Dying A Hair System Failure, Help Needed

[Pallas foods]

Hi all

Decided to dye my hair system yesterday as it was losing a bit of colour and a few people had said a few things about my hair. I bought just for men medium brown to dye my system but when I had it finished it turned out jet black for some reason and now everyone is noticing my hair.

Any suggestions how to tone down tge color it looks a mess? I was thinking about getting a lighter colored dye and trying that but was afraid I might destroy my system

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

 

[TooBad]

Hi all

Decided to dye my hair system yesterday as it was losing a bit of colour and a few people had said a few things about my hair. I bought just for men medium brown to dye my system but when I had it finished it turned out jet black for some reason and now everyone is noticing my hair.

Any suggestions how to tone down tge color it looks a mess? I was thinking about getting a lighter colored dye and trying that but was afraid I might destroy my system

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

You cannot dye a lighter color. The only way to go lighter is to bleach and then add color afterwards. That is a lot of wear and tear on the hair.
I would purchase Neutrogena clarifying shampoo and wash it two or three times in hot water that should pull a lot of the color out. The general rule is the time the dye is left on is no more than 1/3 of what's quoted on the box.

This is why nearly natural and DP Hue are so popular. They're color depositing shampoos and conditioners. They add color but are not a permanent dye.

 

[Noah]

Hi Pallas

I hope TooBad's tips worked for you. If it is still too dark you could also put lemon juice on the hair and then blow dry it on hot. That takes colour out (it's a mild bleach in effect). In the U.K. there is also a proprietary brand called Sun-in which does the same thing. Needless to say, none of these things are good for the hair, so you should give it some good conditioning afterwards.

For the future my feeling is that for the average bloke dyeing a hair system is just too difficult. It is a task better left to professional colourists at a hair salon. Even then it has its risks. If you only own one system, and it goes wrong, you risk leaving yourself without a wearable hairpiece.

As TooBad says, the colour correcting shampoos are much better - much harder to get those wrong. Even products like JustForMen are better.

 

[Pallas foods]

Hi Pallas

I hope TooBad's tips worked for you. If it is still too dark you could also put lemon juice on the hair and then blow dry it on hot. That takes colour out (it's a mild bleach in effect). In the U.K. there is also a proprietary brand called Sun-in which does the same thing. Needless to say, none of these things are good for the hair, so you should give it some good conditioning afterwards.

For the future my feeling is that for the average bloke dyeing a hair system is just too difficult. It is a task better left to professional colourists at a hair salon. Even then it has its risks. If you only own one system, and it goes wrong, you risk leaving yourself without a wearable hairpiece.

As TooBad says, the colour correcting shampoos are much better - much harder to get those wrong. Even products like JustForMen are better.

Hi guy thanks for all your help I'll give it a try..
I'm still a bit lost about the colour correcting shampoo, there is so many to choice from. Is there a certain brand and colour I should be using or are they all the same

Thanks

 

[lace]

Bleaching is out. No way to predict the result.

My first choice at this point based on your post would be to try a solution of vitamin C mixed with either white vinegar or lemon juice. I once received a stock piece that was darker than my preference. I think I used 18-20 vitamin C tablets. Probably 1000 mg. I ground them into a fine powder. Mixed in white vinegar. Saturated the hair with the solution then covered it with a plastic bag to prevent the solution from drying. I think I waited an hour. Rinsed the piece thoroughly and let it dry. Two things happened. 1. The piece lightened about 10 percent. 2. All red highlights disappeared thus shifting the color to an ash variation.

In your case there is no way to predict the result. The vitamin C method is quite conservative. Highly unlikely to produce a radical change. If the color change is moving in the right direction then you could repeat the vitamin C regime.

Last observation.......I have probably used dye on all or portions of hair pieces a 100 times and colored my natural hair even more times. The worst hair color product I ever used was Just For Men.

 

[TooBad]

Hi guy thanks for all your help I'll give it a try..
I'm still a bit lost about the colour correcting shampoo, there is so many to choice from. Is there a certain brand and colour I should be using or are they all the same

Thanks

Use back to Natural which is available on hairdirect or DP Hue which is available at Ulta.

 

[lace]

Note to Pallas Foods.....

Just noticed an omission in my post. Vitamin C: I wrote "1000mg" which implies a total of 1000 mg. It should have read 1000mg tablets. Also 500 mg tablets is fine just use more.