Need to dye my hair black

[soslychic]

I'm really wanting to make a color change, but before I go lighter with highlites I'm thinking of just goin' darker. my hair is very dark brown naturally, but I think black would look really good and shiny (Tracy maybe we should swith heads. lol)
So although I want it black, I don't want it so jet black that it looks like a wig (I've had a jet black weave before and it was NOT pretty) so how can I get a black that looks like the black on the package without having oriental jet black hair? WHat brands have y'all had success with?

 

[Tracy]

Use a dark brown and then see how you feel girl....take it from me (see my signature

)...

 

[Karonica]

 

[Tracy]

@ Karonica...

Girl I'm just crackin' you up huh?

Suuuuurreee....just revel in my pain why dontcha!

SSC - be aware that you can go as dark as blue black - any dark shade you want as a matter of fact - with a rinse, to the tune of no damage at all. Just wanted to add that.

 

[NAY007]

well, i tried oriental black before too which was a blue black. when i wore my hair in one or two braids i really loved the color. when i wore my hair down however i didn't like the look that much. so the next time i used brown black and that was way better. but as tracy already said you can try a dark brown before. or a lot of brands have colors like "soft black", "brown black" etc. i always use bigen.

 

[soslychic]

Soft black........sounds just like what I'm looking for. I'll look for a label like that. Thanks nay.

 

[Karonica]

But beware. Black tends to be very hard to rinse out.

My friend's blue-black rinse lasted her forever.

 

[soslychic]

how often did she wash her hair?

 

[Karonica]

I dunno. That could be another reason. But I've had a black rinse before, and at that time I was washing my hair once a week. That bastard never faded much. I was stuck with that color for months, even though it was "supposed" to wash out in 4-6 shampoos.

That's what provoked me to go lighter 2 years ago.


Tracy, do not read anything I just said.

 

[Chuli]

dyeing your hair black is horrible! it never comes out!!! to get it out its impossible! lots of damage after the fact!

Ive learned from my mistakes!

 

[Karonica]

Tracy is going to kill us.

 

[JenJen2721]

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But beware. Black tends to be very hard to rinse out.

My friend's blue-black rinse lasted her forever.

[/ QUOTE ]

I had blue black once and my hair started to turn a greenish tint after about 7 shampoos or so.

 

[Karonica]

That's another possibility. Now that you mention it, girlfriend's hair did look a tad greenish.

 

[Tracy]

You weren't imagining that Jen. The base of most blue blacks are green.

That's what I mean when I refer to the hair turning green (or pink in some cases) on the "rinse down".

Karonica

don't teeeasssee me.....

 

[soslychic]

oh lord.......might wanna rethink this........

 

[Karonica]

Tracy, I'm sorry, but your signature is hillarious. Seriously, it's just going to take some time for you to get used to the color, that's all. I was like that at first when I got my hair lightened to the reddish/orangey/brown it is now. I was like

and felt

at the same time. But that was 2 years ago, and now I love it!

Oh gosh, I can't stop laughing. I'm going to sit in the corner for a while to punish myself.

 

[Cindy70]

I use the black and blue-black colors of SoftSheen Rejuvatone. I've been using it for years now and I've never had a problem with it eventually washing out. If you really want to wash a tint out faster, use a clarifying shampoo or dandruff shampoo. I read in Woman's World once that dandruff shampoos have certain ingredients in them that help to fade a too dark hair color. Can't remember which ingredients they specifically mentioned.

 

[pebbles]

LOL! Morticia???

Girl, you are too much!!

 

[Karonica]

Thanks for the tip. I was using Rejuvatone as well. I've used their mahogany, copper, and black.