Where to buy good quality red hair dye?

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Neira

Hi everyone,

I would like to know where to buy good quality RED hair color. At the moment, my hair is longer then shoulder-length. The color is medium ash brown with 2-3 inches light tips (colored with L'Oreal's Medium Ombre). The only reason I colored it like that is because I am 31 and I feel like I shouldn't do crazy hairdos or colors anymore, but all this time I am feeling like something is missing. So, I decided to put red over it, so that my brown hair is actually auburn and my tips are screaming crazy red, with a few highlights here and there.
I have problems finding a good red hair color. I've just ordered a jar of Manic Panic's RED PASSION, but that color is semi-permanent and I want something that's going to last at least 5-6 weeks.
Does anyone have an advice on where to find similar hair color that is permanent? Or do you think that if I mix some regular (store-bought, for example: L'Oreal's Feria or similar) red color, it would last longer?

Thank you!

Answer
are you looking for permanent or semi/demi permanent? If you're looking for permanent, Garnier, L'oreal and Clairol all make pretty good at home box dyes. I've provided a Garnier colour swatch below.
if you want a semi-permanent dye, or if you want to buy one and mix a little bit in with your conditioner (which is a good way to keep it from fading as fast), then Punky Colour makes a very pigmented red called 'Red Wine'.
For the best upkeep for red hair, I would use a colour safe shampoo. Seeing as shampoo strips the hair, you'll need something with no sulfates or Sodium Lareth Sulfate. A good shampoo for red-heads, ironically enough, is Redken. They make a shampoo called colour-extend (which I have), and it is very good quality. Avoid drugstore shampoos, because these contain a lot of silicone which means you'll have to use a strong cleansing shampoo to get rid of the build-up more often, which isn't good for red or any colour-treated hair.
You can purchase permanent hairdye at Walmart, Costco, CVS, Kroger, Ultah, Sally's, etc.
You can purchase Punky Colour @ Hot Topic, Sally's, etc. or online at Folica.com.

Hope this helps!

Is it true that red hair is the hardest color hair to dye?

endlessque

I have naturally red hair and no matter what hair color I pick from lightest blonde to jet black it just turns out to be a different shade of red from light strawberry blonde to deep garnet black as soon as the sun hits it all you see is red. Meanwhile, several of my friends who do not have naturally red hair have tried to dye their hair red and cannot get the pigment to stay in their hair so the upkeep becomes a nightmare. Are these common issues with trying to dye red hair or dye hair red?

Answer
It's true that red hair is the hardest color to achieve and also the hardest natural color to change, but for different reasons. Red tones are the hardest to maintain because they fade more quickly than any color. A color fading is caused by it losing its ability to absorb or reflect light. Blue can only absorb light and yellow can only reflect, but red both absorbs and reflects light. It loses both the ability to absorb and reflect, making it fade more quickly than any other color. Red hair is also the hardest hair color to color over, because of the nature of red melanin, also known as pheomelanin. Pheomelanin breaks down much less quickly than eumelanin, or brown melanin. This is why some people with red hair can never bleach their hair all the way to platinum blonde, even when their hair is very light. The red just doesn't get broken down. It works the same with a permanent color. The color cannot lift all of the red tones out of the hair, and warmth in hair is pretty hard to hide, even if you put an ash color over it. It is possible, just difficult. Hope that answers your questions!

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