Profile for Dan in The 518 - Dying ones hair. Some questions about this.

Dan in The 518 aka Dan is now a poor college student has been a member since December 30, 2006, has scored 4365 submissions, giving an average score of 1.35.

Jan 07 '08 by Dan in The 518

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Dying ones hair. Some questions about this.

Usually how long does a dye job last?
How much does it cost?
Can you go from a dark brown to a light brown?

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t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:01pm

Depends on the type of dye you purchase - some are meant to be permanent, where as others are meant to go away after a few washes. Going lighter is always more difficult than going darker, usually a bleaching agent is needed.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:02pm

You can go from any shade to any shade. The lasting effect varies on whether its a professional job or a store bought dye.

May I HIGHLY recommend going to the salon to get it done. They will do it properly

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:03pm

If you want to go lighter do it at the salon!! What Tash said about the bleach is true. And its not something you should really do yourself cause you can totally fry your hair.

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:03pm

^yeah and it can turn orange!

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:04pm

A few months ago I tried to dye my hair to a darker shade of brown, like a mahogany almost, and the dye was like BLACK on my head and then I rinsed and all that good stuff and, lo and behold. MY HAIR WAS LIGHTER!!! WTF!!

I hate boxed dye

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:04pm

HAHAHAH TASH!!

EXACTLY!

Dan in The 518 on Jan 07 '08 at 5:04pm

O_o

I guess I'll be Salon'ing it.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:04pm

The salon can run you like 70$ but its worth it

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:04pm

Don't kill your hair.

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:05pm

the only time I ever use box is if Im going back to my natural color (I found a box/brand that works perfectly). Anything else though, Im paying a pro

Dan in The 518 on Jan 07 '08 at 5:05pm

70 Dollars...Damn you high prices.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:06pm

Tash...share the secret...what co. is it??

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:06pm

you can get for less if there are any beauty colleges around where you live? the only downside is it'll take longer...'cause they have to get everything checked off

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:07pm

this is the color I always go back to!

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:07pm

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:08pm

Sweet!! I need something other than what I've been using. I think I've been trying all the L'oreal and they totally eat nuts!

Dan in The 518 on Jan 07 '08 at 5:08pm

Also, does anyone else just use conditioner and forgo the shampooing?

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:08pm

AND, that is a nice shade

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:09pm

haha no, conditioner only keeps your hair silky n shiney and stuff

shampoo cleans your hair

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:09pm

Apparently you shouldn't wash your hair everyday cause it dries it out, but I wouldn't condition if I didn't wash.

Its like putting lotion in your hair.

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:10pm

yeah, you need to CLEAN the dye out of your hair, and off your scalp

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:10pm

I dont wash mine every day

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:11pm

Oh, I thought he meant on a regular basis. o_O

Dan you can always use a deep conditiong hair mask every once in a while.

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:11pm

STOP LOOKING AT ME, SWAN!

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:11pm

I ahve to wash mine everyday...it gets greasy really quickly. I'm like an oil slick if I wait. Gross but true.

Dan in The 518 on Jan 07 '08 at 5:12pm

I meant for a regular basis haha.

I condition every day, but only shampoo twice a week.

Dan in The 518 on Jan 07 '08 at 5:12pm

Me too Lishy.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:12pm

Do u have REALLY dry hair??

ianrose on Jan 07 '08 at 5:12pm

I only wash my hair like once every three days. I'm lucky I got my mom's hair, no oil, not my dad's hair, grease central.

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:12pm

That's your hair over producing oil because you're washing it out daily, lishy.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:12pm

ITs prolly cause of all the conditioner you use silly.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:13pm

I can't help it Mezo. :( I've tried.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:13pm

It doesn't help that I do it twice a day sometimes too o_O

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:13pm

Well Mr. Rose, aren't you lucky :P

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:14pm

You have to retrain your hair is all, lishy. Mine is really oily, but not nearly as bad as it used to be when I shampooed daily. Now I shampoo maybe 3 times a week.

Dan in The 518 on Jan 07 '08 at 5:14pm

My hair gets really oily when I sleep and then dries out terribly when I shampoo. So the conditioner makes my hair soft without drying, but I didn't know if this was bad or not.

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:15pm

Also, hair product will make your hair produce more natural oils since product typically has alcohol/drying factor in it.

Tess Fondie on Jan 07 '08 at 5:15pm

I just went to the salon, and i'm fricken pissed......

I got an all over color job, because i was sick of my hair being 5 diffrent colors from bad box dye jobs done by me....
50 dollars later and a shower, and my hair is instead of 5 colors, 4..... awesome

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:15pm

Well, I gotta try to get into that habit. Thanks Mezo. Good looking out !!

ianrose on Jan 07 '08 at 5:15pm

Indeed Lishums. I make up for it by having ridiculously, inhumanly fast-growing facial hair, with 5 o'clock shadow by early afternoon. Everything evens out.

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:15pm

If you use product, don't use it in your roots.

Also, when you wash, try to wash ONLY the roots, and condition ONLY the ends.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:16pm

Ouch Tess, that sucks... You should go back and have them re-do. At the salon I go to you have like a two week grace period to go back and get it fixed for free. You should look into it.

t4sh on Jan 07 '08 at 5:16pm

Tess, I'd sooooo be going back and demanding a re-do free of charge

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:17pm

Should a good color job have more than 1 color in it anyways so it looks more natural, since natural hair has different tones?

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:17pm

Yea, my ends are dry as hell. I think it also has to do with the fact that my hair dresser uses that fuckin slicing thing which is a huge cause for split ends. Me no rikey.

sonmi on Jan 07 '08 at 5:18pm

with shampoo, you don't really need to wash all of your hair, just the roots (though this depends on how long your hair is). then when you rinse your hair out, the shampoo that runs through should clean the ends sufficiently without drying them out. similarly, when you condition, you want to stay near the ends, and avoid the roots, because that can make your hair more oily.

i don't know if anyone was asking these questions

sonmi on Jan 07 '08 at 5:18pm

oh... i guess mezo just summed up my post more succinctly.

mezo on Jan 07 '08 at 5:18pm

The razor? If used properly, it should ruin your ends.

Lishy McLishums on Jan 07 '08 at 5:18pm

Well, I think they may attempt to put high and or lo lights to make the tones vary...other than that i think it should be overall the same colour no?

hahah question with a question.

kissmeimshitfaced on Jan 07 '08 at 5:19pm

My sister is dying her hair brown RIGHT NOW.

It's all au natural big lump of mud on her head.

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