How To Make Purple Hair Colour At Home

I dyed my hair imperial while I was stuck at home, and I found information technology was surprisingly unproblematic

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For as long equally I've been dyeing my hair (about x years now!), I've always been nervous to try something bold like purple, blue, or green.
Since my hair salon has been closed for months and I'thousand not seeing anyone in real life besides my family, I decided to have the plunge and dye my hair purple at dwelling.
The experience was surprisingly like shooting fish in a barrel, though a flake nerve-wracking — only I dearest the stop result.
I'd definitely dye my hair again in the time to come, even when the world returns to normal.
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During the pandemic, more than and more than celebrities began dyeing their hair fun colors considering they were bored. Celebrities, they're simply similar the states!

Despite years of dyeing my hair, I've always been nervous to dye it anything other than a biologically possible color (that rules out blue, majestic, pink, dark-green) — merely considering I'm non seeing anyone in existent life autonomously from my family members, now seemed like the best fourth dimension to endeavour it out.

Here's how I went well-nigh dyeing my hair purple, from the dye I used to whose help I enlisted to brand this transformation.

I'm no stranger to dyeing my hair. I've been relatively consistently coloring it since I was xvi years erstwhile. It's been all shades — only I've never experimented with something as out there as royal.

Cherry-red, blonde, chocolate-brown — I've tried almost everything.

My natural hair colour is a boring shade of chocolate-brown, and then in 10th grade, I tried a minor smattering of blonde highlights, then half a head, then a total caput of highlights — and and then I dyed information technology black. Then it went back to chocolate-brown, blonde highlights, a ruby-red shade, dark brownish, blonde, red with some pinkish, a fully bleached head (regrets) ... I could go along and on. I'1000 lucky I notwithstanding accept any hair left.

Just I've never gone bolder, color-wise, than an extremelylight pink. Since we're all stuck at home and my hair salon is closed, I thought, "Why not try it yourself?"

Hither's what my hair looked like before I dyed it. I'm growing out years of blonde highlights, and so the top is dark, while the bottom is bleached.

Since it'southward recommended that y'all brush your hair out before dyeing it, it'southward frizzier than normal in these photos. Information technology's too recommended that you lot don't wash your pilus immediately before dyeing information technology, as the natural oils help the dye stick to your pilus and prevent your scalp from getting irritated by the chemicals.

I used the "Ultra Violet" shade from famed hair dye visitor Manic Panic.

Manic Panic has been around since 1977. Their dyes are all vegan and cruelty-free. They sell diverse types of dye: the classic semi-permanent (that'southward what I chose), pastel semi-permanent (but good on bleached hair), their Amplified semi-permanent dye (lasts longer than the archetype), dye styling gel, and colored hairspray.

My pilus's non bleached, so the pastel tones would non piece of work on my color. As this was my offset time, I went for the less intense "Classic High Voltage" dye. According to the website, it lasts four to six weeks, depending on how oft you wash your hair.

The jar set up me back $xiii.99 plus taxation and shipping.

I enlisted my mom to assist me out, since my hair is pretty long these days.

If you're looking to do more of a highlight look, I'd recommend getting a tint brush, but since I planned on just covering the blonde parts of my pilus, my mom applied with her gloved hands.

Always make sure to practise a skin exam before applying hair dye — allergic reactions are rare, but non uncommon. Just ask this girl whose forehead swelled to double its size due to an allergic reaction.

Covering up your clothes, using gloves, and applying Vaseline effectually your hairline are all musts to brand sure you avert staining your clothes and skin with dye.

I sectioned my hair into layers, and the fun began. Here's what the purple looked like every bit it was beingness applied to my hair.

You tin can see that the royal barely shows up on the darker parts of my pilus. I tin imagine I would have been disappointed with this barely tinted nighttime hair if I hadn't looked up the results before buying the dye.

Ever do your research — only as a dominion of thumb, having lighter hair makes this much easier.

After effectually 15 minutes and almost an unabridged jar of dye, information technology was time to put my hair up in a shower cap and let it sit for thirty minutes.

As I mentioned, this was especially piece of cake because I was using the natural ombré expect that my hair had, since my roots were growing out. All my mom had to do was employ her gloved hands to directly apply the dye to all the blonde parts of my pilus, and brand certain they were saturated with dye, with no random blonde streaks.

For those who are attempting to do more of a dimensional look, highlights, or even a full head of hair, getting a tint castor is a must, then the colors won't expect streaky and to ensure y'all don't miss a spot. The Manic Panic dye does not come up with one, or with gloves — here's a kit with solid reviews for $3.99 from Ulta.

The jar was almost empty by the time I was finished. Anyone who is attempting to practise their full head should invest in at to the lowest degree two jars of dye.

When my xxx minutes was upwards, it was time to shower. Manic Panic recommends washing out the dye with common cold h2o, and then I rocked a bathing adjust and tried to continue my body out of the water ice common cold shower stream as much as possible.

This was the most difficult part of the procedure because showering in cold water is an overall unpleasant feel. In the hereafter, I'd near likely ask for someone's assistance washing out my hair in the sink.

Washing with cold h2o is important — hot water causes your hair'south cuticles to open upwards, and the water tin then leach the color right out of your hair. Also important: only use h2o, no shampoo or conditioner.

The idea is to wash out the dye until the water runs clear — this what the water looked similar.

I wanted to see what the water color looked like, so I kept this around. I was consistently rinsing my hair for 15 minutes, and the h2oyetwasn't as clear as information technology was supposed to exist.

After I thought I got all the dye out, I hopped out of the shower — even though my hair was wet, it was clearly majestic!

Note the purple dye stains on my shirt. Those came after I brushed out my hair.

But, clearly, the majestic wasn't all gone. I ended up staining this shirt and my hairbrush. They're now both tinged purple.

I'd recommend not wearing annihilation or using anything you'd be upset well-nigh getting stained.

Here'due south the finished production! My hair is an undeniable shade of violet.

Afterwards blow-drying it out, I was extremely pleased with myself and my mom. We'd done it — without staining my skin or blowing my forehead up to twice its size.

This is what it looked like later a few washes.

It'southward clearly washed out and become a lilac-esque shade, only I'thou still into it.

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