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Squirrel of Doom
PureHeavenlyEvil
I want to dye my hair purple. But I'm afraid that it would be hard to do, or get expensive, because my hair is really long and on the darkish-brown side.
It wouldn't necessarily be hard to do if you do it at home with the help of a friend who is good with their hands but you'd have to bleach all the colour out of your hair for the purple to show which would probably damage it quite a bit and even then the colour would more than likely fade very quickly even if you managed to find permanant purple dye because bleaching makes your hair more porous or something.
If you're unsure you could always do the underneath purple, then the top of your hair would still be in good condition and the roots wouldn't show when the colour started to grow out but you'd still have some purple hair. I'm a bit of a veteran hair dying type person xd
As another hair dying vet, I'd have to strongly suggest against purple over every other color. First off, bleaching your hair makes it more porous (frizzy) because it damages the strands of hair - however, since most hair dyes are full of moisture, they bond to bleached hair much better than they would unbleached, even if you're a natural blond. Back to the actual dying -- I've bleached & then dyed my hair purple several times with different dyes, and none of them ever ever stay purple for more than a week. Same goes for my ex boyfriend. A friend of mine who used to work at the place where I'd bought my dyes made suggestions as to which brands to use (she was a cosmetology student & now does hair for a living), so she knew what she was talking about, & it still never worked out for very long. In my opinion & from my experiences, purple hair dye is a good way to waste your money. I've also dyed my hair blue, which immediately turned turquoise, but remained that color for about a month, which was pretty cool. Pinkish/reddish also stayed in for about a month. Orange generally seems to stay decent for about 3 weeks. I've never ever seen purple last for anyone :/
Has anyone ever had different experiences?!