ARGH. Bad Day Made Worse by dye NOT COVERING MY FUCKING GREY

[PavlovtheCat]

Sorry for shouting.

Ok, actually I'm not sorry. Fed up. Grr.

I have a huge amount of grey/white at the front of my hairline, and right through my parting. It is so fucking stubborn it just won't take colour very well. I have just dyed my hair a mid brown, and did the roots first,left it on for ages before just running through the rest of it, and it's still at least one shade lighter than the rest of my hair, maybe even more.

At the moment it's not horrendous as my hair is cut deliberately to hide the roots growing out too quickly, but fuck me it's really shit not being able to cover it. if the wind catches it, there is that almost flourescent brown at the roots.

Any ideas? I have tried various brands, have tried using peroxide on the roots first to make it more porous. I know salon is best, but really 1) I can't ever find the time to make it to the salon for 2 hours every 4 weeks b) I can't always get there due to health reasons and b) it's bloody expensive.

Before you suggest just going grey gracefully, not a fucking chance. I already walk stooped like an old woman due to back problems, I am not going grey as well just yet (and anyway, I still have a large amount of my own colour too so it will still look fucking stupid unless I get it dyed grey, then I might as well get it dyed brown or whatever).

[PavlovtheCat]

oh I like the sound of that one! the problem I had with dark brown, which is my natural colour, or mid to dark really (eyebrows and lashes are naturally v dark, shade darker than my natural hair, might have profile photo, not sure if I took it down, but dark brown is my preferred colour too) is that when I went to have it lightened, my hair had taken it so well (after a few colours) that it was pretty much 'black so could not be lightened, had to be stripped completely, which was horrid and expensive.

So, if a dark brown that only involved the roots being done and I can do that relatively easily, well that along with the crayon could be just the thing for me. I am going to re-do it tomorrow if I am not too tired after work as the roots are just too pale on this colour, it's fucking awful. my crown looks like I am going bald it's so light compared to the rest especially in the sun.

[PavlovtheCat]

Oh, just saw sunny superdrug one at 99p! yey! love that too! I prefer a flat brown, as really, I am not after a 'dyed' look, just want it to look like my own hair colour, which is quite a flat dark brown, so that could be good!

[ClaraDeLaNoche]

Pavlov, I am the same. Nothing I bought in the high street could match my hairdressers stuff. Until she told me the name and code of the colour she uses so I buy it online with peroxide and every two weeks I do a touch up. It means I can last 6 weeks before a full do at the hairdressers. So much better coverage than Nice n Easy etc.

Did you see in the news they think they have found a cure that can reverse grey hair?

[kerstina]

I have not seen that on the news would be fab ! Can you tell us anymore ?

[PavlovtheCat]

What?! They can reverse it? Count me in for any trials relating to that! Yey! Bet the process costs a fortune, it must, otherwise all the hair dye companies would go bust wouldn't they?!

[ClaraDeLaNoche]

news.sky.com/story/1087419/grey-hair-treatment-discovered-by-scientists

Could be some time though. I like to imagine L'oreal having a crisis meeting and considering a hit man on pesky scientists.

[AgathaF]

I used Lush henna - 1 cube of noir and 2 cubes of marron mixed. Covers my grey pretty well and lasts around 4 weeks. I used to use hair dye, but found it just didn't cover properly and it was started to look quite unnatural and sort of coated, so I changed to this about 18 months ago. My hair is in the best condition it's ever been in too. It's here.