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knights_say_nih

advice

Jan 23, 2010 13:05

Okay, internets.

I have shoulder length, curly hair, that is currently greenish blue. I'm considering dying it back to a natural looking brown or possibly black, but am considering keeping a steak of colour ( Read more... )

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knights_say_nih January 24 2010, 09:24:25 UTC

I have tried the bangs thing, it didn't really work, unfortunately. I could do a couple of streaks within them, but the hair there is quite thin so I'm not sure it'd work out the way I hope.

Yeah, I've definitely had a few bad dye jobs so far /o\. That's the risk of doing them yourself.

trickyfrog January 24 2010, 06:20:46 UTC

Maybe a layer of color? I don't like streaks on curls.
Idk, I really LOVE the colors it is now. <3

knights_say_nih January 24 2010, 09:25:48 UTC

Oooh, that could be neat, especially if I went for a black instead of the brown. I could keep some blue at the bottom.

Thank you! I'm fond of it too, but it's so much upkeep- the blue fades to green really quickly and the roots come in brown. With school and work I can't really keep on top of it and celery green hair with long brown roots just isn't attractive.

adiva_calandia January 24 2010, 07:51:28 UTC

What about streaks at your temples, like where people start to go gray? I can't quite tell from that picture, but you might even be able to hide those with hair over your ears if you want to be discreet -- and then when you want to show it off, you can pull your hair back.

Mostly, though, I think I'd recommend going with your instinct and go for a solid color. Dark brown would look really nice on you!

Mainly I wanted to say how heartily I approve of your Star Trek costume. >.> Did you make that or what?

knights_say_nih January 24 2010, 09:28:09 UTC

I think I might have to. It might be fun! I'm dark brown naturally, but haven't been in... seven years, I think?

And thanks! I didn't, actually. It was a birthday present. The material is super cheap, but man, I don't care, I love it so much.

viridian January 24 2010, 11:35:54 UTC

I would probably put it on the bottom layer - like underneath all the other hair, since in my hair at least that's where my curls are the loosest and my hair is the most un-damaged. And it won't stand out that much unless you have it up - most of the time it'll just peek out from underneath now and then.

That's actually what I'm planning to do with mine - I have a hot pink and a raspberry purpley color that I want to mix to make a dark pinky purple and just dye one piece on the underlayer.