Hair dye not working anymore! help!

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Sorry if it's the wrong area but I'm unsure where else to post! I'm pretty sure Im peri menopausal based on many symptoms. Until recently I always coloured my hair/roots with no problem however in the last few months my supposedly permanent dye is washing out with 2/3 washes, washing out of the grey roots, not the rest of the hair if that makes sense!
Im so sad about this, I've accepted that I need to do more to myself these days to feel good - different make up, pencil in the ever fading eyebrows etc but I always felt good with my roots done and now that's not even working 😢 Any ideas, help suggestions? I really really really don't want to let my grey grow out, personal choice, I really don't x

I’m afraid I don’t have the answer but I’m exactly the same. Nothing covers the grey that I can do at home. I’m biting the bullet and letting it grow a while before going to a pricey hairdressers to try and get a colour which embraces the grey instead of totally trying to cover it.

Ive considered going a little lighter, may take the edge off, I know worse things can happen but it's so UNFAIR 😭

Are you sure it isn't new grey growth coming through rather than the dye washing out? I have the same issue, there is a bit of my hair right at the front on my hairline (I don't have a fringe) that is always grey again in about 2 weeks. I realised it wasn't the dye washing out, it was my hair growing quite quickly!

Very good point and that's what I e been thinking for ages until the last time I dyed it and the greys were through within two washes, the 'regrowth' was quite a bit and suspiciously the same length as the roots before I dyed it! That's when I twigged 🧐

I just went to the hairdressers home dyes washed out I ended up getting blonde highlights last year and that hides a lot.

Me too. My hair is usually an attractive mix of frazzled pinky blonde (as the permanent beige blonde now washes out to this colour within a week) grey and white around the hair line. I can't afford the hair dressers, I had decided to give non permanent a go as I read on here about using Castings and leaving it on an hour or so works well? But then found a tube of Age Perfect Colour care in the bathroom drawer (which is sort of a wash in toner) slapped half a tube on last Saturday and left for 30 mins not 10. It covered perfectly have washed it twice since then and has washed out a bit but still looks better than it did. I could cope with doing this every 10 days or so as it's just like a coloured conditioner and left my hair super shiny. Have a read of reviews on Amazon.

Thanks OP I'll try ANYTHING 🤗

Are you using box dyes? I've always used pro dyes where you buy the tube (wella koleston etc) and mix it up yourself. Last time I was in a pickle and going for black so thought what the hell and picked up a box dye from the supermarket and the difference is so so noticeable.

It's not even just the washing / coverage it's the fact it looks so dull and lifeless and there is 0 shine.

Currently sitting with a plastic bag over my head hoping a dye remover will get it all out so I can go back to koleston 😂 (other brands are available!)

Oh Lordy you're brave! I wouldn't trust myself to get it extremely wrong😂 I do use box dyes, I remember year as ago being told they were the same as the hairdressers but maybe they're not! Good luck with your hair 🤞 May I ask how you remove the over colouring?

Well it's exactly the same process (i.e A + B = what you put on except you mix it in a bowl with a brush) but my cousin who's a hairdresser told me years ago they weren't the same and to avoid box ones so I just always did.

Right now I'm using ColourB4 then I'll do a couple of bleach baths to lighten it back up and get all the pigment out (fingers crossed anyway )

Ahhh ok, I'll get looking online for those as well! Damn the greys!!!!!

@Resoluted sorry to jump on but where you do buy your wella hair dye from? I always use a box dye from the supermarket but would be interested to try this. Is it mega expensive? thanks

I do the same as @Resoluted but I use xp100. Whichever dye you go for, choose a developer that is 20 volume 6% peroxide, as that provides the best coverage for white/grey hair

@LuckyAmy1986 you'll find them in hair & beauty supply stores like Sally's etc but recently I've just been ordering on amazon.

You'll need the colour and a bottle of developer, then a mixing bowl, brush and gloves.

I tend to use the formulas on the wella blog for ideas / inspo. If you have a look they'll have posts for everything from warm brunettes to sunset coloured hair lol.

This is the one I'm going for tonight, ordered 2 tubes of the 55/65 from Amazon for £8.99 each yesterday and it arrived today

@Resoluted thanks! And that colour is so nice!