catnapper
02-19-2007, 11:00 AM
Ok, two months ago I dyed my hair "raisin" Which somehow turned out PURPLY-PINK on my head. Anything dark brown actually turned out the raisin color. Anything silver turned up bright pinkish purple.
I waited 2 weeks to cover it because I didn't want to damage my hair..... I walked around for two weeks with pinkish hair, and all the young people I knew complimented it while all the people my age asked me "What on earth were you thinking?!?!" LOL
Ok, so I called Garnier in near tears for a solution, they told me to chose an ashy shade to counter-balance the red. It didn't take at all. I still had pinkish hair and the roots were barely colored.
I waited another two weeks and repeated the ashy color but with a different brand. Same results. Only now I had red highlights, not pink (woohoo, progress!) Once again, the roots were not colored.
Another two weeks passed (see the pattern here?) and I dyed it again. Once again, hardly any red/pink removal, and nothing dyed the roots. My hair line looks like a geological site with the different bands of rock outlining the different centuries (only the different coverages of grey outlining the twice monthly attempts at coverage) :rolleyes:
Ok, so its not been two weeks yet, but its looking REALLY bad and I have to find something to cover my hair. I've tried several brands at this point. All were permanent with the label claiming it had "excellent grey coverage". I contacted Loreal after my last dye job and got nowhere. The last coloring burned my head something awful and I as itchy for a few days.... developing an allergy?!?
Soooo.... my questions is two fold: is it possible this red dye had a chemical reaction with me, and now I can't color my hair anymore? And if thats not possible, WHAT, if anything will surely cover this awful red?
Hubby said the only thing that he sees working is having a professional fix it. I do not have the money for that right now. Not for a few more weeks yet. What can I do in the interim?
Of course, I could just go au-naturale, and let my grey grow out ;)
I waited 2 weeks to cover it because I didn't want to damage my hair..... I walked around for two weeks with pinkish hair, and all the young people I knew complimented it while all the people my age asked me "What on earth were you thinking?!?!" LOL
Ok, so I called Garnier in near tears for a solution, they told me to chose an ashy shade to counter-balance the red. It didn't take at all. I still had pinkish hair and the roots were barely colored.
I waited another two weeks and repeated the ashy color but with a different brand. Same results. Only now I had red highlights, not pink (woohoo, progress!) Once again, the roots were not colored.
Another two weeks passed (see the pattern here?) and I dyed it again. Once again, hardly any red/pink removal, and nothing dyed the roots. My hair line looks like a geological site with the different bands of rock outlining the different centuries (only the different coverages of grey outlining the twice monthly attempts at coverage) :rolleyes:
Ok, so its not been two weeks yet, but its looking REALLY bad and I have to find something to cover my hair. I've tried several brands at this point. All were permanent with the label claiming it had "excellent grey coverage". I contacted Loreal after my last dye job and got nowhere. The last coloring burned my head something awful and I as itchy for a few days.... developing an allergy?!?
Soooo.... my questions is two fold: is it possible this red dye had a chemical reaction with me, and now I can't color my hair anymore? And if thats not possible, WHAT, if anything will surely cover this awful red?
Hubby said the only thing that he sees working is having a professional fix it. I do not have the money for that right now. Not for a few more weeks yet. What can I do in the interim?
Of course, I could just go au-naturale, and let my grey grow out ;)