DD wants to try black hair - is there a brand that will wash out?

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DD really wants to see what she looks like with black hair. She has really long dark brown hair with a few blonde/auburn highlights.

Is there any hair colour that actually will wash out after just one or two washes? I can only find the 28-wash ones.

Also, my mum is convinced that putting a temporary colour on will ruin DD's hair and it will never be the same again. Has anyone used a 28-wash colour and had a problem with it 'staining' their hair?

Black is a very tricky colour to wear and even on 8 wash dyes can sometimes 'stick' however lots of washing with head and shoulders helps.

Try bodycare or savers for 6-8 wash dyes.

I naturally have very dark brown almost black hair but look bloody awful with full black.

Also the highlighted bits are v unlikely to return to their current colour.

Turkey any idea what colour the highlighted bits would end up? If it were a sort of brown that wouldn't be a problem but I've got a feeling they might be purple-ish, which would definitely be a problem - DD's school has strict uniform policy and hair has to be a natural colour.

Our local Savers doesn't have any of the 8-wash ones. If I could get one I'd try it on a hidden bit of hair first to see if it'll actually come out.

She wants to do the colour at the start of the Easter holidays so she has 3 weeks to get rid of it.

Black is very draining unless you have the right colouring. It's very harsh.

What about lush henna ones? I'm sure they do a dark one.

Just be prepared for it not to come out, when ds did his he ended up cutting his hair really really short to get rid of it. For a boy that is not a problem, but for a girl with long hair that is probably not a solution . I don't think that I would do it to be honest. Do you have a good hairdresser , could you talk to them about it ?

We have a selection of wigs at home (long story - not medical-related!) and one is a short jet-black bob, the colour actually does look really good on DD. I've said she can't use a permanent colour until she leaves school, but a wash-out one is OK.

We do have a fab hairdresser, I'm due a trim in a couple of weeks so I will ask her about it. That's a good idea.

Options are:
a spray
Superdrug own brand wash in (in the little grey bottles). These are the only dyes I trust on my own hair, and there's no mixing liquids or risk of dying hands/carpet etc as I stand in shower cubicle with it on my hair. This takes a few washes to wear off - about a month to 6 weeks (washing every other day or so).
The various 'wash in/wash out' dyes, which are semi permanent.
natural ingredients: indigo for blue-black (you can mix henna for a very dark brown type of black). This isn't really wash out, but a safer alternative to the dyes (some people can react to the dyes.) Indigo and henna can be expensive.
HTH.
DD dyed hers black in summer holidays with a 'wash in/wash out' pack and it took several months to go.

Sorry for delay. The highlighted bits usually end up not showing through so much, they will go lighter hopefully in a natural looking way, green is more likely than purple unfortunately.

Do not use black henna it you have to wait for it to grow out and is a horrible dull colour - I know this because I used it on myself years ago. I think it also reacts with dyes, so it may be impossible to dye the hair again.

Can she try some black wigs to see how she feels about it? I agree that black is normally unflattering. I have a friend who has very very dark brown hair and dyeing it black aged her about 10 years overnight - it just doesn't look natural.

Unless she is a goth, I would try and talk her out of it.

henna will NEVER come out!

yy to green residue on highlighted bits.

It is very hard to get a black to wash out IME.

I dyed my hair a lot of colours, and I could get it out with dye stripper (and in the olden days bleach) but I wouldn't do it with very long hair, as it ruins the condition, and with long hair condition is everything.

NewYearNewNagoo what hair dye stripper have you used before? I want to strip my hair and don't know what to look for.

OP I'd be very wary. Her hair sounds lovely and I think she will regret it. Doing it at start of 6 weeks hols might be a good compromise.

I was going to suggest her trying a wig but I see she already has.

You may need to look at the school policy on hair dyes before youndo it. She could end up being sent to Internal Seclusion.

yourhand I bought it in Superdrug, The Colour B4 one.

The main thing is rinse rinse rinse, if you leave the dye molecules in your hair they 'puff up' again and your hair will darken over time. My hair was in reasonable condition after, not strawy, but I wouldn't want to do it too often.

DO NOT use a permanent colour when you have stripped it, for about 4 weeks. It will go CRAZY dark. semi permanent over it only, and my hair kept a lot of red tones in it (hardly surprising considering what I've dyed it with and how often) so you'll prob want an ashy type colour over it.

Apologies for my comments on henna I thought it was semi permanent :(

Black is so difficult. The wash-in wash-out type is really only as described on extremely healthy hair. If hairs porous form heat styling or previous treatments, it stains. I've just managed to grow out residue from black dyes - it has taken almost a year to get it to a length that I was willing to cut it to (it was still bloody short - think Michelle Williams) and it wouldn't lift any further. The final decision to grow it out was taken from me because after 15 years of dying it (i started at 15) I reacted to the PPD. It builds up in your system. I thought I was going to go bald. I was just ill for 24 hours, headaches, nausea and a weeping raw bleeding head. Niiiiiiiiice.

If she is adamant, try manic panic. It's natural and it might stain, but it wont hurt her in the long run even if she uses it constantly (just your towels).

Don't go anywhere near henna. It's a massive commitment - you have to grow it out and you often can't colour over it. The lush ones are just as problematic. They are however amazing for the condition of your hair. I used the brown one after I bleached the shit out of my hair and it took it from unbrushable fluff to barbie hair texture. Not human hair though. That was long gone...

Thanks everyone, sorry I didn't get back last night but our internet diddn't like the snow and ice

HappyTurquoise I never thought of a spray, I will have to see if I can get a black one - I think those just brush out, don't they?

From what you've all said, there is no way DD is going to colour her hair black, not even a temp colour. IT's just not worth the risk, especially with her already having had blonde highlights (they've grown out about five inches now, but as her hair is so long, they're still in most of it). I might have to buy her a long, long black wig instead!

Please tell her not to do it. If she was serious about doing it then she should get it done professionally. Putting a dark colour over hair thats been bleached is dodgy. The cuticles will be open and will 'grab' the colour but very unevenly. It will look ok at first but it will fade to a murky translucent effect. She would either have to redo it very regularly to maintain the depth of colour or have it stripped out using a bleach bath. I recommend to clients to get any drastic colour changes done professionally. If she likes the look then she could maintain it by buying professional tint at a wholesalers like Sally's. I certainly wouldn't recommend any home kit. Don't ever use tint on home bleached hair. You could end up with chemically burnt hair. Always get professional advice.

Oops DD2 has used a spray, it worked well, but it didn't brush out, there are different makes. It did wash out though, so the only way to colour hair which does wash out first try. (Even so, try out a small hidden area at back of the nect before applying to full head!

Fianccetto sorry I haven't been on MN over the weekend; do you remember which spray your DD used?

Oops I have just seen this, sorry I don't remember, but will ask and post back when I find out (it might take some time, we are like ships that pass in the night Monday/Tuesday)

Thanks!

Don't know if its too late but just found this!

www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=3700&prodid=4235&cid=57

I have had a chat with DD, if I can find a brush-out spray she will try it, but (thanks to all the warnings from MN ) there is no way a black dye is going on her hair.