Looking for color treatment...

Jeannie_L

Ok, I have been transitioning for about two years now. My hair is all natural, virgin. I was thinking of coloring but was afraid of making it dry again from when I used to relax. Can anybody recommend any kind of color products made for our type of hair? I was at the beauty supply this week and asked one of the girls for help. I eventually left the store empty-handed after hearing her confusing stories about bleaching my dark hair versus applying color to dark hair. Help!

Brio

Hi Jeannie.

I'm a little confused. Do you still have some relaxed hair? If you do, two chemical processes is rough on your hair. You might want to wait until it's all grown out. That would probably be the safest thing.

Also, what are you hoping to accomplish with hair color? Are you covering gray? Do you want to go lighter? If yes, how much?

Jeannie_L

No, every strand is virgin. I have been transitioning for 2 years so far. My last cut was about 7 months ago. I was planning on going a little lighter than my natural base but not too much. Highlights might do it but I don't want to bleach. Still not sure what to do yet. :cheese:

CurliLocks

If you lighten your hair color, you are essentially using bleach (peroxide and/or ammonia, etc) anyway to lift the color. Highlights would be safer, you don't need to bleach them super light, just lighter than you want them to be and then tone them (or not, if you like the way they bleach). You could also just add a nice tone to your hair with something gentle like Color by Robert Craig--you could warm up your current color, add some red, etc. HTH

Jeannie_L

Thanks. Your curls are georgeous. do you have any recent pictures?

Suburbanbushbabe

How about Henna? The result photos from the Henna thread are pretty cool.

CurliLocks

Jeannie_L wrote:

Thanks. Your curls are georgeous. do you have any recent pictures?

Me? Thanks! The latest ones I posted are the last ones in the devacut album, after the last cut.

Jeannie_L

Suburbanbushbabe, I'll take a look at the forum thread for that topic. Thanks for the suggestion. :cat:

midwestcurls

My stylist is using a demi-permanent color on my hair. The one he's using is Shades EQ by Redken. It gradually washes out in 6 weeks. It has some ammonia but not a lot. The difference with it is that I have to sit under the dryer to make it work. Regular color treatments don't require that step. It covers my gray and I've been pretty happy with it.

CurliLocks

midwestcurls wrote:

My stylist is using a demi-permanent color on my hair. The one he's using is Shades EQ by Redken. It gradually washes out in 6 weeks. It has some ammonia but not a lot. The difference with it is that I have to sit under the dryer to make it work. Regular color treatments don't require that step. It covers my gray and I've been pretty happy with it.

That's why I prefer RC's Color, no ammonia, it's more gentle and works better for me.