Dying hair black?

[chameleonmary]

i think it looks cute and kitschy on you, i love it!

i miss my black hair im tempted to go back and make my hair blue-black again.

im very fair, so i found i needed to make sure my brows and lashes were tinted black (or dark brown) to soften the contrast of the black hair. i also swept a little bronzer or blush on my cheeks when i went out, giving an allover prettier look.

enjoy your sexy new look!

[bbkf]

I've been dying my hair black with various bleached areas or coloured strips etc for 7 years and love it.

And I still get mistaken for british with black hair...mind you I am
British!! I guess it's the accent 10/10 of the time

[Poison_Ivy]

I am a licenced cosmoyoligist and the only thing i have to say is the only bad thing is once you dye it back it takes major major work to get it unblack so think about it first i suggest going with the darkest brown maybe a 3n or 4n and it will look black but would be easy to lighten

[baybooty]

My black hair tends to fade out quick.

I dyed it purple & black just a few weeks ago and the brown/blonde is back, there is no black in my hair at all.

[MAC_addiction<3]

I Dyed My Hair Black & its So Hard To Get Out, Ive Got Tough Decisions To make On Whether To Have It Stripped & Seriously damage My Hair Or Just Wait Years & years For It To grow Out (Baring In Mind Its Almost 20 Inches Long Lol) I Think If You're 100% Sure About It Then Go For It, But If You're Hesitant I Wouldn't Take The Risk Just Incase You Have The Same Problem. Good Luck
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[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

I have mousy brown (boring hair) so boring in fact that whenever I get my hair cut the stylists says " whats with your haircolor? are you gonna do anything with it?" Its natural! i cant help it.

anyways. I have gone black several times. I have pretty fair skin but dark eyebrows and lashes. I love it. It makes me look "exotic" haha . It fades out pretty quick for me though.

[MAC_addiction<3]

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Originally Posted by baybooty

My black hair tends to fade out quick.

I dyed it purple & black just a few weeks ago and the brown/blonde is back, there is no black in my hair at all.

maybe your hair is porous from all the dying..so it takes the dye well at first but then after a week+ it starts fading dramatically because the hair can't hold on to the colour. This is the problem i had aswell for years and i just kept redying but that doesn't help. I was told about Hair fillers which fill in your hair, claryfy it, eliminate all residues and prepare it for dying. I was told about Goldwell pre color, im trying to get my hands on it at the moment but its hard as i live in the UK. x

[knoxydoll]

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Originally Posted by baybooty

My black hair tends to fade out quick.

I dyed it purple & black just a few weeks ago and the brown/blonde is back, there is no black in my hair at all.

The purple-black, blue-black, red-black, aren't real black dyes. They're just dark colours. This is why it faded out, I has the same problem with the purple, except I loved the colour it faded out to.

[CatsMeow]

I know this is an old thread, but I hope you still have your lovely black hair!

I've had black hair since 2004 - I find it SO easy to maintain. I've been every colour under the sun (hairdresser's daughter you see, lol) and it is the easiest and less taxing colour to maintain.

Blonde - too much maintenance, the peroxide kills your quality in your hair
Red - takes forever to build up the colour without fading, have to use perm colours
Foils of any colour - regrowth is a bitch!

I just use semi permanent colours every 6-8 weeks and they stick. Less harsher than my redhead days when I used permanent colours to sustain the intensity of the colour. Comparatively, I find my hair is in great condition as a result. My skintone is similar to Dita von Teese or Katy Perry (I'm pretty pastey!), but I find that the black hair actually looks really great and not washed out at all (if I don't say so myself).

I started off with a natural black colour, and then went to blue-black! That's my fave!

Now that my hair is waist length, there ain't no way I'll be able to switch to another colour without lopping the whole lot off. AND THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I don't think I'll be changing anytime soon!
There's no point in trying to bleach or strip the colour out if your hair is long, like many have said on this post - it will ruin and break your hair. There's no point have long hair if it isn't in good nick. Nothing worse than ratty hair.