deal and that she would try it.
So my question is do you think 20 vol. peroxide with some Dawn might work? How damaging would it be? Or would you think I should just go back to the salon and let him handle it? If I can do it what ratio do you think is proper and how long should I leave it in? I'm not trying to totally remove the dye. I just want to soften the demarcation line and lift some of the darker color. I don't plan on dying my hair again to get it to my original color which is why I haven't really considered color oops or any of those (along with the bad reviews they all have.)
TYIA for any help or suggestions. Sorry for the super long post, just wanted to try and get it all in. :) I put pics in an album so this isn't even longer. It is here http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/album.php?albumid=7273.
:D