Red Raaaaaaaaaaaaage

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Note to self: when a home hair dye says "dark red", what it really means is nuclear power plant red. Redder than a red herring covered in red paint in a "cherry" mini Cooper parked in Colorado. Hair looks funky and Fifth Element-vibrant, which is funny, but...

On the downside, this will not do in the Mediterranean sun. Now I have two options: dark, dark, dull brown which, coupled with my pale skin makes me look like a wannabe Goth, or black, which will make me look like Samara rising from the Ionian waves in three weeks' time.

Feck.

On the plus side, my aeroplane tickets arrived today. Huzzah hurrah! Chris, Mary and I have a meticulous schedule for arrival on Zakynthos island, which goes something like: throw cases in apartments, check in properly, head to beach, die from pleasure.

In the meantime... OMFG!!12 What to do with The Red? Would anyone suggesting risking the strawberry blonde? The black? If I do it a chestnut colour, then I'll have to dye it again, and it'll all snap off or feel like straw. Waahness.

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Also, do any people with a climate marginally hotter than antartic Britain or who swim regularly have any suggestions for conditioner/good hair treatment? Usually, by the third day, my hair is like straw. I need some conditioning stuff that will be able to absorb chlorine and salt water. It's that or avoid photos for a fortnight.

Comments

[jadedscorpion.livejournal.com]

If the color hasn't been on for a day yet (the sooner the better), you could wash it with some dishwashing liquid to take off some of the dye off.
I did this for my last disaster, I washed it a couple of times and it actually looked pretty decent when I was done.

I too have had my share of disasters. I dyed my hair "romantic red" once--it turned out radioactive tomato red, but the roots turned florescent orange-yellow. It looked horrible.

Cover it with a dark dark auburn, I say. And get some hot oil treatments, extra strong conditioners, or something. I hope you can fix it. If not, there's always hats....

[rebness.livejournal.com]

*Nods*

I was thinking of a darker auburn, because I like the vibrant red-- will it definitely not go more red, though? I have to buy the next dye tomorrow, and I don't want to dye it any more before I leave the country.