Does Red-Dyed Hair Always Fade to Pink?

Question

I want to dye my hair red (it's medium brown now), and I'm pretty resigned to the idea that it's probably going to need to be bleached or lightened in some way first. That's not too much of a problem for me, but I hear, and it's understandable, that it will fade, and, given that the hair underneath is white, it will fade to a pinkish color. A few questions:

1) Is this true?

2) For those that this has happened to, did the color look passable on you, or was it silly enough to continue re-dyeing red or to make a color change?

3) So I'm assuming it will never technically go back to the bleached-blonde look, right, just a lighter version of the original red. Correct?

4) When it does fade like that (if it does), could I apply a brown color that roughly matches my roots and just be happy with everything after the great "red experiment" was over?

Thanks so much for your answers; I just want to get this right!

Just a couple of details: the color I want is pretty unnatural- bright fire-engine red, not a light auburn, so I just doubt that I can get that without bleaching, although it might be possible. I plan on getting it done in a salon, not by myself (I can't imagine!), so I'll hopefully get a good decision about how to go about getting my color from the stylist.

I'm still looking for people who've had their hair professionally dyed red after bleaching and what their experiences with fading were.

Thanks again!

Answer 1

If you get REVALON"S High Dimensions 10 minute hair color, in a Red tone that you like, and you leave it on for 30 to 40 minutes, the hydrogen peroxide will bleach and die your hair color to a red! It's a very strong hair color and you can use the same line to go back to your brown! This beats bleaching your hair and dying it, because all that'll do is really damage your hair.

I had black hair and i wanted to dye it to a caramel color so I bleached my hair and dyed it, the bleach practically killed my hair, it took my over a year and half to grow it out, and eventually I got so tired of my hair being dry I began to get constant hair cuts, which helped the health of my hair. So I spent more money to fix the problem, if I knew what I know now I would have saved myself a lot of time and money.

As far as fading, if you chose to do any hair color that has high amount of peroxide such as red, or blonde, and you bleach your hair, the color just wont fade to a pink, it'll probably turn to an orangish red because of the chemical reaction.

My best advice is to dye your hair with that red color, if your hair is dark it'll be like a burgundy color, and if you dye it again with the same hair color and leave it on longer, the red will itensify and you should get your desired hair color.

SO it may take a couple tries, but it beats burning the hell out of your hair!

Answer 2

First matters first, you must understand which dye you used and whether or not it used to be a steel dye or no longer. Not all dyes are the equal and a few may have a few unhealthy reactions in case you placed one over the opposite. Next, NEVER placed Ash coloring over a purple. The outcome are wretched. You have no longer ruined your hair but, however there may be no longer a lot that you'll be able to do with over the counter merchandise to repair it. You relatively do have got to move to a official, and even to a cosmetic tuition in which the pupils gets to be taught out of your errors and the trainer will oversee the whole thing...and it is such a lot less expensive. You'll most of the time want a colour stripping healing, however do not ever try that at dwelling. Too a lot fiddling at dwelling correct now and also you would grow to be watching like a disco dancer from 1977.

Answer 3

Yes, it will fade. Some shades fade to an orange-red color. Red looks good on people with fair to medium skin tones and don't forget to change your make-up. You don't always have to bleach to get the color, and some times its better not to, you can get a more realistic red if you color (not bleach) over your natural brown. And, yes it is easily covered with a close to natural color when you are over it.

Answer 4

Well i had dark brown hair to and everyone kept telling me that i would have to bleach my hair before i dided it red and i didint belive them. So i got a box dye called REVLON COLOR DIMENSIONS the color is called MEDUIM AUBURN. Its really really good. I did it already and it never turned pink and ive died my hair a couple times.

Answer 5

No it doesn't always fade to pink. Be very cautious with what type of hair wash you use. Use a hair shampoo that helps you maintain the color you've dyed your hair.

Answer 6

red hair dye is on of the hardest colors to maintain. make sure you dye it every month or so.

Answer 7

i have dark blonde hair...it depends on how dark red you wanna go...i wear my hair very dark auburn red, it fades but not to pink, just lighter red!

Answer 8

if you have blonde hair that will naturally get bleached by the particular sun in the summer. There had been this guy in my class who had golden blonde hair that was a medium brown near the bottom part. When he came back to college after summer vacation, it was practically platinum blonde!

Answer 9

The reason why is everyone with blond, why cannot you just have jet black hair with some blonde or blonde tresses with some jet black hair. Now you don't have to choose.