Colour b 4 - how long before you recolour?

[Spikeinhiscoat]

I've read the instructions in the box, but am getting confused. It does say that you can recolour your hair immediately, but it also says you should wait at least a week. What did you do when you used it?

I have home-coloured hair, naturally dark brown, and have been dyeing it to cover grey. I started off using permanent colour, but it was either too dark or too red. Last time I used a semi-permanent colour, which was better, but my hair grows quite fast, and I think you can see the difference between where the semi colour is on my natural roots, and the permanent colour bit. I want to remove the permanent colour, and try again with a semi (medium ash brown, so hopefully they'll be no red in it).

The thing is, I've got a big weekend coming up, and because my roots are showing though, want to recolour tomorrow. Could I use the colourb4 tonight, and colour tomorrow, our should

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You can colour it immediately with a level one colour - so one of the temporary ones that only last 6-8 washes (and the colour comes ready to go in one bottle, you don't have to mix it yourself) I think it says to wait a couple of weeks (or was it a month?) before using a normal semi permanent one.

When I use it, I did the colour b4, waited 2 days to do the temp colour (only because I wanted to see what it looked like, think its fine to use the temp dye immediately) and then less than 2 weeks later used a semipermanent dye and it was fine.

DO NOT USE A PERMANENT DYE. I didn't understand what it meant and my hair went black! luckily I liked it. I'd do a 6-8 wash job straight off and then a semi after 4 weeks :)

Thanks, I've been our to the shops and got a temporary dye in the colour I want to try. I think I'll attempt the colourb4 tonight, and the temp dye tomorrow. When that one washes out, I'll use a semi-permanent colour.

Hi, I'm intrigued to know how the colour b4 turns out as I'm tempted to try it but scared it'll wreck my hair. Please let me knw how you get on? Good luck!

I did it last night, and my hair is now gingery, it also feels a bit rough, whereas before it was in really good condition. I wish now that I hadn't done it. I wanted to strip the colour, go back to my natural dark brown, then have a blank canvas which to add semi-permanent. I was worried about the semi taking a different colour where it was against my natural roots, compared to where it was dyeing the permanent colour. Now though it will be dyeing the gingery colour that doesn't suit me, so I'll be in the same position as before.

I didn't realise that a dark coloured dye could lighten your hair

I'm going to have the same thing but instead of against a permanent brown colour, out will be the gingery

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