What Process Is Used To Color Dark Brown Hair To Bright Vibrant Red?

Posted by admin in Colored hair on 05 24th, 2009 | 2 responses

My natural color is a medium/dark brown. About a month ago, I had my hair colored a darker brown so that it looked almost black, with bright red highlights. It looked good for about a week, then the red highlights on the sides and top started fading and now, they are a gold color. However the back is still the vibrant red that it started out with. I was thinking having my hair colored JUST THE RED. What process would have to be used to color the dark brown—which is still really dark—to make it red throughout?

2 Responses to “What Process Is Used To Color Dark Brown Hair To Bright Vibrant Red?”

Rebecca M says:

May 24, 2009 at 11:33 am

Now, if I understand you correctly, you want to go ALL red, and if that’s so, then in order to really achieve that without an orangy or brassy look, you will have to lift the brown from your hair, you can do it without really frying your hair, there are different stages of lifting, speak with a professional about lifting your brown and then use either deposit-only red, which won’t last as long but is less damaging, or use permanent with a higher stage of color, and just so you know, red is the hardest color to keep in, it fades and washes out faster than any color there is, so use a REALLY good color shampoo and conditioner with sunscreen, my faves are Rene Furterer Okara Shampoo and Conditioner, and also Pureology NanoWorks Color Care, google them they are expensive but SOOOO worth it. My color doesn’t come out at all anymore because I bought both, the Rene smells good, the Pureology Nano fills in your hair where it is breaking and keeps it really healthy looking, both are wonderful for keeping color in, I only have to dye my hair now when the roots are noticeable, and I don’t have to put color on color anymore to refresh the color, it just doesn’t fade. I would definitely lift that brown though, because you don’t want to keep putting color on color, it will leave your hair feeling very rough and the cuticle will be a mess, and also it will eventually leave stripes on your head from it growing out, being colored, being colored again, etc., instead of looking evenly colored. Good luck, post us a pic when you finish!
Olivia J says:

May 24, 2009 at 2:58 pm

red fades in three weeks. that is going to be a lot of maintenance. check out loreal.com for some colors you like but red will fade quickly. if you dont want to be doing your hair every month i would try something else

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