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help! Anyone knowledgeable about?? Hair dye related

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SundayLieIn · 06/08/2014 09:59

OK, I know this is hormones and probably not a good idea, but I'm going to do it anyway so please help me make it the least bad idea it can be!

I am being induced tomorrow at 40 weeks and my hair is a mess.

I know it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but right now it seems like a really big deal that my hair looks awful and I have to dye it.

I have to stay in today for a courier to pick up a parcel so can't get to a hairdresser or shops.

I have one box of superdrug permanent blonde hair dye I can use but cant decide how to use it.

I used to dye my hair all over but it was getting very brassy (as my natural hair colour got darker, it didn't seem to take it all the way to blonde any more, iyswim) so I then decided to let it grow out and just use a light brown dye on the roots to cover the bits of grey...but the ends are still very blonde so now I have brown on top and blonde through the lengths from ear lobes down which looks horrid. Plus the brown doesn't really suit me.

Should I

a) put the blonde dye on all over and leave it on for half an hour (what I used to do- meant the roots were less blonde and more orange than the lengths that had repeat dyeing but was simple and easy to do)

b) put the blonde dye on roots only and then try and spread it through for a bit but then how to match up the bits and will this just leave me with orangey roots rather than brown and blonde ends???

c) I have found (at the bottom of the clothes hamper Confused one of those old plastic caps with little holes in that you used to use to highlight hair- I could pull strands through and just dye those- would this look more natural and blend the top in with the bottom better without looking all over brassy or would I just end up with weird blonde strands and still two tone hair??

Help!

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Eminybob · 06/08/2014 10:38

I'm not sure any of those are fantastic ideas, especially since your pregnant and your hormones can do strange things to hair dye.

Can you call out a mobile hairdresser?

SundayLieIn · 06/08/2014 10:41

Oh thanks Eminybob, I hadn't even thought of that, might have a google and see if I can find one at short notice...I know my other options aren't brilliant ideas and I'm probably off my head on oestrogen, but am itching to open that box as it seems like it couldn't look worse than it does now...

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ElPolloDiabolo · 06/08/2014 10:45

If you do this and it cocks up (which it sounds like it might) you'll then be stuck with wrong hair plus a newborn and no time to fix it.

Another vote for a mobile hairdresser or WAIT!

TheBuskersDog · 06/08/2014 10:46

Wait until the courier's been and go out and buy a more suitable colour?
You don't want to be messing about putting a colour on when they turn up anyway.

LuckySaint · 06/08/2014 11:33

Put the dye down!!!
Either get a hairdresser to do it today or maybe get a light brown semi just to even up the colour a bit.

HowAboutNo · 06/08/2014 13:25

I felt the same and THANKFULLY I waited. Mobile hairdresser all the way or just don't worry about it! After tomorrow I guarantee you won't give a crap what you look like for a few weeks!

Good luck!

SundayLieIn · 06/08/2014 15:11

Oh thanks for the advice, got distracted by suddenly deciding that the dinning room table chairs covers had to be taken off and steam cleaned for the first time in their life...

I did ring two mobile hairdressers but one couldn't do days at the mo due to school holidays and the other one wouldn't do without a patch test.

Fortunately DH is now home and supervising so I think the chances of me getting the dye on greatly reduced

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