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HELP! trying to get to purple - part 2

topic posted Tue, April 19, 2005 - 1:08 PM by  Severina 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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well - so per my previous post I went to my hairdresser on Friday. After color remover and bleach - the red came out, so my hair was ready for purple. She'd heard good reports on some new pigment colors and bought red and blue to make a custom shade of purple.

Well I ended up with a more Sangria-like shade :-( It soaked up the red - even though the dye was a vibrant blueish purple. The roots ended up almost fushia! She then did the roots Special Effects Blue Haired Freak and they're more purply. After a small fortune and 6 hours at the salon I still don't have my hair the vibrant purple I wanted.

Last night I used 50 / 50 special effects Wildflower & conditioner mix and left it on for about 10 minutes - it didn't help much. We're headed to Convergence on Thursday and I really want fab purple for it.

Any suggestions on what i can do to make it less purply-pink and more true purple? am i better off blue-ing over the whole thing or purpleing it?
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  • Suga...
    SugarBunni
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    Re: HELP! trying to get to purple - part 2

    Tue, April 19, 2005 - 11:56 PM
    You should be ok to use a purple color (Special Effects-Pimpin Purple, one of my fav shades) over the top of what you have now. It might turn out a little darker than if you didn't have the sangria shade underneath, but it should still be purple.

    I always do my own color. I just can't see spending what they charge for color in a salon when I can go to the beauty supply store and spend 20 bucks for what I need. It's fun to color hair with friends, too! Actually, that was my reason behind starting this tribe, hoping that people would start getting together for hair nights and such.
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    • skye.
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      Re: HELP! trying to get to purple - part 2

      Wed, April 20, 2005 - 1:30 AM
      what she said. you'll be fine just coloring over it. if you want it bluer, use blue-haired freak over the whole thing. it'll even out the magenta and give you a true purple. using the purple over the top will give you more of a deep violet.

      p.s., i told you so. next time, less salon, more skye.
      =^_^=

      just ask charles; his hair has had the benefit of me. =Þ
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    Re: HELP! trying to get to purple - part 2

    Fri, April 29, 2005 - 9:47 AM
    actually everyone's suggestions were great. i did a mix of blue haired freak, wildflower with some punky colors violet and ended up with a great shade of vibrant purple... thanks everyone ;-)
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    • Suga...
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      Re: HELP! trying to get to purple - part 2

      Mon, May 2, 2005 - 10:43 PM
      Yay! I love it when expHAIRiments end sucessfully!

      I just dyed my mohawk a lovely shade of fuschia (Manic Panic Pillar Box Red).
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        Re: HELP! trying to get to purple - part 2

        Sun, August 21, 2005 - 4:38 AM
        Can I put in an early request for a hair night in SF or Oakland in mid-October when I get back into the country? I'm so tired of my "travel hair" (basic auburn with some blonde stripes) and *really* want bright hair again. Will be broke-ish after travel, but I still have a box o' bleach, gloves, and colors to share...
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