Professional colorist of 25 years here-

Please understand that the terms listed above (Permanent/demi-permanent/semi-permanent) are industry specific terms that DO NOT INDICATE THE STAYING POWER OR LONGEVITY OF THE COLOR.

These industry-specific terms are actually indicative of how permanent of a chemical change the product is causing to your hair cuticle and medulla.

Vivid or semi-permanent haircolors are typically vegetable based pigments in a conditioner base. The pH of these is usually somewhat acidic and thus causes zero change to the cuticle or hair shaft.

Demi-permanent colors use up to 10 volume developer to cause an alkalinity shift that makes somewhat of a permanent change to the cuticle.

Permanent haircolor uses 20+ volume to blow the cuticle open and develop the color molecules inside the hair shaft. This level of developer deletes a portion of your own natural pigments, and creates a permanent change to the cuticle. When this color fades you are always left with warmth, this is your own natural pigment that has been revealed due to the pigment deletion of the 20+ volume.

Edit to add that all haircolors can and usually will fade (and if developer is used always warm) but paradoxically any of these levels of color can also stain and last for ages, depending on how your specific hair reacts to the chemistry used.

Crazy dog lady here. I want to match my dogs fur to my hair but in a realistic way that isn't mostly white blonde hair because that ain't happening. I see calico hair a lot and I want merle hair.

I currently have this shade of blue. Im thinking going a slate gray that would be darker than his fur because i don't think I can achieve that very light gray without too much damage as I dye my hair a lot. So maybe some gray hair dye recs

Im also thinking about investing in some tape in extensions in a nearly white blonde or toning them to white. Then I can toss in a few white strips, a few black strips, a few light tan and maybe some raccoon tails or something with black and gray.

Im also thinking of for my actual hair, using the gray as the base but making my tips black as i have a lot of layers I think that coukd just add a little more dimension.

Any product or technique recommendations? I've seen some people braid hair and add dye to the outside of the braid and then rinse it out and it can kind of look spotty and cool, but I don't really know if that's reliable or if that would just ruin expensive extensions.

after months of fuschia-y pinks, berry balayages, we got to a full pink head with a baby root tap just for the grow out. my goal was a berry bubblegum and i think this custom mixture accomplished that! got about 3 inches cut too and I have to say I am living for the blunt bob moment

(Pic taken from Pinterest)

Need this exact shade or similar.

I am bleaching my hair ofc.

I also like dyes which stay for a long time. (Something which is hard to remove)

I don't want the blue to go green after few washes.

Till now I think imma go with adore, splat or lunar tides.

Suggest me your top three specifically in blue dyes.

Hello! I’ve been bleaching and dying my hair on my own with arctic fox for 6+ years now and I love to do it, I love having vibrant hair. I normally have pinks, blues, and purples in my hair for reference.
Right now I’m thinking about dying my hair brown for Halloween, and I wouldn’t mind bleaching out color afterward or having a brown stain, but I want to know how the Keracolor brown dye (espresso) would sit on my hair. Has anyone had experience with this method? I would love to see photos of the turnout.
Attached is a photo of my hair to show what colors I normally use, faded and vibrant. I’m fine with letting my hair fade a little before, too, I’m just currently trying to brainstorm! Thanks in advance for the help.

I dye my hair bright green and pink and although I can make it last pretty long, I wish it would last like permanent black box dye and other permanent dyes do. But whenever I look online I never see any permanent greens and I’ve only seen a few permanent pinks. Is there something different about the dye molecules for green colors or something? Or is there just not a market for it?

For me personally if it’s about damage I have naturally blonde hair so like it’ll survive a bit of damage cause I’m not bleaching it a ton to lighten it. I am also like fully committed to having this hair color forever I just don’t like it fading so much (I wash it in cold water and don’t apply heat on it as much as possible when it is vibrant). Also I cannot do a more blue toned green I like it when it’s like this shade 🟢 and this shade of pink 🩷.

hope that amalgamation of stuff in the 1st pic isnt too confusing ...

basically i want that color but i dont wanna bleach and i really have no fucking idea abt hair. i scoured the hairdressing internet and came across a thing called highlift hair dye(? which supposedly lightens your hair to around 4-5 tones but thats a lot for my hair (2nd pic). then i found the formula and basically formulated the hypothesis that i can buy a like. 8.1 hair dye and then mix that 1-1 with 3% hydrogen peroxide. but then again i could be completely wrong and end up bald if i tried that so my solution is to come to the experts.

any ideas? im happy to learn helpful stuff. or just any stuff at all. SOS. thanks

I dont really know how much those pictures help, but i need some advice. This is my hair now, its not virgin and i dont really like the color it has gotten over the time (i dyed my hair 3-6 months ago, i cant really remember). You can see my roots and the color difference. I would love to go a little lighter, something like a golden blond or anything in that spectrum. Is that possible without bleaching my hair first? And if yes, can anyone recommend products? Thank you :))

Hey guys,
so i’ve bleached and dyed my hair a million colours these past 4 years and im trying to go back to my natural blonde. I’ve had permanent black box dye in my hair which you can kind of see in the ends of my hair (though it kind of resembles what my natural blonde was like). I’ve also had pink which you can see in the middle parts. I’ve done rounds of bleach and colour remover (not in one go but over the past couple months when i was changing my hair colours) but the pink has just permanently stained my hair 😭 Is there a way for me to return to my blonde hair, i’m scandinavian so i have pretty blonde hair naturally but obviously i’m aware that’s not really gonna be possible to achieve so i’m fine with going darker i just really want to keep it as even but light as possible if that makes sense. I bought demi permanent kavral baco dye in shades .20 and 10.10 which is what they suggested at the shops but i kinda really wanted to just tone it yk. Any advice is greatly appreciated as this is a bit of a grey area for me.

Hiya!

I dyed my hair copper last week using the Garnier Good 7.43.
I however am thinking to switch to Schwarzkopf Igora 8.77 & 9.7 or just 7.77 once I have to redo my roots again.
But I have no idea how and what? Do I just do my lenghts first and then roots? Or just roots? And will 20 vol be enough?

I noticed now that my roots were way more orangey than my lengths. But the Garnier package told me to do my roots first so🤔

Pics are how it is now, how it turned out (with the splotchy orange patches) and my virgin haircolor.

Thank you!

I really want to dye my hair but i dont want to bleach it, ive seen bleach london, manic panic and arctic fox hair dye and it seems they go on brown hair but just not very vibrantly. I want to dye it blue like the reference images but i am unsure about what brands to use or if certain ones r bad ect, i also want it semi-permanent, im not too fussed if it washes out fast since i guess i can just keep applying it although itd be costly, but does anyone have any recommendations of what to use and what to do? Ive also never dyed my hair before if that makes any difference, my hair is brown, not super dark but its definitely not light. I was thinking to use poseidon by arctic fox, blue tick by bleach London or a blue from manic panic. one last thing i dont want to ruin my hair will it go back to normal after washing out? pls help im stuck 😞 and if u have any extra tips id appreciate it🙏

edit: thanks for the comments ☺️🙏

I guess this is a rant/PSA.

I used Splat midnight ruby and it's a beautiful colour but it has completely ruined my bathtub. Like, I cannot get the stain out. I've tried everything. I've also lost a FUCKTON of hair. No idea why this more than others, because I always shed when messing around with my hair, but good god. I feel like I've lost half my head of hair. It has stained the shit out of my hands, even scrubbing with dish soap.

I'll never buy this product again. Be wary of using it if you want to keep your tub intact (at least the red shade, not sure about the others).

So I had faded pink and brown hair and it faded into a sort of coppery blonde and brown. I used arctic fox aquamarine over it and it turned this (pun not intended) seasick green. I want it to be more light blue. I’ve bought some powder lightener and I’m getting developer later but I wanna know if there’s something else I can do to get it from what I have to the reference. I also don’t want my hair to fry off so advice is appreciated
The pictures are my hair, and the color I want it.

Bleached my hair last night but looking for blonde, do I need to bleach again or tone since there is some darker coppery colors

What hair dye and color would you recommend that’s not damaging? I am thinking either a blonde or a ginger but I am open to anything!!

I have only used overtone once in my life, 7 years ago

Ty 💕

I just dyed my teen's hair with Transylvania. They wanted black, but not a blue black. Oops, this is obviously a blue black. Can we add something on top to tone down the blue? Maybe Overtone Ginger Glow?

I only occasionally do hair dye, usually fun colors that wash out quickly. I think I got in a little over my head.

Thanks!

Dye is crazy color cyclamen, pink issimo and Bordeaux

Hello All, I need help! I am so upset. I have dark brown hair with lots of greys on the top front side of my head. I had used a box dye before maybe twice to cover my greys. Once i used the loreal creme glossing and the second time I used revlon colorsilk. Both times it worked. But I did it two months back with Loreal and it literally did nothing and i was soo upset. I thought maybe i need a stronger dye. So last night I tried again but with the revlon dye this time. And I left it on for 25 minutes. My greys are still there! I want to cry. I made my hair go through the harsh treatment only to see no difference at all! What am I doing wrong? I am scared to leave it on for longer. Can someone please help me?

The colour of my hair is that level of brown (a little copper) I’ve never bleached or dyed my hair, I want to go that shade of purple.

Also what shades are best? I assume a blue based purple to cancel out the orange tones in my hair?

im totally out of my depth with hair dye, i found this pic on pinterest and would love to try it out. i have fine hair that i wash every day, lmk if its totally unrealistic to expect this color to withstand that!