One thing you'll know if you've ever had brightly coloured hair is this - maintenance is a pain in the butt! However, there is an easy way to keep your colour looking fresh as part of your usual hair care routine. This methods works by replacing the dye your hair loses from a vigorous wash by incorporating dye into the conditioning/ treatment stage - genius, yes?!
You will need: Vegetable dye (Manic Panic, Directions, Special Effects etc), your usual conditioner or hair treatment, mixing bowl and mixing brush and hair dying gloves.
1. Mix your usual deep conditioner with a blob of your dye. The more dye you use, the stronger the effect will be on your hair. You can mix up a whole bottle of conditioner if you like, or just a little in a mixing bowl. I use about 25% dye, 75% conditioner for just a hint more colour.
2. Wash your hair as usual. If, like me, your hair is only partially dyed, separate away that section and clip the rest up. If your hair is full of different coloured dyes, I wouldn't recommend this method - it would be easier to let it fade and top up the dye again properly.
3. Pull on your dying gloves, slather on the mixed up conditioner evenly and leave for 30 minutes. Remember to cover up your clothing and pop some Vaseline over your ears and around your hairline to prevent your skin from staining! Spare mixture can be stored for next time :)
4. Rinse the conditioner off, add serums/ oils/ whatever you normally use and allow to dry.
5. Style and enjoy your topped up hair colour!
This method ONLY WORKS with veggie dyes - Special Effects, Manic Panic, Stargazer, Directions, Crazy Colours etc. 'Normal' dyes don't take as well when mixed with conditioner and wont store, either. Veggie dyes are fab because you can mix your own shades, dilute them and they keep for aaaaaaaages (I've got one from 5 years ago!)
Do you use this method? If you could have any hair colour at all - what would it be?
That looks so cool!
ReplyDeleteI love the color and your hair looks amazing. What a great tip!
ReplyDeleteLooks amazing! x
ReplyDeletePerfecto!! Thanks for this post, perfect timing - need to sort out the purple in my hair now. (woohoo for procrastination! ;) x
ReplyDeleteOh this interesting! Makes me want to dye my hair a crazy color now that I know a good way to keep up with it.
ReplyDeleteSuper drug coconut oil products are dirt cheap and made my hair the length it is now by the way. Worth a visit with moi when I see thee.x
ReplyDeleteThis is super useful for pastel hair as well as bright, as pastels wash out so much easier- I used to have peach hair and to get it I mixed in pink and orange dyes with a smidge of conditioner, then used dye-conditioner (about 25% dye) every time I washed my hair. Thus, hardly any fade (Y)
ReplyDeleteJust warn any houseguests if they need to borrow shampoo/conditioner.
Depending on the shade you want you can put the directions straight into your shampoo too, I know people with candyfloss coloured hair that do this, they just put it in the bottle!
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I love last pic! Wish I can do something crazy like that but working in Clinique doubt it :)
ReplyDeleteoh my, i wish i had known this method when i had red hair. I was forever trying to stop the red from fading. Great post :) xx
ReplyDeleteHonestly, you make it look so easy. You hair looks gorgeous and your pushing me off the edge about dying my hair at home. I really want to have a go soon. :)
ReplyDeleteWOOW your hair looks amazing! I wish I had the guts to dye my hair a funky colour. Great post(:
ReplyDeleteI used to do this when I had red hair, I used Crazy Color Fire Red and mixed it in my hands. It made my hair so vibrant, more than it was when I had it coloured at the hairdressers. I hated the mess that it made though so got it coloured over.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of this method before! I use Manic Panic and/or Punky Colors dye, so I'll definitely give it a shot. Thanks for the tip! :)
ReplyDeleteBlimey, your hair looks gorgeous when it's held up like that. Like a fairy or something. Great tip - and so easy. I used to have amazing lilac hair and now I'm so old and boring... maybe I should dye it again! x
ReplyDeleteThanks for this I have blue and purple hair and it was so dry from the bleach but then i tried this and my hair is so soft :D
ReplyDeleteDid you bleach before you colored originally?
ReplyDelete@ Yougethepicture, yup! vibrant dyes will not take over dark hair - it needs to be bleached first :)
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