Do I dare go green? I’m envious of that hair!
April 21, 2017 3:34 PM Subscribe
I’m stuck on hair color. I’m curious about switching it up from pinks/purples to green! Though it will also end up on unbleached hair.
I do my hair myself. This is non-negotiable.
My hair has been mostly pinks, purples, reds. Was doing bleached tips with natural roots but I now have too much hair to manage myself (I’m growing out toward this-ish.)Cannot deal with harsh roots or required upkeep so total bleach is out. Due to my iffy bleach job this time I did blush purple to magenta which is awesome but unsustainable on unbleached hair.
I want to let my roots grow in and possibly do a dark green?? Or Navy? Or two tone? Please tell me your experience with these colors and what brands might be best, especially on unbleached hair and that fade gracefully.
Dark Green? (Alpine or Enchanted Forest or Green Envy?)
I think it will totally pop against my green eyes and green is my second favorite color - but it’s a color I don’t have experience with. I know it will be basically a greenish hue over my unbleached hair. How will it fade? How will it do over the reddish leftovers? What brand is good? Should I mix in another color to help it on unbleached reddish hair?
Navy? (After Midnight?)
Similar to green, I think a navy sheen would be interesting. Again I worry about the fade. I’m more excited about green though and not sure if blue would wash me out.
I’m leaning toward green this time my hair fades. Maybe a darker green (mixed with black or something) at the roots? I just don’t want it to look like I was in acid rain or a chlorine pool or something as it fades.
I can still do purple/red/pink but I’ve been bored They also tend to hang around for a long time and transfer more even though they fade gracefully. I also don’t know which one I’d pick.
It’s just hair and mine is short so I doubt I can totally mess it up beyond repair. Plus red can cover just about anything. I work for myself and am homebound basically so no worries about jobs/interviews.
Other notes - I use a purple dye Head and Shoulders - but I could add whatever color dye to that or to conditioner. I’ve tried other things for my dandruff but Head and Shoulders really is the best thing for my hair. If you have a recommendation of an actual dandruff shampoo that’s good with color I’m all ears. I’d rather dye it more often than deal with crappy texture and dandruff though.
I do my hair myself. This is non-negotiable.
My hair has been mostly pinks, purples, reds. Was doing bleached tips with natural roots but I now have too much hair to manage myself (I’m growing out toward this-ish.)Cannot deal with harsh roots or required upkeep so total bleach is out. Due to my iffy bleach job this time I did blush purple to magenta which is awesome but unsustainable on unbleached hair.
I want to let my roots grow in and possibly do a dark green?? Or Navy? Or two tone? Please tell me your experience with these colors and what brands might be best, especially on unbleached hair and that fade gracefully.
Dark Green? (Alpine or Enchanted Forest or Green Envy?)
I think it will totally pop against my green eyes and green is my second favorite color - but it’s a color I don’t have experience with. I know it will be basically a greenish hue over my unbleached hair. How will it fade? How will it do over the reddish leftovers? What brand is good? Should I mix in another color to help it on unbleached reddish hair?
Navy? (After Midnight?)
Similar to green, I think a navy sheen would be interesting. Again I worry about the fade. I’m more excited about green though and not sure if blue would wash me out.
I’m leaning toward green this time my hair fades. Maybe a darker green (mixed with black or something) at the roots? I just don’t want it to look like I was in acid rain or a chlorine pool or something as it fades.
I can still do purple/red/pink but I’ve been bored They also tend to hang around for a long time and transfer more even though they fade gracefully. I also don’t know which one I’d pick.
It’s just hair and mine is short so I doubt I can totally mess it up beyond repair. Plus red can cover just about anything. I work for myself and am homebound basically so no worries about jobs/interviews.
Other notes - I use a purple dye Head and Shoulders - but I could add whatever color dye to that or to conditioner. I’ve tried other things for my dandruff but Head and Shoulders really is the best thing for my hair. If you have a recommendation of an actual dandruff shampoo that’s good with color I’m all ears. I’d rather dye it more often than deal with crappy texture and dandruff though.
I don't have experience with green, but I've been really pleased with Arctic Fox. I find it lasts a lot longer on unbleached hair than Manic Panic did for me and the colors are brighter (I have medium to dark brown hair with some gray). They say the colors are designed to fade in the same color spectrum and that's been true in my experience.
There aren't as many videos/photos of Arctic Fox colors on darker/unbleached hair, but what I've seen has been good.
posted by darksong at 4:34 PM on April 21, 2017
There aren't as many videos/photos of Arctic Fox colors on darker/unbleached hair, but what I've seen has been good.
posted by darksong at 4:34 PM on April 21, 2017
I have zero knowledge about hair coloring or care or stuff but with short hair like that I might try a blue and white mix like Killer Frost from dc comics.
posted by vrakatar at 6:03 PM on April 21, 2017
posted by vrakatar at 6:03 PM on April 21, 2017
When I did navy a couple years ago it faded to gray. Do you use Overtone? That stuff saved my blue hair. It really doesn't stay bright for very long otherwise.
posted by goodbyewaffles at 7:13 PM on April 21, 2017
posted by goodbyewaffles at 7:13 PM on April 21, 2017
What color is your unbleached hair?
In my experience, pinks and purples are way more forgiving on unbleached hair than blues or greens, which fade some combination of mud, gray, black, and unattractive brown. I once put a streak of blue pravana vivids (which is a brand I really like for brightness and intensity!) in brown hair and got stuck with a chunk of black hair once it faded for pretty much forever, until I cut it out. I find it helpful to look at a color wheel whenever I'm contemplating haircolor changes to decide what will work on my hair, though of course it can be hard to tell what undertones some dyes have. Recently made the mistake of putting some indigo l'oreal colorista in my (mostly unbleached, but highlighted) hair and now I have red-brown with teal streaks, which is not what I expected or wanted.
Navy is very likely to fade gray or even blackish brown. In my experience, blues stick and if the undertones of your hair are reddish it might not be something you like, particularly if you want to go other wacky colors later.
That said, I have always had much better results with punky colours than other veggie-based dyes and am planning on going back to it, like, tomorrow, after my above mentioned experiences. Manic Panic never worked as well for me. I do like pravana (though it sticks. forever) and adore is a nice, cheap brand with many many color options that might be worth a try, too.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 9:04 PM on April 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
In my experience, pinks and purples are way more forgiving on unbleached hair than blues or greens, which fade some combination of mud, gray, black, and unattractive brown. I once put a streak of blue pravana vivids (which is a brand I really like for brightness and intensity!) in brown hair and got stuck with a chunk of black hair once it faded for pretty much forever, until I cut it out. I find it helpful to look at a color wheel whenever I'm contemplating haircolor changes to decide what will work on my hair, though of course it can be hard to tell what undertones some dyes have. Recently made the mistake of putting some indigo l'oreal colorista in my (mostly unbleached, but highlighted) hair and now I have red-brown with teal streaks, which is not what I expected or wanted.
Navy is very likely to fade gray or even blackish brown. In my experience, blues stick and if the undertones of your hair are reddish it might not be something you like, particularly if you want to go other wacky colors later.
That said, I have always had much better results with punky colours than other veggie-based dyes and am planning on going back to it, like, tomorrow, after my above mentioned experiences. Manic Panic never worked as well for me. I do like pravana (though it sticks. forever) and adore is a nice, cheap brand with many many color options that might be worth a try, too.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 9:04 PM on April 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
I have very dark brown hair which I bleach to white when I feel like it and then don't maintain because I'm lazy. I find pravana vivid blue comes out dark and navy and lets my roots grown in nicely. I like their green too, and often glop both ok to differeht sections to good effect but the blue is darker and lasts longer so thats what I use to grow things out
posted by (Over) Thinking at 9:29 PM on April 21, 2017
posted by (Over) Thinking at 9:29 PM on April 21, 2017
Elumen green is the most durable shine a separate product lock is used after you have shampooed rinsed the application of color , the blue component of the shade is't too deep blue .
posted by hortense at 10:13 PM on April 21, 2017
posted by hortense at 10:13 PM on April 21, 2017
Adding in "unbleached" to some of your google image searches provides some interesting contrast, as most of the plain searches feature bleached-then-dyed hair.
I say: your hair is short, life is short, pick a medium green and try it, that's the only way to tell how it will really work for your unbleached hair color/texture, etc.
posted by SaltySalticid at 9:29 AM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
I say: your hair is short, life is short, pick a medium green and try it, that's the only way to tell how it will really work for your unbleached hair color/texture, etc.
posted by SaltySalticid at 9:29 AM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
Seconding arctic fox. I just did my hair in turquoise arctic fox on unbleached, mouse brown/dishwater blonde hair. Day 1 was like this, and today, 3 weeks later it's faded to this.
posted by Orca at 10:52 AM on April 22, 2017
posted by Orca at 10:52 AM on April 22, 2017
I don't have any pictures but I did a half n half of After Midnight and Enchanted Forest. I dyed it on my unbleached, level 3ish hair. It was very dark, but also very much a color. The hue was comparable to this, and this is the darkness, you get the idea. Because my hair was unbleached, it mostly just faded back to my natural color, getting slightly less blue and more green with time. Because I wasn't willing to use special shampoo (I have scalp issues too, and my scalp is more important to me) it faded rather quickly, in my opinion.
posted by FirstMateKate at 11:53 AM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by FirstMateKate at 11:53 AM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
Having a hard time vouching for how various dyes will work on you without pictures of your current hair that haven't had the saturation bumped up or photos of undyed hair, but I do have a shampoo for you!!
L'Oreal Ever Fresh is a gentle sulfate free conditioner that keeps you flake-free! It's wild that there's not more choices than Head & Shoulders, but I finally found this stuff and I haven'f gone back. It looks like a small tube, but it lasts a decent amount of time - same as a skinny shampoo bottle.
posted by Juliet Banana at 1:16 AM on April 23, 2017
L'Oreal Ever Fresh is a gentle sulfate free conditioner that keeps you flake-free! It's wild that there's not more choices than Head & Shoulders, but I finally found this stuff and I haven'f gone back. It looks like a small tube, but it lasts a decent amount of time - same as a skinny shampoo bottle.
posted by Juliet Banana at 1:16 AM on April 23, 2017
My salon uses Joico colors. Blue choices are better than the green. I do bleach my hair though so I'm not sure how it works on unbleached. It looks like you can apply some of the colors on a 7. It's much much kinder on my scalp than the last color because it doesn't use developer. And it has been incredibly long lasting..even the blue and green. But if you do decide to bleach it lifts right out. It also comes out of fabric well and eventually comes out of my sink.
This is the latest with Cobalt on the roots, Mint around my face and Sky on the ends. Previously it had been Indigo, Peacock and Orchid and we were worried about the orchid but the blue covered well (although we did bleach the ends a little.)
For shampoo I use Nioxin scalp and it's been awesome. But I also wash in cold and only a few times a week. It cleared my dandruff right up.
posted by DarthDuckie at 7:12 AM on April 23, 2017
This is the latest with Cobalt on the roots, Mint around my face and Sky on the ends. Previously it had been Indigo, Peacock and Orchid and we were worried about the orchid but the blue covered well (although we did bleach the ends a little.)
For shampoo I use Nioxin scalp and it's been awesome. But I also wash in cold and only a few times a week. It cleared my dandruff right up.
posted by DarthDuckie at 7:12 AM on April 23, 2017
Nthing Overtone! I'm switching from magenta to black with blue highlights and I already have my Overtone blue ready to go. It's the only way to do this, IMO.
posted by getawaysticks at 5:38 PM on April 23, 2017
posted by getawaysticks at 5:38 PM on April 23, 2017
Response by poster: Quick thing - has anyone had issues with overtone orders? Their website is filled with complaints of not receiving product.
posted by Crystalinne at 6:36 PM on April 23, 2017
posted by Crystalinne at 6:36 PM on April 23, 2017
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