Hair Dye causing a Manic Panic among everyone - part 2 the struggle and the color
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by Adva Fuchs
The trend is here to stay and everyone is buzzing from luscious
lavender locks to bright blue braids, and now its your turn. Coloring hair,
especially to extreme shades like green, blue, and pink, is not a one step
process and in fact requires strenuous amounts patience and time. But even
before the actual hair dying process one must pick a color (or two) and a brand
which they trust.
First and foremost: Buy your hair dye from a reliable
source. Many times people get cheated by buying dye they think is “Brand Name”
for a lower cost only to later find it circling their drain after the first
wash. Stores like Ricky’s NYC and Hot Topic will always have the official Brand Name dye or if you’re lazy (like me) buy it
off a reputable site like the brand website, Sally Beauty,
Ulta,
Sourpuss,
or Hair Crazy.
The Hair dyes I trust the most:
Special
effects for its long lasting ability and beautiful shade variations
Manic Panic
for its amazing color combinations and pastelizor
Sparks for
their innovative color technology and shade intensifier/pastelizor
NEVER EVER
USE SPLAT HAIR DYE!!! Sorry guys I know that Splat is the easiest to find, as
well as the cheapest, but it’s really not worth your time! Splat causes
breakage and damages hair (without even using the bleach!!).
The two rules
to great hair dye; number one, always listen to the punk kids (they know their
stuff!), and number two, if it SMELLS like a fruit because of the color (like
cherry for red dye and grape for Purple dye) IT’S A FAKE DO NOT USE IT!!
What color is right for your life style?
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The sporty girls (or guys):You guys love the feeling of adrenaline rushing through your veins and sweat trickling down your neck. You tend to do a lot of hard core activities which, of course, leads to those long hot showers at the end of your work out. If this is you, BE AWARE; all that sweat on your scalp and in your hair is going to need a good rinse and if you exercise daily or more than 3 days a week, those are at least 3 hot showers that can cause your nice expensive color to go swirling down the drain. Hair dye and hot water don’t mix and can cause that beautiful saturated color you want to become a pale, streaky mess.
Suggestions: pick darker colors like dark vampire reds or midnight blues to help keep your color as long as possible. If you have a color in mind, go with brands that have amplified color dyes. These will usually hold out for longer periods of time.
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Outdoorsy Types: You're the type of people who love
being in the fresh air and blazing sun. Unfortunately that means the big STD,
Sun Time Damage. Although the sun’s rays are good for your skin (to a certain
extent), the sun is not your hairs friend! With certain hair dyes exposure to
the sun too soon after coloring can result in breakage and lightened streaks
(which is why so many dyes have instructions to stay away
from sunlight after bleaching or dying hair).
Suggestions: I order to avoid streaks try to pick a color with different hues like turquoise greens and violets. The different hues in the dye will create variations of color in your hair shading sun caused streaks and causing them to go unnoticed!
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Suggestions: Although with some
products, the dye can “stick” better to damaged hair. So if your blonde hair
just isn't cutting it, or if you want a less brassy tone (whiter) before you
dye use a platinum blonde hair dye on the areas you want to color later, or a
hair toner to create a more silvery color. This allows better color saturation
and the whiter your hair is the more the dye will look like the color you want.
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Vampire
Red
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After
Midnight Blue
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Purple
Haze
Suggestions: I order to avoid streaks try to pick a color with different hues like turquoise greens and violets. The different hues in the dye will create variations of color in your hair shading sun caused streaks and causing them to go unnoticed!
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· Special
Effects
· Sparks
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Violet
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Red Wine
Blondes: For those of you with light, natural, “platinum”
color you’re in luck. You can choose any color you want! Having light hair is a
plus, the lighter and less brassy your hair is, the easier it is to dye it and
get the color you want.
Suggestions: Although with some
products, the dye can “stick” better to damaged hair. So if your blonde hair
just isn't cutting it, or if you want a less brassy tone (whiter) before you
dye use a platinum blonde hair dye on the areas you want to color later, or a
hair toner to create a more silvery color. This allows better color saturation
and the whiter your hair is the more the dye will look like the color you want.
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Brunettes and Bleaching:
Sorry Brunettes, we got the short end
of the stick on this one. Hair coloring is SO much easier on `blonde hair and
because of this, if you want saturated, bright, crazy colors you’re going to
need to bleach! All those horror stories you’ve heard about bleach, hair
becoming brittle, broken and falling out are all true! Which is why us
brunettes need to be EXTREMELY careful when dying hair. First its important to
mention that no matter what bleach you use, it will cause damage! the good thing is after you bleach you can use any color you want because the bleached hair will allow all the color to absorb.
Suggestions: read the instructions on the bleach carefully and then pick any color to apply.
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