Dip Dye!

[luxepiggy]

Yup, I actually did it. Let none accuse little piggies of being all talk and no action! (^(oo)^)v

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/dipdyetips.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/dipdyetips2a.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/dipdyetipsbun.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/dipdyetipssun.jpg

[pepperminttea]

I love it! The blue ends poking out of your bun looks epic! :bluebiggr

[luxepiggy]

I love it! The blue ends poking out of your bun looks epic! :bluebiggr

Thanks! And you even gave me a blue smiley! Awesome (^(oo)^)v

[door72067]

that really looks amazing on you!

[pepperminttea]

Thanks! And you even gave me a blue smiley! Awesome (^(oo)^)v

It was just so appropriate I couldn't resist! :bluesmile

[Valfreyja]

You are SO awesome! I'm speechless...

[ladylowtide]

I love it! :cheese:

Makes me wish my red ends were intentional.

[meishkamooshka]

That look so great! I'm inspired. I especially love how it looks styled. SO COOL! :thumbsup:

[millyaulait]

That's gorgeous! :D

[Amethyste]

Totally awesome... The blue looks vibrant yet rich!

[Kyla]

That looks amazing with your hair! :D Beautiful!

[swearnsue]

Wow, that looks totally oinkingly great!

[Tisiloves]

Amazing, did you bleach or did you manage that with just direct dye?

[Vanilla]

I love it. :). And I agree the blue ends poking out of your bun are epic :)

[luxepiggy]

Valfreyja, ladylowtide, meishkamooshka, millyaulait, Amethyste, Kyla, swearnsue, Tisiloves & Vanilla - thank you all for the compliments! (^(oo)^)v

Tisiloves - There was definitely bleach involved :wannabe:

[Quixii]

Very cool! Did you have to bleach? It's so wonderfully vibrant! I love it. :)

ETA: Whoops, just saw that you did have to bleach. Still, the results are great!

[kallarina]

WOW! Just WOW. That looks so good! Your hair is just shockingly beautiful!!!

[gracenotes]

That's awesome! I miss my dip dye now.

[ApatheticFairy]

That's awesome-- so bright!. How did you manage to bleach out the black and still look so darn healthy?? I tried going blonde after red and wrecked myself. -.-;;

[luckyshot]

That looks awesome! I think I'm going to try this with my bleached ends when my roots grow out longer.

[kidari]

That is so AWESOME!!! It looks really cool up or down.

[Bunnysaur]

That is so awesome! How did you get the blue so vibrant with such dark hair?

[MonicaJean]

Love love love it! I've been so tempted to do this especially since my hair is blonde, which would be so easy to work with. My hair is too short for it to look good though, IMO. Damn. By the time I get to the length I want it will probably be out of fashion (maybe I won't care though. haha).

Anyway, the blue looks amazing especially in the bun.

[PurplePenguin]

It looks uber awesome Piggy!

[anime_length]

It looks so cool! Did you have to bleach the ends?

[EmmaDStrange]

Ah thats SO COOL! Loving blue atm, been tempted to put dark vibrant blue streaks in my black hair for a while, but now I've decided I'm growing out the unnatural black, so I'm just gonna have to be content with seeing your beautiful hair instead!

[joflakes]

Ooh, very pretty! I would like to know which dye you used, though! :)

[Littlewing13]

Love it! :)

[oktobergoud]

Awesome! :D

[SakuraGirl]

Love it! Looks so awesome in that bun!

[Phexlyn]

Your blue ends look fantastic, luxepiggy! :D
I love the bun picture!

[skaempfer]

Oooooh! And with blingy bits too! That looks cracking, Piggy! I toast you with a donut :flower: (we don't have donut emoticons, so I give you a flower instead, and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=-PVu3FO05zU), starring the cutest donut ever. I will never, never chew this gum, because I want this donut to hang around me forever.)

[Neneka]

It's gorgeous! You look like a fairy. :)

[Hairizona]

Well curl my tail, it looks fantastic on you, luxepiggy!

[afu]

Looks lovely :)

[faellen]

Oh wooow that looks fantastic! Jealous!
The bun looks especially brilliant :D

[BelleBot]

Oh wow, your hair looks fantastic, I love the blue, such a beautiful shade :)

[spidermom]

It could not look better; awesome, in fact!

[luxepiggy]

Quixii, kallarina, gracenotes, ApatheticFairy, kidari, luckyshot, PurplePenguin, EmmaDStrange, Bunnysaur, MonicaJean, Littlewing13, anime_length, oktobergoud, joflakes, SakuraGirl, Phexlyn, skaempfer, Hairizona, faellen, Neneka, BelleBot, and spidermom:
Thank you all for your incredibly kind words! http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/piggies/3heo131.gif


That's awesome-- so bright!. How did you manage to bleach out the black and still look so darn healthy?? I tried going blonde after red and wrecked myself. -.-;;

Immediately before bleaching, I did an ascorbic acid soak to remove any hard water metal ions from my hair. Then I used an amodimethicone conditioner, because amodimethicone has been shown to reduce oxidative hair damage from chemical processing. I also cut my bleach mixture with a bit of conditioner, and did all of my post-bleach washing & rinsing with ascorbic-acid treated water. Keep in mind, though, that I was bleaching out my natural pigment, not artificial colour.


That looks awesome! I think I'm going to try this with my bleached ends when my roots grow out longer.

Pictures! Pictures or it didn't happen ;)


That is so awesome! How did you get the blue so vibrant with such dark hair?

My natural hair colour is actually lighter (level 3), and I use blue deposit dye to make my hair blue-black. So basically I bleached out my natural colour from underneath the existing blue dye (^(oo)^)v


Love love love it! I've been so tempted to do this especially since my hair is blonde, which would be so easy to work with. My hair is too short for it to look good though, IMO. Damn. By the time I get to the length I want it will probably be out of fashion (maybe I won't care though. haha).

Anyway, the blue looks amazing especially in the bun.

I don't think your hair is too short for it to look good! In fact, the tutorial I followed to fade the bleached portion into the rest of my hair was done on hair that was shorter than APL - you should go for it! Take advantage of the fact that you don't have to bleach, you lucky ducky :D


It looks so cool! Did you have to bleach the ends?

I did; thankfully they seem to have survived without catastrophic damage :p


Ooh, very pretty! I would like to know which dye you used, though! :)

Pravana Chromasilk Vivids Blue (^(oo)^)v



Oooooh! And with blingy bits too! That looks cracking, Piggy! I toast you with a donut :flower: (we don't have donut emoticons, so I give you a flower instead, and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=-PVu3FO05zU), starring the cutest donut ever. I will never, never chew this gum, because I want this donut to hang around me forever.)

That is the cutest donut ever!! The turkey leg is a little frightening tho (^(oo)^)`



It's gorgeous! You look like a fairy. :)

Woo! Fairy pig! I like it http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/piggies/fairypiggy.gif

[joflakes]

Thanks! It's a shame I can't get it over here as it look fab.

[jacqueline101]

I love it the color and the bun picture is great. I'd like to know how you did it? Professional or self done.

[lapushka]

That looks totally amazing! Love the bun! :)

[bluesnowflake]

Ooh, I love it! IT's a pretty shade of blue and it looks awesome with the ends coming out of the bun.

[Anywhere]

It looks awesome. With the black and the hair tinsel, your hair reminds me of a starry night sky. ;)

[Carolyn]

That is absolutely amazing! I love the blue with your oh so dark hair. And that messy bun! I love the blue ends sticking out of it and I admire your messy bun skills.

[Capybara]

Love the blue ends!

I spy some pretty hair tinsel as well :DI

[holothuroidea]

:bigeyes: Soooo pretty!

I love it.

[rowie]

I love it! http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j277/shyboyfriend/62556d2c.gifAwesome job!

[Dragon Faery]

Perfect color combination! Simply pigtastic! So classy in an in-your-face sort of way. :) love it!

[Hairwish]

It looks awesome!

[Faux]

You're hair is just gorgeous!

[Ticky]

It looks great! Especially when it is in a bun :)

[Exodus]

I like it! I've lately been wanting dip-dyed hair myself, but, my hair is wavy, and my own personal opinion is that it looks better on straight. And I think I'm too clumsy too do it myself :/

[gracenotes]

I like it! I've lately been wanting dip-dyed hair myself, but, my hair is wavy, and my own personal opinion is that it looks better on straight. And I think I'm too clumsy too do it myself :/

I've seen lots of really nice wavy dip dyes :) (I might be a little biased though because I have wavy hair and I had a dip dye a while ago :p) But I think wavy hair is less fussy to dip-dye than straight hair because there's not as much pressure to get the dye demarcation line perfect. :cool:

[Bedhead]

Oooh! Fun! :hifive:

I've always loved that combination of that blue with black hair.

[Henrietta]

You made me want to do it. With red, though. Natural looking red. I won't dare (one dying fail is enough), but the very idea is great and the blue looks super cool :) Makes me think of precious stones.

[amylou]

I also just did a dip dye this week. It was purple. It's fading now though. Yours looks a lot more vibrant and pretty though.

[pink.sara]

Very nice :-)

[theodora]

Oh yay you did it and it looks amazing! Makes me want to dip dye again, it's so nice and summery!

[Bianca]

Looks great piggy :D

[unknown]

Your hair is my dream hair... Oh, the colour...:blossom:

[hazelscythe]

My sister has been debating whether to "dip dye" her hair. I was against it until I saw your pictures. So lovely!
I'm going to send her this link.

[luxepiggy]

jacqueline101, lapushka, bluesnowflake, Anywhere, Carolyn, Capybara, holothuroidea, rowie, Dragon Faery, Hairwish, Faux, Ticky, Exodus, Bedhead, Henrietta, amylou, pink.sara, theodora, Bianca, unknown, hazelscythe - Thank you all for your wonderful comments! I really appreciate each and every one (^(oo)^)`



Thanks! It's a shame I can't get it over here as it look fab.

I think there's an eBay seller that ships to the UK, it was mentioned in the Pravana Vivids thread: http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=1964486&postcount=111


It looks awesome. With the black and the hair tinsel, your hair reminds me of a starry night sky. ;)
I love that comparison! What a beautiful mental image :heartbeat


That is absolutely amazing! I love the blue with your oh so dark hair. And that messy bun! I love the blue ends sticking out of it and I admire your messy bun skills.

Thank you Carolyn! I do love messy buns. They distract people from my inability to make tidy ones (^(oo)~)


Love the blue ends!

I spy some pretty hair tinsel as well :DI

Indeed, I'm still a faithful hair-tinsel devotee :D


Perfect color combination! Simply pigtastic! So classy in an in-your-face sort of way. :) love it!

"Classy in an in-your-face sort of way" = best description of my personal style ever b(^(oo)^)d



I like it! I've lately been wanting dip-dyed hair myself, but, my hair is wavy, and my own personal opinion is that it looks better on straight. And I think I'm too clumsy too do it myself :/
I've been wanting to dip-dye for nearly a year, but I hesitated because I'd only seen it on wavy/curly hair, and was afraid that it would look odd on straight! How funny that you're suffering the same thing in reverse (^(oo)^)`


I think wavy hair is less fussy to dip-dye than straight hair because there's not as much pressure to get the dye demarcation line perfect. :cool:
So true! I majorly stressed over that, because I knew if my demarcation line was wonky it would be super obvious :p



You made me want to do it. With red, though. Natural looking red. I won't dare (one dying fail is enough), but the very idea is great and the blue looks super cool :) Makes me think of precious stones.

What about a temporary rinse? :D


I also just did a dip dye this week. It was purple. It's fading now though. Yours looks a lot more vibrant and pretty though.

Pictures? Pretty please? With extra bacon? x(^(oo)^)x


Oh yay you did it and it looks amazing! Makes me want to dip dye again, it's so nice and summery!
Why not? (^(oo)~)

My sister has been debating whether to "dip dye" her hair. I was against it until I saw your pictures. So lovely!
I'm going to send her this link.
If your sister is planning to do it at home, this is the technique I used to get a smooth fade between the colours: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSLLD845QT8

[SunlightShines]

Blue is the perfect color. It looks beautiful! :)

[Aimskylove]

Ahh you did do it and it looks awesome! :) Did you do it over the black or lighten it first?

[luxepiggy]

Blue is the perfect color. It looks beautiful! :)
Thank you!


Ahh you did do it and it looks awesome! :) Did you do it over the black or lighten it first?

I did indeed! After seeing your pics I just couldn't resist the temptation any longer :D I sort of did it under the black, in a way - basically I bleached to remove my natural colour from underneath the blue that was already in my hair. Very convenient (^(oo)^)v

[BrightEyes]

Your hair is gorgeous, I LOVE the blue ends. And the tinsel:D

[Xi]

Looks wonderful, luxpiggy!!:cheer:

[Desdesdes]

Gorgeous! I love it.

[carloota]

luxepiggy your hair looks great. I'm jelly. I'm contemplating dip-dying my ends, now. You've inspired me. :)

[Aimskylove]

Thank you!



I did indeed! After seeing your pics I just couldn't resist the temptation any longer :D I sort of did it under the black, in a way - basically I bleached to remove my natural colour from underneath the blue that was already in my hair. Very convenient (^(oo)^)v

Awww awesome! I did the same thing. I removed my black with a few washes with vitamin c and then did one bleach wash. After that it was good enough to dye :) I love it, it looks great!

[Jing]

Oooh, that looks awesome! Do want. :thumbsup:

[einna]

Woooow! It looks fantastic! =)

[luxepiggy]

BrightEyes, Xi, Desdesdes, carloota, Jing & einna - Thank you! (^(oo)^)


Awww awesome! I did the same thing. I removed my black with a few washes with vitamin c and then did one bleach wash. After that it was good enough to dye :) I love it, it looks great!

I didn't know vitamin C lightens hair?!? I've been using it as a rinse for hard water - eep! (*(oo)*)

[luxepiggy]

Showing off my dip-dye with some porkbun fireworks today - kaboom! \(^(oo)^)/
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/porkbunfireworks.jpg

[seven77]

Oh wow, that is gorgeous! I love blue hair!

[spookyghost]

You are rocking the blue girl! Looks amazing:)

[Dragon Faery]

Showing off my dip-dye with some porkbun fireworks today - kaboom! \(^(oo)^)/
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/porkbunfireworks.jpg

This is particularly pigtastic!

[ravenheather]

I wanna dip dye!

[Slug Yoga]

Showing off my dip-dye with some porkbun fireworks today - kaboom! \(^(oo)^)/
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/porkbunfireworks.jpg

OMG, that is awesome! How did you do it, did you just do a couple of bun coils so that you had length left, then arrange them in spikes and pin the bun?

You've also inspired me to consider doing this...never thought I'd dye my hair, but considering I've been meaning to maintain at this length, maybe I can do a dip-dye of the last few inches and then just cut it off after it grows :D

[longhairedlady]

Holy smokes that is one pretty bun!

[Aimskylove]

BrightEyes, Xi, Desdesdes, carloota, Jing & einna - Thank you! (^(oo)^)



I didn't know vitamin C lightens hair?!? I've been using it as a rinse for hard water - eep! (*(oo)*)

lol oh noes! I buy vitamin c tablets and mush em into powder and then mix it with my clarifying shampoo. but I leave that on my hair for about an hour so maybe the time is what lightens the color.

[Rini]

Looooooove it!! :inlove: It look so spectacular with your glossy dark straight hair! What a great look :D

[CurlyCurves]

How did you get this colour with such dark hair? :O

[Bunnysaur]

I'm doing this right now! But with pink!

[LaFlor]

The blue is such a perfect color with your black hair... love it! :blossom:

[NataschaB.]

Looks pretty cool :D

[petali]

Your hair is so stylish!

[prettykitty]

So cute piggy! I could squeal with cuteness! :D

[jellycatty]

very pretty!

[maborosi]

Piggy your hair is just gorgeous and awesome! ^.^ Love the blue!

~maborosi~

[11eleven]

OOH, beautiful!

[Kaelee]

Awesome!!! I'm envious! :D And are those bling strands I see?