Dying my hair red - (really red)

[Anonymous]

How old are you? That look will work only on youngish women. And are you working in a professional setting? I can't see that in a law office, for example. Do try doing a strip. Or even buy a comb strip of hair in the color you like from ebay and put it in your own and see what you think then.

[Anonymous]

My hair is close to that color. I'm 37. We do bleach highlights, which gives little hints of that color. I'm a brunette naturally.

You will not get the color without lightening. Expect a deeper red.

Red is not available as a full permanent color. It's impossible with the pigments. Expect to redo it every 6 weeks and it will fade between coloring.

Go to a pro. Manic Panic and box colors cannot deliver the color or durability you need.

[Anonymous]

it only fades that much if you wash it/swim a lot.

Cut down on washing to about 2x a week, use color depositing shampoo and conditioner-- they really work.

And don't listen to all these uptight fuddy duddies. i swear to God, DC is so conservative sometimes it's hard to breathe.

Go for it, it's only hair, not a face tattoo!!

[Anonymous]

OP I say go for it. It looks cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go for it. I think it is a beautiful color. You will look like Ariel from "The Little Mermaid."

If I were you, I would go to a professional for the best results. I don't see how any drug store color kit can achieve those fab results. Also, a professional can also advise you on how to maintain that hue because red is the toughest color to maintain. Esp. a color that intense.

I envy you for being brave enough to go that red.

I love that color, but it wouldn't look good on me based on my age and skin tone.

Good luck!!

+1! Good luck OP, I love this look too!

[Anonymous]

It's beautiful, I agree. A friend with a similar color spends a lot of time and money on upkeep, as others have mentioned. As long as you are prepared for that, go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That burgundy purple-red looks freakishly unnatural. If you do anything professional in an office setting, that is really inappropriate.

I have natural red hair and it already gets tons of comments, some nice, some not nice. I think unless you are an attention whore, going with unnaturally red hair, extremely bright, is not what you want.

You sound like a really unpleasant person to know.

[Anonymous]

OP, go for it. I'm a natural blonde and have been every shade of red from copper to plum and back again. I'd recommend for the first time at least, you hire a professional. As a brunette, you will need to bleach your hair first to lighten it or you won't get a true red. That can be very damaging and will likely leave you orange. The red will fade very quickly and then you may want to investigate DIY options or you'll spend a fortune at the salon. You will need to bleach your roots as they grow in. I go to a colorist every four months or so and use Natural Instincts demi permanent monthly in between. $8/box. It's easier for blondes than brunettes to stay red but easier for brunettes to return to your natural hair color.

[Anonymous]

You need to have a banging body and face to pull it off. Nothing is worse than attracting attention to your face/body in a bold way and you look hideous. Number one looks hot, number two, not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to Sally Beauty and get some Manic Panic in a red color. (There are a lot of them.) Wash you hair, don't condition and let it dry. Put the Manic Panic on your hair and put on a cap and leave it for a few hours. See how it looks and see how long it lasts. Manic Panic is a stain, not a dye and doesn't penetrate the hair shaft. I swim a lot and it washes out my hair in a couple of weeks. It doesn't do any damage to the hair at all.

This only works with blonde hair. The rest of us have to bleach first. I had did that color with manic panic in the early 2000's and it was strawberry shortcake pink in 2 washes.

It worked for me on naturally dark. My hair is really dry, though, and had a lot of highlights from swimming. so that made it porous enough to take the color.

And it doesn't last for. I get about two weeks of good color and then I do it again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to have a banging body and face to pull it off. Nothing is worse than attracting attention to your face/body in a bold way and you look hideous. Number one looks hot, number two, not.

Worse for who?

I don't care if you don't like my face/body/hair. I'm not doing it for the attention. I'm doing it because it makes me happy to look at it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to have a banging body and face to pull it off. Nothing is worse than attracting attention to your face/body in a bold way and you look hideous. Number one looks hot, number two, not.

I always say women dress for other women, but you're the kind of person whose opinion I disregard.

God bless my hairdresser for advising me and dying my hair red!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's beautiful, I agree. A friend with a similar color spends a lot of time and money on upkeep, as others have mentioned. As long as you are prepared for that, go for it.

+1

Its a little on the "funkier" side of course but still wearable in a normal setting. Definitely stands out as not natural, but that's fine for this look IMO!

I know someone who had pretty much this exact color for a role in a play, so there was a ton of upkeep that had to be done over the course of the year but if you are lucky your hair just might be the kind you can abuse and not notice- I have this. My hair isn't very thick or particularly special but it can take a beating with color and heat and not show.

[Anonymous]

My hair naturally dark brunette but is currently a purpley-red. Biggest piece of advice is to have tour hair.colored professionally. Red is by far the most difficult color to maintain so have it done professionally and expect to do upkeep every 6 weeks.