Heya I’m wondering if I could get some advice as I’m painfully indecisive lol.
I’ve been cutting and dying my own hair for about 6+ years; but it’s only recently I’ve started to actually try and understand what exactly I’m doing.
I’ve had almost every colour imaginable and my hair has remained relatively healthy.
Until last year that is…. When I may or may not have over bleached my hair from box-dye black, to a pearly blonde after a bad breakup.
Obviously this left my hair INCREDIBLY damaged, which I was in massive denial about for ages, but around 3 months ago I decided to grow a pair and go get a good chunk of the length cut.
I originally planned to get it cut professionally, then dye it red myself.
However, in my continuing bad luck with hair, the stylist cut it wayyyy shorter than we’d discussed. Leaving me with a pixie cut, as opposed to the bob I wanted. My overall hair health is much better for it, but it really wasn’t what I wanted but it’s ok hair grows back!
Although the really unfortunate thing is that: if i dyed this new haircut red, I’d end up looking like a certain conservative, Australian, politician…. Iykyk…
At the time my hair was cut; I had very grown out and very faded pink hair, which was bleached to around a level 8-10.
After the cut I then dyed it using a not very good brown, semi-permanent dye, that had a neutral base which quickly faded to green.
Overall I currently have: semi-compromised bleached ends, which were previously dyed pink. Partially bleached mids, that had also been dyed pink (mostly old and non-bleached, regrowth from when I had pink. Giving a shadow-root kind of look at the time).
And over all of that a layer of brown which has now turned green, ESPECIALLY on the areas that had been bleached.
I’ve left it alone now for about a month, and have now got approximately .5/1 inch of virgin regrowth.
The current dilemma I have is the green I’ve been left with, is really starting to annoy me.
I intend on using the colour-wheel method from here on out for the sake of my hair health; but I’m a little unsure of what kind of dye to start with.
I know I need to use a red tone to cancel out the green (the intended colour pictured above).
So my dilemma is whether to use a semi permanent colour all over, WITHOUT bleaching, and wait till my hair grows longer to do any lightening of my roots/ evening out.
OR should I go over with a permanent colour (which I have less experience in, but would like to transition into using as I have less time for constant maintenance than I used to).
And if I were to go with this option; should I bleach my hair now, or again wait until my hair is longer?
I’ve been doing lots of research, but have had little success in finding answers to sway me in one direction or another.
If you have any questions or need any clarification feel free to ask!!
Thanks in advance!!