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)

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