Planky1
Well-Known Member
Hello Hair Geeks
I'm not a hair pro so I hope it's ok that I'm posting here. If not, then Mods please feel free to move my Post to wherever is more appropriate :wink2:
I have dark brown hair and some time ago experimented with Red, one style I had that I particularly loved was my normal hair colour with flashes/slices of bright red through it, it looked amazing! I stopped having it done because the Red faded so quickly. Looked amazing for the first week or two but then faded and just looked washed out and horrible. I miss this style, I always got lots of compliments about it and I really loved it.
This just got me thinking about Red as a hair colour and why it fades so quickly, what is the science behind this one colour and the reason for it's fast fade and do you think it will ever be possible to get a red that stays red? I know all colours grow out and fade slightly but red seems to be notorious for super quick fading. I'm just genuinely interested to know why this might be.
Not knowing about hairdressing or anything about the science or technical side of it, it's intriguing me. As a nail tech I remember the days when we used to say "If only there was a polish that dried instantly and lasted longer" and low and behold, years later along comes Shellac.
Is the same kind of thing possible for a colour? Will there ever be a red developed that stays that way? Sorry if this comes across as a thick question, like I say, just genuinely interested :wink2:
I'm not a hair pro so I hope it's ok that I'm posting here. If not, then Mods please feel free to move my Post to wherever is more appropriate :wink2:
I have dark brown hair and some time ago experimented with Red, one style I had that I particularly loved was my normal hair colour with flashes/slices of bright red through it, it looked amazing! I stopped having it done because the Red faded so quickly. Looked amazing for the first week or two but then faded and just looked washed out and horrible. I miss this style, I always got lots of compliments about it and I really loved it.
This just got me thinking about Red as a hair colour and why it fades so quickly, what is the science behind this one colour and the reason for it's fast fade and do you think it will ever be possible to get a red that stays red? I know all colours grow out and fade slightly but red seems to be notorious for super quick fading. I'm just genuinely interested to know why this might be.
Not knowing about hairdressing or anything about the science or technical side of it, it's intriguing me. As a nail tech I remember the days when we used to say "If only there was a polish that dried instantly and lasted longer" and low and behold, years later along comes Shellac.
Is the same kind of thing possible for a colour? Will there ever be a red developed that stays that way? Sorry if this comes across as a thick question, like I say, just genuinely interested :wink2: