I have just a few strands of grey hair but it bothers me. Someone mentioned tea. I either make a very strong cup of tea or coffee and comb it in and let it set 30 minutes or so.
I dyed my roots with Sally's new argan oil very black and it turned my roots purple again. I left it on for 40 minutes.
I have about 80% grey/white hair. My hair feels too thin. I want a permanent dye that hi-lights and makes my hair feel thicker as it used to when I dyed my hair, but I want to keep it grey.
I am 65 yrs old. I'm been coloring my hair at home with box color. My natural color is dark brown. 6 wks ago I went to a beauty school where they bleached my hair. It turned 3 different blonde shades.
I went back and they fixed the shade, but the roots in front were gray. I waited 4 wks went back and had them do my roots. When I came home the roots were still gray?
Gray hair can be especially attractive with added highlights. You can low light your hair yourself or with help at home. This is a page about glam up gray hair.
This is a page about grey hair that doesn't hold color. Grey hair is know to have a different texture and be more resistant to taking color.
I have used temporary box color for about 15 years trying to match my natural color of ashy light brown and cover grays. I have decided to let the gray come in. So with about 1-2 inches of regrowth, I asked my hairdresser to color it to my natural shade. The intention was that the gray would come in and there would be very little regrowth line, if any. It came out much darker than I had imagined.
I am washing hair daily, instead of every other day which had been my previous routine, with only a slight fading and small touch of gray showing at the temples. With so many years of coloring, I'm wondering if this is really my natural color. The dark hair really makes my face look washed out, and because my brows are very fine and thin, it almost looks like I don't have brows at all. Should I go back and have it lightened somewhat, or just live with the darker color until I see if there is a regrowth line?
I used a shimmering color by Fierra. My hair turned blue. It was suppose to be silver. How do I get this blue out.
Thank you!
Silver is a blue base color. If you do not have enough natural pigment in the hair, the blue will dominate.
A very dilute color remover might remove just enough of the blue to give you the desired silver color. If you try this approach, be sure to do a strand test first to determine the strength of color remover and application time.
Blue in hair coloring is a very unstable color. It fades more quickly than other colors. If you can wait it out, a couple weeks from now and a few extra shampoos might lift enough of the blue to give you the desired shade. It's worth a try. Adding 'counteractive' colors could cause you to end up with green hair.
I dyed my hair chocolate brown with a permanent, full grey coverage product, but it has not covered the grey. Can I dye my hair again with the same colour the next day?
You may need a different dye or a few drops of a gray booster, which you can add to your present color. Look for it at a beauty supply store.
Normally a hairdresser would say no it isn't good for your hair. Normally, it is recommended to not dye your hair again for 6 to 8 weeks.
I applied Garnier Olia black to my roots last night and some of them did not take. They are right at the top of my head. I do this every month to cover gray hairs so I'm pretty sure I did the same process as always. I am not sure if I skipped that area or the dye was just not good for my hair.
It was my first time using it. Is it safe to reapply color to that area only or should I just walk around looking like a skunk for the next 3 weeks or so?I think it should be safe to reapply the color, just keep a close eye on how long you leave it on. Perhaps it was not left on long enough before and that's why it didn't take.
I dyed my hair with a brand I had never used. The color did not take, and my grays are still there. I have a wedding to go to in 3 days. Can I re-dye it?
Does Nice and Easy hair dye work on stripped out hair that is all white gray?
How do you get hair to take color? I have an area like my mom's skunk lock starting. Is there anyway to cover stubborn gray/silver hair? I would appreciate your help. Thank you.
Well, 'Kimberly', assuming you are referring to a spot treatment rather than the whole head, here goes. I can tell you how I solved this problem. If you choose to use my method, you do so at your own risk. I say this because when I used it, it was with years of experience and I could pretty well predict the outcome.
As a rule, grey hair is more resistant to color than is pigmented hair. I found that grey hair in the temporal area was often more resistant and getting that hair to accept color was a problem.
The problem was solved by pre softening the resistant hair prior to applying color. The hair could be pre softened with a mild oil bleach, but even though the bleach would be left on for a short period of time, it would lighten the 'grey' pigment. You don't want that.
I pre softened the hair with something that would not change the hair color. I chose one of my milder permanent wave solutions. (Back then, all perms had the active ingredient thioglycolic acid. Most still do, today).
I diluted a small amount of the perm solution with about an equal amount of water. This mixture was applied to the resistant hair with a swab and allowed to remain for about 5 minutes. The hair was then rinsed and dried.
Next, the color was applied in a normal manner. I usually had very good results using this method. You might get temporary staining of the skin in those areas where the hair was pre softened. This can be minimized by removing the perm mixture with the force of the water spray only. Do not scrub the area. Do not use shampoo and most certainly, do not use a neutralizer or fixative of any kind.
