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Natural Redheads who need to dye their hair to cover grey hairs....

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TinyPanic · 18/03/2013 17:30

If you are a natural redhead who now needs to dye their hair to cover stray grey/white hair coming through please tell me which product you use!
I have naturally ginger hair and have been trying to ignore the white/grey strands coming through but it has come to the point that I can't ignore it any longer and want to try and dye it as close to my natural colour as possible (if people can't notice that would be fabulous, although I realise that this is unlikely!). So fellow redheads, what do you recommend?

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TheKingAndI · 18/03/2013 19:13

I have used L'Oreal Casting Creme in Amber 645 shade. I've got quite deep red/auburn hair and it did make it slightly darker though, although absolutely no one noticed until I told them I'd dyed it for the first time in my life. I think if you are brighter red then it would definitely look different. Talking of which - why don't dye manufacturers show what colour your hair will go if you're a redhead? They show light brown, blonde and dark brown, but never any shades of red.

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TinyPanic · 18/03/2013 19:19

I know! I am having so many problems trying to find one to match my hair exactly for this reason! I'm so scared of it going wrong :(
I'll check out your suggestion, thank you.

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LemonPeculiarJones · 18/03/2013 19:56

Hi tiny, I've tried Casting creme in Amber and Butterscotch. I'm a natural redhead too.

Amber comes out very dark and not quite red enough (on me, anyway). Butterscotch is lighter and more natural; it looks like a sort of strawberry blonde on the box but since all dyes always come out darker, it's actually a nice natural looking red on the hair.

You might have to order it online though, Boots doesn't stock that colour in the shops around my way.

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TinyPanic · 18/03/2013 20:00

Thanks Lemon, that one looks like a contender too.

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shockers · 18/03/2013 20:06

I have lots of high/lowlights put through as I find that roots aren't as obvious that way. The combination brings me to a colour not unlike my natural one, a sort of soft red.

YouCanCallMeBetty · 18/03/2013 20:21

I've tried a few and always come back to Clairol Nice 'n'Easy Natural Light Auburn. It's almost an exact match for my coppery auburn hair - maybe just a smidgen of a shade brighter.

tootssweet · 18/03/2013 20:28

I use the Nice & Easy foam one in auburn & that gives me quite a natural looking colour after the first wash! I've tried a couple of DIY ones now & that has had the best results for me. Obviously the hairdresser does a much better job but I don't have the £££ for the upkeep.

DueInSeptember · 19/03/2013 11:49

I started off colouring it with red dyes (usually a mahogany colour), but found that the greys would show pretty quicky. Have just started getting my hair highlighted and I can't see the greys now, even when they are there. Looks ok was scared that it wouldn't suit but it's fine.

treaclesoda · 19/03/2013 15:18

My sister is naturally red haired and has never used any dye other than henna on her hair. Its beautiful, covers the greys and looks totally natural. She has the sort of hair that makes total strangers stop her and tell her how lovely it is not that I'm jealous, oh no, not me despite being no spring chicken!

OneLittleLady · 19/03/2013 16:38

My hair's neither red nor brown, it's somewhere in between. No dye on earth matches it so I just colour it even more red because I think it suits me. If there was a dye that could somehow match my natural colour, I'd be happy to keep it natural but until there is, it's bright red all the way!

ditavonteesed · 19/03/2013 16:39

I henna

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TinyPanic · 20/03/2013 11:08

Thank you so much for all the recommendations. I'm terrified of mucking it up but am going to pick one and give it a go (over the holidays when I can spend a lot of time re-washing my hair if I don't like it!).

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nappybrain · 20/03/2013 11:14

I've been reading with interest ....does anyone know where u can get the casting cream in butterscotch please as I am having trouble finding it online...has it been discontinued? A shame if so as it looks nice!

LemonPeculiarJones · 20/03/2013 12:20

Oh damn it! I use Butterscotch, only bought some a couple of months ago on amazon - but looks like its been discontinued as I can't find it anywhere either, nappy!

Back to the search!

nappybrain · 20/03/2013 13:57

Will keep looking too lemon ....it doesn't look too red more auburn which is what I need. Had bad experience with a nice and easy one which turned my auburnish hair pinky!

LemonPeculiarJones · 20/03/2013 14:07

Oh which one was that nappy? Am considering the Nice and Easy light auburn - it wasn't that was it?

LornaEds · 20/03/2013 14:18

I too have natural red hair with blasted grey bits coming in at the sides. Have been on a mission to find a natural semi-perm that is similar to my own hair colour, but without success so far. Was just getting excited there reading about the Castings one in Butterscotch, only to see further down it has been discontinued.

Have used the Castings Amber lots, although it is definitely a bit darker than I'd like. Also have used the Nice and Easy one in Light Auburn, really liked the colour but it was messier to apply (much runnier) and didn't last as well.

Looks like I may have to venture into the permanent section now. Scared.

FriedSprout · 20/03/2013 14:20

Superdrug's own brand, Vibrance Rich Copper Gold is fabulous, and currently 2 for £4.99

copper gold

Very pleased with it, my own dark ginger was going a little dull and the odd grey was creeping in.

OwnedByACockerSpaniel · 20/03/2013 14:24

For grey coverage on red, I strongly recommend a salon! However if you really dont want to, buy a red close to yours but perform a strand test to get it right or as close to your natural hair colour

The thing is Grey hair has "lost its pigment" so when you do colour it the colour molecules sink in originally but don't stay very long when washed, you could use a neutral protein filler before colouring to lock the colour in better than just colouring it.

FriedSprout · 20/03/2013 14:32

Have put a pic on profile using superdrug's own. Please excuse state of hair, it was ver windy earlier

Also pic is sideways, I was not!

nappybrain · 20/03/2013 14:41

Lemon it might have been the Medium ash blonde....it was one of the semis....I had previously used one of their 8 wash glosses which was ok and then the leaflet recommended that semi one for a longer lasting colour. The gloss was golden, this was pink! I can see now from pics on nice and easy web site that the shade looks a bit pinky! Is the n and e auburn a permanent one? Really I'd like a semi. Off to look at fried sprouts suggestion....

LemonPeculiarJones · 20/03/2013 14:46

Yes fried sprout your hair colour looks very nice in your pic! I'll head off to Superdrug I think

nappybrain · 20/03/2013 14:59

Ooooooh yes that is a nice shade fried sprout looks great.

SheepNoisesOff · 20/03/2013 15:03

Oooh nice colour FriedSprout!

FriedSprout · 20/03/2013 17:03

Thanks all

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