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Originally posted by attentionmonster:
Atlanta?! Let's talk about the big ol' ATL in the locals thread.

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Originally posted by StormtrooperPrincess:
ATL = Atlanta's airport code

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At the moment it's dyed permanent mid-ash brown(but looks a little warmer(orangey) as my hair ALWAYS does)so i'm probably thinking of having a few different colours of highlights going from light brown to dark blonde. It's naturally light browny-orange and my skin is pale but sometimes rosy.

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Originally posted by tasha:
... also, exactly what [bold] colors have you dyed your hair? it's currently Red Rum, so what other fun colors have you entertained your hair with ;-)) ?

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To answer your question, Tasha, the Red Rum was the only really BOLD color so far.

I only began coloring my hair back in August or September (2004), and that was with the Red Rum. Since my hair was VERY, VERY gray at the time, and since I used the minimum time for leaving the dye on, I ended up with rather brilliant results. The second go-round, I let it get a bit deeper, but it was still quite bright, and with the same pinkish highlights. As I said earlier, a band mate (at the time) swears to this day that my hair was "flamingo pink" the first time, but this is quite an exaggeration. It was a light red with very pinkish highlights.

Since that time, I have used light and medium browns interspersed with one more last dose of the Red Rum. I am now going to try to keep this medium reddish-brown for awhile if I can by matching up the nearest possible color. Eventually, may get a bit more brazen and try one of those 'burgundy' tones. But I will, overall, probably remain in the medium brownish-reddish range for now.

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Originally posted by StormtrooperPrincess:
ATL = Atlanta's airport code

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heh. Residents also refer to Atlanta as "The A-T-L," "The Hot A-T-L," or "The Big A-T-L," spelling out the letters. It's a somewhat sarcastic nickname for the city.

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Just looking for some advice on L'oreals open colour range.I've been wanting to try it but was on another hair forum recently where a few people were complaining that when they put the light brown shades in their hair it went dark brown! I have light brown hair and just want a subtle change and a bit of shine. The colours on their boxes look really nice. Any feedback would be great.
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(lol) i think this is a site for hair but umm my hair is black and i cant afford to go get it fixed..would home bleach work???

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Posted by Jazzberry in the same thread (I'd like to know, too!)

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I'm just curious....how did you find this message board? We get a LOT of hair-related questions for some reason...
I'll try to find the hair threads for you...

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Guys? If you search g00gle for the exact title of this thread.... we're the 3rd reply down. I wonder if that's our answer.

Anyone mind if I edit the title of this thread to maybe make it less g00gleable? (I think I can do that, at least...)

EDIT: nope, I can't. But I'm sure Yee-Fan could. Worth asking?

PEOPLE, PLEASE DO NOT DYE YOUR HAIR BLACK IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE BLACK.

I don't want to be mean, but the word "permanent" is on the package for a reason. And black is THE hardest color dye to get back out.

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Originally posted by Dewgirl:
Guys? If you search g00gle for the exact title of this thread.... we're the 3rd reply down. I wonder if that's our answer.

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I spent way too much time Googling different variations of "hair help" and "hair color"....i dont' know why I didn't think to Go0gle the name of the thread!!

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Originally posted by silly putty:
I use Herbal Essences, and I love it...sorta. Like others have said, it does wash out really quickly. I love the colour I get at first (I use Medium Red with Rosehips), but it fades from a glorious rich red to an orange-y colour in a couple of weeks. I love the latex gloves that SOMETIMES come with it (explain this to me, sometimes they're the crappy plastic ones that leave you with purple, in my case, spots), and the tube of more-than-one conditioner that also SOMETIMES comes with it. I'm scared to try another brand, because I have been warned that changing brands can cause a bad reaction with your current colour.

Horror story: I used to use Blondissima Super on my hair as a hair dye... No colour on top of it, just plain old bleach, I liked the platinum look. I was trying to grow my hair out, but it was fried, and felt like straw. I decided to dye it red, thinking it would be less harmful, and when I was done, the roots were purple, and the ends were still white. When I went to brush it out, CLUMPS of hair ended up in the comb!!! The last 2 inches or so of my hair were just coming OUT in the comb. This was one of the most traumatizing events of my life... My friend came over and I cried and cried as she cut all my hair to the length of the roots: about 3/4 of an inch long. Sigh! I felt like an ugly boy, for about 4 months.

On another note, I also tried bleaching out black at one point. I used to wear my hair all in crazy spikes, it was about 3 inches long. After I died it, 1/2 of it (the roots) were orange, and the tips were purple. Luckily, at the time, I thought this was fabulous, I looked like a porcupine. I actually had people say they loved it, and wanted to know how I got it that way.

I also tried Feria, and hated it. Nice shiny black over blond came out looking grey, and not shiny at all.

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i know how you feel
i permed on top of old color(2 months old) and then dyed it dark brown a month later
so my hair freaks out and frizzes and is soooo fragile to the point of falling out. the only thing that kept it in my head was the fact that i had been using infusium 23 for at least two weeks before i permed it and was still using it when i dyed it brown (im a natural medium to dark blonde. was lighter when i was younger) so the extra deep conditioning saved my hair sort of. i still ended up cutting really short ( think demi moore in gi jane with about 2 months growth)because i could not do anything with it. it was a mass of frizz.

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Originally posted by lharwin:
The first time I dyed it (from dark blonde to black), I used Feria because it was new. The color came out looking very matte, with no natural looking shine at all...and it was really dry. Quite a disappointment.

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I'm only popping in to say, after my last fiasco and the generous help of my stylist, I did it again! The old "highlights" were turning real brassy. So I applied a medium ash brown and it's great! Toned down the yellow, lighted up my med-dark brown nicely and actually looks, gasp, natural.

I don't mean to get snarky, but people, really!

If it says PERMANENT and you don't want PERMANENT, then for god's sake, get something else! "Permanent" means you intend to keep this color for a long time, or at least are willing to cut it all off or deal with major roots until it grows, I repeat, GROWS, out.

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Originally posted by Ameenaadnan:
I have naturally medium blonde hair... about 2 years ago I decided on a dare from my son to dye my hair black- but I settled for dark brown and for 2 year it looked really nice until I went to salon to remove the dark brown and try to strip my hair to its natural blonde colo haha after spending so much money for stripping and highlighting my hair...now the problem is my hair is clinging to this really brassy red color. The stylist said that its iron from my water in my house!
Does anyone have any tips for removing red caused by bad water and iron? preferably something i can do with a home recipe? I really dont wanna buy more things to use in my hair or spend more $$ at the salon hahaha

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i just recently died my hair a really deep red and i hate it i was wondering if it was safe to dye it again so soon?

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And if you're not overly young, maybe you could still try some of the above.

Disclaimer: I have never died my hair. Partly because of this thread. I may get copper highlights, however, because my stylist told me it would look nice. Or I might not.

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Originally posted by TinyGirl:
Maybe you should go to a stylist. I'm guessing that you are young--maybe try just being cool with yellow hair? Or letting it be natural? Or shaving it all off?

And if you're not overly young, maybe you could still try some of the above.

Disclaimer: I have never died my hair. Partly because of this thread. I may get copper highlights, however, because my stylist told me it would look nice. Or I might not.

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im not shaving my hair off lol!! and its to late to go to the salon bc you need to ring and make a appt.
its looks really bad! im thinking i should just go with what my sister said and see if it works but im so scared it might go wrong again

just thought id let you know....i dyed it dark brown and it looks really good! im going to put some deep conditioning in the morning bc its really dry but it looks good

I have brown hair. It is boring. I coloured it red with lighter highlights in January and it was ok. For a fundraiser in March I bleached it and it went orange/ginger. Kind of cool actually but as the roots grew out, it got brassier.

So today's solution was to bleach it again - the brassy was because the red pigments from my old colour were particularly hard to get out of the hair and so bleaching it again took the rest out and it's now blond.

Just thought I'd share!

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My problem is that I dyed my hair w/SEMI-PERMANENT manic panic(purple) hair dye for an anima convention I went to a lil' over 3 weeks ago, thinking it would was out like it said it would on the bottle. Help!! My hair is naturally light auburn and the only parts that washed out is about 3 inches, the rest of my hair is a horrid dark greyish purplish brown!! Ive been using clarifying shampoos on my hair like crazy but no luck! I'm a student and cannot afford the salons price, so any help would be greatly appreciated!! Should I try stripping it w/a at home stripping kit?

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I had no idea that this thread was such riveting reading. Seriously. Who knew that beauty disasters occur so regularly? Wow.

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Originally posted by pondhawk:
I had no idea that this thread was such riveting reading. Seriously. Who knew that beauty disasters occur so regularly? Wow.

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