I Want To Go Back To Black Lol

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

ive decided i dont like my hair :lol:

i colored it on march 26 from my natural off black up to reddish brown and im over it now lol. It just feels fake and weird and its too orange...
whats the safest way to re darken it? just some off black dye? im relaxed btw. ..last relaxer was close to 4 mths ago and i may not relax for several more months...

im not gonna tell my husband and just wait to see his face once its dark again :lol:

...said the Phablet

virtuenow · Apr 20, 2013

Already? You just colored it (after many told you not to). My, my are you impulsive.

RoundEyedGirl504 · Apr 20, 2013

I think you will be ok going darker with perm dye. But if your hair has been feeling dry since u lightened maybe just do a rinse.

virtuenow · Apr 20, 2013

RoundEyedGirl504 said:
I think you will be ok going darker with perm dye. But if your hair has been feeling dry since u lightened maybe just do a rinse.

But it will look green, no?

nakialovesshoes · Apr 20, 2013

virtuenow said:
But it will look green, no?

virtuenow I was wondering the same thing.

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Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

green!!! ??? :pullhair:

why???

...said the Phablet

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

virtuenow said:
Already? You just colored it (after many told you not to). My, my are you impulsive.

yeah i can be a bit bi polar about my appearance sometimes lol :look:

...said the Phablet

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

RoundEyedGirl504 said:
I think you will be ok going darker with perm dye. But if your hair has been feeling dry since u lightened maybe just do a rinse.

i havent had any dryness so far.... ive been taking excellent care of my hair since i colored..

...said the Phablet

RoundEyedGirl504 · Apr 20, 2013

virtuenow said:
But it will look green, no?

I've never had mine look green. She's not blonde right?

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

RoundEyedGirl504 said:
I've never had mine look green. She's not blonde right?

nowhere near it.. im a deep red auburn. still dark hair....

...said the Phablet

Mz.MoMo5235 · Apr 20, 2013

A black rinse won't look green lol. Back in my early 20's I changed hair color as often as I changed my socks lol.

No matter how light I went or how orange a botched job came out I semi perm black or a rinse did the job.

Plus if you're that worried you can go with henna and indigo. I'd just get a black box color and call it a day.

Green lol sillies

I'm not illiterate. It's my phones auto correct

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

Mz.MoMo5235 said:
A black rinse won't look green lol. Back in my early 20's I changed hair color as often as I changed my socks lol.

No matter how light I went or how orange a botched job came out I semi perm black or a rinse did the job.

Plus if you're that worried you can go with henna and indigo. I'd just get a black box color and call it a day.

Green lol sillies

I'm not illiterate. It's my phones auto correct

i hope i dont chane my mind again because once i darken its a done deal :lol:

...said the Phablet

virtuenow · Apr 20, 2013

She said its orange, I imagine mixing that w/blue black could produce a greenish hue. I've seen women w/jet black hair w/a green overcast. Perhaps they didn't know.

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

virtuenow said:
She said its orange, I imagine mixing that w/blue black could produce a greenish hue. I've seen women w/jet black hair w/a green overcast. Perhaps they didn't know.

NOOO!!
I certainly hope not, sounds icky

Back in high school I had flamey brown hair similar to now and I was able to get it to dark brown with no green...
I would imagine greenness might be an issue if you're coming from light hair but mine isn't that light...

Also I am not going to jet black. my hair isn't black naturally, it's probably the darkest brown before light black lol. I do not want a super inky black although I do think it's gorgeous, I'm not sure how it would look on me.

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

My mother in law saw my lightened for the first time tonight and she said it was beautiful :lol:

but that has not changed my mind. I just don't feel like me with this color. I also feel really dumb in the sun, like it's just too damned orangey. I was going for an ash brown color but I'll have to grow out my hair for years and have it done professionally if I want that.

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

A black rinse won't look green lol. Back in my early 20's I changed hair color as often as I changed my socks lol.

No matter how light I went or how orange a botched job came out I semi perm black or a rinse did the job.

Plus if you're that worried you can go with henna and indigo. I'd just get a black box color and call it a day.

Green lol sillies

I'm not illiterate. It's my phones auto correct

Mz.MoMo5235 I just remembered who you were! How is your hair growing? Or did u decide to keep it buzzed? How are you?!

virtuenow · Apr 20, 2013

I'm now slightly curious so I did a search. A lot of people have asked about the green issue or experienced it. Thought I'd add a link from the black hair forum: http://forum.blackhairmedia.com/my-hair-turned-green_topic138091.html

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

virtuenow said:
I'm now slightly curious so I did a search. A lot of people have asked about the green issue or experienced it. Thought I'd add a link from the black hair forum: http://forum.blackhairmedia.com/my-hair-turned-green_topic138091.html

thanks, interesting, I didn't know this. I see she used a rinse. I'm going to use permanent... I'm thinking maybe the rinse didn't cover properly causing some kind of green effect? who knows

Ugh I certainly hope there is no green tint, that just sounds hideous.

Nazaneen · Apr 20, 2013

virtuenow, I think this explains it.http://www.livestrong.com/article/194340-how-to-get-the-green-out-of-brown-hair/
my hair is warm toned now, not ash so I probably wont face this issue...

Royalq · Apr 21, 2013

my true curiosity lies in how you managed to make over 3,300 posts and you just joined in January?? Thats incredible, i need to step my game up.

Anywhoozies, i remember when i dyed my hair medium brown. a few months later wanted to go back to black. So i just went to the BSS and got a black permanent dye and dyed my hair. It was a super lovely deep black. i had no issues with weird colors.

virtuenow · Apr 21, 2013

Royalq Arlana's a longtime member that just recently changed user names.

Nazaneen · Apr 21, 2013

Royalq said:
my true curiosity lies in how you managed to make over 3,300 posts and you just joined in January?? Thats incredible, i need to step my game up.

Anywhoozies, i remember when i dyed my hair medium brown. a few months later wanted to go back to black. So i just went to the BSS and got a black permanent dye and dyed my hair. It was a super lovely deep black. i had no issues with weird colors.

step your game up to having no life :look:

I post a lot in the Entertainment section...

Sounds good, I'm pretty confident I can do it without issues. I just hate that I damaged my hair however much. But I felt like I really wanted a change and now I experienced it and it's not right for me.

Nazaneen · Apr 21, 2013

virtuenow said:
@Royalq Arlana's a longtime member that just recently changed user names.

that too, but my current post count is accurate :look:

, this is a new name, not a name change.

nakialovesshoes · Apr 21, 2013

I know products have changed. I dyed my hair blonde in the early 90s following my friends. When I tried to cover it with black it did turn green. I don't know why but it did happen. I did both jobs myself but it took a pro to get it back right.

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Nazaneen · Apr 23, 2013

So I've changed my mind about going back to black permanently. what I'm going to do is getting a brown semi just to attempt to tone out some of the red and see how that works... It may darken me up permanently which is fine with me. I'm not ready to commit back to permanent black.

I am really a misfit about my hair :look:

lol. I think it was my pms making me crazy.

DaiseeDay · Apr 23, 2013

Arlana said:
So I've changed my mind about going back to black permanently. what I'm going to do is getting a brown semi just to attempt to tone out some of the red and see how that works... It may darken me up permanently which is fine with me. I'm not ready to commit back to permanent black.

The brown is a good idea, but just FYI: once your hair has been lightened the color will always fade, so you wouldn't be stuck with black.

Nazaneen · Apr 23, 2013

DaiseeDay said:
The brown is a good idea, but just FYI: once your hair has been lightened the color will always fade, so you wouldn't be stuck with black.

that's true,... but I feel safer dipping my foot in and just going with a medium brown semi perm color and seeing how that works out. that'll definitely fade and it's also gentler on my hair.

LivingDoll · Apr 23, 2013

The trick to avoiding green hair is to add a red based color to the mix. A blue based black, or adding another blue based color to a blue based dye will make the hair potentially turn green (especially on hair that is blonde or has been lifted...yellow + blue = green-ish). A dye with a red base will tend to color black on the more purple-ish (plum) side of the spectrum (red + black = purple-ish).

Nazaneen · May 9, 2013

I ended up going jet black. I used Revlon Colorsilk in Black and it colored my hair inky black. I love it, looks a bit unnatural to me but I don't think others would know it's fake :lol:

Dove56 · May 10, 2013

Arlana said:
I ended up going jet black. I used Revlon Colorsilk in Black and it colored my hair inky black. I love it, looks a bit unnatural to me but I don't think others would know it's fake

Arlana

I went back to black last week after using that L'Oreal color in Coolest Brown. I seriously missed my black hair, plus I don't have to worry about my eyebrows not matching.

Black is my natural color and it's more striking on me anyway. All the other colors looks so blah. I used Garnier Nutrisse in Soft Black but I wish I would've tried the Shea Moisture color.

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