Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had this issue and switched from permanent to semi permanent and it was a game changer. I know that permanent is supposed to last longer and semi permanent is supposed to wash out quickly, but I think what was happening with my hair was that the permanent hair color was lifting the color from my hair (revealing the red internal color) and then the hair color that was being deposited wasn't penetrating so it washed out quickly and I ended up with the red color. I tried multiple permanent hair color formulations, two different salons and also Madison Reed, and the red just kept coming through. I switched to semi permanent, which coats the hair but does not lift your own color with the expectation that it would fade quickly but would help me transition to just being natural and living with the grays, but amazingly it actually sticks to my hair better than the permanent did, covering the gray just as well and I don't have to deal with the red from the lift. YMMV, but this is what worked for me.
Good luck!
OP. Thanks to everyone who replied. I am definitely a daily, hot-water hair washer so this is going to be a change for me. I will look into shampoo that would be better - any recommendations? And to the poster above, does your salon use semi-permanent dye? Or you do it yourself at home? If the latter, what product do you use?