I need some tips about dying hair.

[AdeptRogueNagi]

Quick overview about myself - Hair long enough to cover shoulders, straight, naturally black.

I have been informed that the sprays use to dye hair are only temporary and washable. With dark black hair such as mine, bright colors would not even affect it. (Or so I have been told)
I also once considered dying my hair blonde, and became aware that it would not turn out right unless I bleached it. I pretty much gave up on the idea.

On to the point, I am thinking of attempting a style new to me. Dying the tips of my hair strands silver/platinum (or any brimming grey, not white)
So I'm here to ask if I should resort to those mixtures that I've seen in many stores.
My dad uses them to dye his white hair strands to brown/black and I've seen the process of him staying still for some time with a plastic sheet covering his shoulders.
But here is the thing, he has short hair, so it's relatively safe for him to dye all of it.
As for me, I only want the tips to be dyed. The only idea I have thought of is to pull back all my hair and tie it into a ponytail like I do for work.

Is there anything I should be aware of before attempting to dye my hair.
I'm planning to buy a dye mixture, tie my hair into a ponytail, and color the tips of my hair strands.
If there are other alternatives for me to resort to, I would also like to know as well - it will really help.

[Amour de perte]

AdeptRogueNagi

Quick overview about myself - Hair long enough to cover shoulders, straight, naturally black.

I have been informed that the sprays use to dye hair are only temporary and washable. With dark black hair such as mine, bright colors would not even affect it. (Or so I have been told)
I also once considered dying my hair blonde, and became aware that it would not turn out right unless I bleached it. I pretty much gave up on the idea.

On to the point, I am thinking of attempting a style new to me. Dying the tips of my hair strands silver/platinum (or any brimming grey, not white)
So I'm here to ask if I should resort to those mixtures that I've seen in many stores.
My dad uses them to dye his white hair strands to brown/black and I've seen the process of him staying still for some time with a plastic sheet covering his shoulders.
But here is the thing, he has short hair, so it's relatively safe for him to dye all of it.
As for me, I only want the tips to be dyed. The only idea I have thought of is to pull back all my hair and tie it into a ponytail like I do for work.

Is there anything I should be aware of before attempting to dye my hair.
I'm planning to buy a dye mixture, tie my hair into a ponytail, and color the tips of my hair strands.
If there are other alternatives for me to resort to, I would also like to know as well - it will really help.

About the bright colors yes it is true that it won't show up on your dark hair, unless you bleach it then put the color on it. So if you want hot pink tips or something like that, then you are going to have to put some bleach on it until it at least lighten to an almost yellow.

[Jagger-Wolf]

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

[Amour de perte]

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Luckily Great Clips don't have color as a service. xD So they can't mess that up, just cuts and perms.

[Jagger-Wolf]

Amour de perte

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Luckily Great Clips don't have color as a service. xD So they can't mess that up, just cuts and perms.

Yeah, and they can't even do that right 90% of the time.

Spend the money on a good salon job. Have them teach you how to do is as they do it, walk you through it, so you can do it yourself next time.

[Amour de perte]

Jagger-Wolf

Amour de perte

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Luckily Great Clips don't have color as a service. xD So they can't mess that up, just cuts and perms.

Yeah, and they can't even do that right 90% of the time.

Spend the money on a good salon job. Have them teach you how to do is as they do it, walk you through it, so you can do it yourself next time.

Haha well I just finished hair school so I know a bit about color. 3nodding Bleach is no joke though, really dries out your hair going through stages of color so I HAVE to deep condition mine.

[AdeptRogueNagi]

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Does that mean I have let the salon dip dye my hair as well?
My hair is layered out and if possible, really want my bangs to be dip dyed as well. (Even though my bangs are practically at my chin)

[Jagger-Wolf]

AdeptRogueNagi

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Does that mean I have let the salon dip dye my hair as well?

If you're going to have a salon bleach your hair, you might as well let them color it for you, too. Again, the Youtube videos will at least show you the procedure, but having someone actually do it for you and walk you through the process as it's happening is better.

Dipping your ponytailed hair into a jar of color like a paintbrush isn't how the dip-dye or ombre process is done. That will give you uneven color, splotchy color, and it will look terrible, I can pretty much guarantee it. You separate the hair into small sections, paint the color in to as high as you want it, then wrap it in plastic or foil, and move on to the next piece. You don't want a straight line across where the color stops and the rest of the hair begins, that will look terrible. You want it slightly messy, slightly uneven, it looks more "natural" that way.

[AdeptRogueNagi]

Jagger-Wolf

AdeptRogueNagi

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Does that mean I have let the salon dip dye my hair as well?

If you're going to have a salon bleach your hair, you might as well let them color it for you, too. Again, the Youtube videos will at least show you the procedure, but having someone actually do it for you and walk you through the process as it's happening is better.

Dipping your ponytailed hair into a jar of color like a paintbrush isn't how the dip-dye or ombre process is done. That will give you uneven color, splotchy color, and it will look terrible, I can pretty much guarantee it. You separate the hair into small sections, paint the color in to as high as you want it, then wrap it in plastic or foil, and move on to the next piece. You don't want a straight line across where the color stops and the rest of the hair begins, that will look terrible. You want it slightly messy, slightly uneven, it looks more "natural" that way.

One more thing, do I have to provide them the dye that I want? I have a doubt that not all salons do coloring as a service. (Even if they do, they are limited)

[Jagger-Wolf]

AdeptRogueNagi

Jagger-Wolf

AdeptRogueNagi

Jagger-Wolf

Coloring hair works a lot like using markers on construction or colored paper. You can't use white or yellow markers on black paper, can you? They don't show up, do they? You need lighter paper for lighter colors to show up, right? The same applies for hair color.

If you want any color lighter than your natural color, you MUST bleach it. There is no way around this. How you bleach and how you treat your hair before, during and after the process can greatly affect the damage done. If you don't know how to do this, shell out the money for a professional salon. And I mean a SALON, not Hair Masters or Great Clips or any s**t place like that, a legit SALON, with people who know what they're doing.

Also, to do a dip-dye like you're wanting to do, tying your hair into a ponytail is not the way to do it. You need to paint small individual sections of your hair with the color for it to look right, even, and fully colored. There are several Youtube videos to show you how to do this, some also call it ombre. So you can look up "ombre" and "dip dye" and get the same results.

Does that mean I have let the salon dip dye my hair as well?

If you're going to have a salon bleach your hair, you might as well let them color it for you, too. Again, the Youtube videos will at least show you the procedure, but having someone actually do it for you and walk you through the process as it's happening is better.

Dipping your ponytailed hair into a jar of color like a paintbrush isn't how the dip-dye or ombre process is done. That will give you uneven color, splotchy color, and it will look terrible, I can pretty much guarantee it. You separate the hair into small sections, paint the color in to as high as you want it, then wrap it in plastic or foil, and move on to the next piece. You don't want a straight line across where the color stops and the rest of the hair begins, that will look terrible. You want it slightly messy, slightly uneven, it looks more "natural" that way.

One more thing, do I have to provide them the dye that I want? I have a doubt that not all salons do coloring as a service. (Even if they do, they are limited)

A lot of them will take colors that you bring it. I'd be kind of surprised if they didn't, unless it was something that won't work for your hair. Basically any vegetable-based color, or "hair paint" as I call it, will work. This means all you do is paint the color in, leave it to sit, then wash it out. There are no damaging chemicals in them, like bleach has. I use N'Rage brand, but Color Jamz, Manic Panic, and Special Effects are all examples of vegetable-based colors. What brand are you wanting to use?

[AdeptRogueNagi]

Jagger-Wolf

I'm not familiar with any brands, I'm willing to explore anything that would give me a silvery color. I heard about good reviews on Garnier.

[Flynn MacCumhaill]

AdeptRogueNagi

Jagger-Wolf

I'm not familiar with any brands, I'm willing to explore anything that would give me a silvery color. I heard about good reviews on Garnier.

Manic Panic Virgin Snow is good for anything from true white to silvery-white, and you can top it up, water it down, whatever, whenever you like. Very good and flexible. It's what I'm using at the moment.

[AdeptRogueNagi]

Flynn MacCumhaill

AdeptRogueNagi

Jagger-Wolf

I'm not familiar with any brands, I'm willing to explore anything that would give me a silvery color. I heard about good reviews on Garnier.

Manic Panic Virgin Snow is good for anything from true white to silvery-white, and you can top it up, water it down, whatever, whenever you like. Very good and flexible. It's what I'm using at the moment.

Looks really nice, but it's semi-permanent.
I heard that semi-permanent dyes would not blend in the shades well when it comes to toning (like White to grey).