My hair doesnt take dye?

Question

I have been dying my hair now for hmmmmmm 4 years... but its suddenly stopped taking dyes, except on the roots!!

any ideas what can help?

Answer 1

Mines exactly the same. I have been dying my hair for years and have found that the last couple of years when i have dyed it.. it fades quicker and seems to wash out with certain shampoos even when using the permanent dyes.
The last time i dyed my hair it took to the roots more and had to go out and buy a darker colour to hide it ! Maybe it has somethng to do with as you get older and the products you use.
Good luck on finding the answer that i need too!!

Answer 2

Firstly, you shouldnt be dying the whole lot anyway, only your regrowth needs colour.

Secondly, the lenghts and ends are probably quite damaged, as everytime you colour your hair opens to take in the colour molecules.

After opening and closing so many times, the hair cant retain the new colour pigments, and so this makes colour appear to "wash out" quickly.

In the future, make sure you only colour the roots, if the ends need freshining up use whats known as a colour bath - mix whats left of the colour with 10 mls of WARM water - it has to be warm to open the cuticles. Rub this through the lengths for the last 10 mins of the processing time.

You have to be careful when touching up roots, you may get whats known as "banding" - when the dye overlaps with coloured hair, this is why so many people get there roots done in a salon, but if your hair is a darker shade you shouldnt have a problem

Answer 3

If you try and dye your hair after using coloured mousse even just the once, the hair is completely resistant to hair dye for about a month. Some chemical in the mousse fights off the dye. Could the same happen if you changed the regular make of dye to one with a different set of ingredients. I say that because I noticed the same myself and felt the clash of chemicals might be to blame. Or even that the manufacturers might have changed the ingredients, announcing the fact on the packet as 'Improved', 'Easier to use', Better Coverage'.

Answer 4

darkish blonde is a organic hair colour so there should not be a difficulty. Now in case you've been lack of life your hair darkish blue, then which could be yet another tale. It only won't be able to be a loopy colour, ie: an unnatural colour.

Answer 5

make sure that the deadends are cut off and you keep taking good care of your hair. always condition it but remember NOT to dye it too often. try to take it easy, remember its still a living part of your body and cant take that much damage. the best thing you could do is go for a trim and keep off the dye until it grows about an inch, but remember KEEP conditioning

Answer 6

It just depends on what you use. You have 3 layers to a hairstrand. The outside layer ( cuticle ) opens when you put color on the hairstrand. Once the hairstrand is swelled open it only accepts so much color. When you rinse the cuticle closes back.The best thing to do is just color the roots and the last 5 minutes add some shampoo to whats left of your color and apply to the ends just to freshen it up.

Answer 7

if you are trying to dye over highlighted or beached hair it will fade faster you have to get a good build up of colour back just keep dying it as near to your natural colour you can get
you might need to do it every 3 weeks at first don't be tempted to go darker cos it will look worse when it starts to fade

Answer 8

hmmm....your hair has lost its porosity. May be it's all clogged up with old dye stuff. The roots are taking color 'cause it's new hair there. So, talk to your hair stylist, they will do something to strip your hair completely of the old color before dying it again.

Answer 9

choppin it off, gettin a bloody good trim. when your hair is like this its normally too processed to care anymore,