ISO other *colorful* longhairs?

[pastina]

^^Dont use another peroxide dye.

The red faded quickly because it was permanent, and red permanent dyes are as good as rinse outs. They're gone SOOO FAST. ...I'm willing to bet that if you clarify what you have now and cover with a semi, the red will last MUCH longer.

[HairPlease]

Not to worry, pastina, no more peroxide for HairPlease. I've made a vow for my health to remain deposit only for the rest of my life. I had a scare with some good research online about 6 hours ago or so. Seriously though, you're right, that dye was garbage. Permanent dyes are useless aren't they? I have very little experience with them. I used to bleach every several months but that's it for the most part.

[Nadine <3]

Alright guys, I need stripping advice. What's the best way to fade my vampire red manic panic? I realize it should take a long time,but what should I use? I already use head and shoulders on a fairly regular basis,but I heard some people recommend it.

[dansyl]

Alright guys, I need stripping advice. What's the best way to fade my vampire red manic panic? I realize it should take a long time,but what should I use? I already use head and shoulders on a fairly regular basis,but I heard some people recommend it.

Hot, hot water and either head and shoulders or a cheap clarifying shampoo. You can't get the vampire red completely out. I've tried. I know color oops is not for semi dyes but I have used it with success when I couldn't get it out with hot water and shampoo.

[dansyl]

seeing all these bright, lovely colors reminds me my red is super faded

[Vanilla]

Alright guys, I need stripping advice. What's the best way to fade my vampire red manic panic? I realize it should take a long time,but what should I use? I already use head and shoulders on a fairly regular basis,but I heard some people recommend it.

When I wanted to fade my Manic Panic Hot Pink nearer to my roots, I used the honey bleaching method, and it worked really well for me. I didn't experience a whole lot of lightening of my base color, and didn't see any damage from it. YMMV of course.

[Arctic]

I wouldn't mind if my green would fade faster too. It seems to have been stuck. It's not saturated enough to be really noticeable to an outsider, but it's there. Let's see if it ever fades. I know my reds can take 6 months to fade so I'm not impatient yet.

I already wash with pretty warm water (same temp I shower with), I wash almost daily and use sulphate shampoos several times a week.

[Narya]

Thank you everyone!

browneyedsusan and lippytoes I'll try that method, then. The bleach demarcation line is clear but not wonky, and it probably won't look as perfect when I do it than when the hairdresser did, but it sounds easy enough!

Arctic I'm not sure if I fancy a change or not, lol! I think that I waited so much to do blue, and now I am loving it so much, that I am boiling with new ideas and possibilities The hairdresser bleached my ends progressively until the very ends were basically white, and the higher bit of the bleached part was a very striking orange (henna made it all the more oranger and the more difficult, as expected ), so yes, they are really light right now underneath all the teal.

pastina, thanks for your opinion! Based on what you and Arctic say (and by what I imagined would happen) I think Voodoo Blue is a good bet: if it ends up turning up too green, well, so what? I'm liking the green ends now (and they are green already). The mix of orange hair and purple undertones doesn't sound better at all, so...

So that's it! I'm buying a bottle/tub of Voodoo Blue as soon as I can

[Arctic]

I'm looking forward your new blue adventures, Narya!

[Alissalocks]

I love love love color in my hair, I have since I was a teen in the 80s, but can't always get away with it (for work). If I'm freelancing, and calling my own shots, I LOVE having pink &/or purple in my hair. About every 6-12 months I've got color back in my hair somehow (usually underneath my bangs, streaks).

Lately, I've been using indigo to create blackest black naturally (no PPD risks ever), but my grey roots show fast. Which is good, hair growing fast is good. But it makes me look like a skunk. Skunks are cute, but not for hairstyles.

This summer I decided to try purple, just at my white-grey roots, between indigos and I loved it. Looks like a raven's feather, black in one light and purple highlights in full sun.

(But yesterday I went back to all black).

(...But in two weeks when my roots are grown again I'll likely purple it again, let's face it).