I am so happy! I feel like myself again. I feel so fresh and at peace LOL! Yes I am still talking about my hair. I’ve had this red on and off for many years, I went purple then dark brown in the past 4 months and it killed my hair so bad. I waited out, healed it and now did it back to red. And guess what? NO bleaching. Oh how I’ve missed it!
So my friend Amy (check out her blog – her nail posts are amazing!) told me about L’Oreal High colour High Lift hair dye that has beautiful bright reds that you can achieve without having to pre-bleach your hair. Now, this dye you do have to mix with a developer so it is bleaching of some sort but way less damaging than what I used to do. Apply pure bleach to my hair and strip it!
During the summer, I went from red to purple which just killed my curls and fried my hair so bad. It was the worst hair decision I ever made. I was so upset but with months of coconut oil remedies my curls came back and my hair has gotten stronger and healthier. I did not want to risk ruining it again but I wanted my red back. So, I went looking for this hair dye and I could not find it anywhere in Toronto, but I found another brand that works on the same principle so Amy, thank you for the idea!!!!!
I was really sceptical and did not think this would work at all. Or that I would need to do more than one application to get anywhere close to the colour I want. But it worked !!!! It worked amazing. I got my bright red back! Now, it is not a solid red all the way through, it has darker and lighter strands but I actually prefer it this way because it looks like I have highlights and lowlights.
The colour I used is right here. Dikson Meches Impulse Colour. I have never heard of this before but I did google it and it seems to be known in Europe. They had magenta and flaming red, and I went with flaming red.
I mixed it with 40 volume developer. Applied it all over and kept it on for 35 mins. Simple as that! It dried out my hair very little but there is no damage.
I am so happy. I am back to me… bright, red and funky. I have not taken a proper picture to show you guys but I am so excited I wanted to share it with you asap!
Nina
Omfg yay!!!! I’m so happy this worked for you. Hooray red hair. Lookin fierce girl!!!!
No, THANK YOU!
I would have done it my way which was to bleach the shit out of it , then do it red . I would have gotten the colour along with the frizz, dead hair, etc lol. So thanks to you I have the healthy and the colour. xoxo
You’re welcome hun, I’m happy your back to your red!!!! I miss my red hair, I kinda miss the blue too.
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Sexyness just growed by 50% haha. LOVE! ❤
Hahahah thanks you gorgeous woman!
Aaaand she’s back Bam! You look great and your happyness def adds even more to it ^_^ Happy Valentine’s Day hunny bunny ❤
You’re such a sweetheart!
Thank you… I feel great. What a difference hair colour can make!
Happy Vday to you too lovey!
…..So!!! Now I’m the one who is missing their red hair!!!!
Go for it! Do it! We can be red headed sisters! lol
Bahahaha… I’m scared. I only did the underside when it was long, incase anything happened I could just rock the undercut. Now that I have short hair, I want to do the whole thing!
And you should. Don’t be scared. Its just hair. There is always a wig if it falls out Lmao and if you screw up there is always black dye to cover it up!
Yes, I subscribe to the black hair dye fixes everything idea! 😀
Ill be waiting for red hair pictures 🙂
Hahaha…. the clock is ticking…. everytime I look in the mirror I think about it!!
I can post some inspiring pics lol
Oh thats all I need is more reason to do it!!! I think I actually have a box in the house