Thread: Getting light hair black for one show...

My hair is strawberry-blonde at the moment. I'm needing it black again for a one-off performance in a vain attempt to look a bit more like Salvador Dali. The routine is far too energetic to use a wig.

Has anyone used a black semi-permanent dye on blonde hair? Does it wash out quickly and easily or does it just look odd? I don't think my hair could stand another bleaching session! Any advice would be appreciated.

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Depending on how light your hair is you might get away with a semi permenant. I would suggest you go for a black/blackest black and do a strand test. It may be a bit patchy and your hair may take more in places so it may take longer than 8 washes to come out.
A quasi would be better but lasts about 24 washes.

Could you go for a wig?

Semi permanent on already bleached hair will not be semi permanent. I tried and it was with me till i died another colour.

Ebay is good for wigs and there are great for having at the back of the wardrobe.

hope you get things sorted

it won't wash out!!! semi-permanent dyes always stick to your hair, even if the initial colour fades away you are always left with a residue. ok if you are sticking to a similar shade to your natural colour but, in your case i think you would be disappointed with results and you could face having to pay a hairdresser to get your hair back to how it was. could you not get a black wig and attach combs to the inside so that it can grip to your hair? that could work and hopefully stay on during your act. good luck in finding a solution

If you use enough pins, wigs will usually stay put through energetic routines...especially if they have a fringe as you can wear them a bit lower on your forehead and use load of grips.

The only thing I could suggest, having recently seen your hair, is perhaps style it up and then use a coloured hairspray or gel. I expect even this will stain it a bit, but it should come out eventually with a clarifyling shampoo.

I would probably opt for a wig though!

I wouldn't recommend trying to dye it for one show. I once used some of that wash-in-wash-out mousse to turn my hair black. It came out purple and lasted for a week or so. My blond flatmate went a fetching shade of brown which actually suited him quite nicely - which was convenient as it lasted for a few weeks in his hair. Get a wig, you're pretty much guaranteed the colour will be right and that it'll only last as long as you want it to

This sounds like an AMAZING act! I can't wait to see it some day! <3 salvador dali. I would say use a wig too. However, I think wigs look odd on me sometimes so make sure it's not a cheapy one that sits all wrong, try and get a good one. You can get black washout hair colouring gel, places like Boots will sell them still, I suppose that might work but I think it would maybe transfer some black gloop on anything it touches.

i read a post by someone on fetlife that you could food colouring in your hair, and it will wash out, in reality im not too sure how that would work...

Oh my goodness!! Do not use any dye on your hair, you have these choices, use a wig and lots of pins ( lots of strarlets use these even when being very energertic, if your moving around and its falling off , use more grips AND a hair net in the same color as the wig).

Otherwise you will have to say goodbye to your hair color , you could go to a professional hairstylist and explain your problem, they coul dye it black or semi very dark brown, but your looking at a few sessions to get back to your original color, and a lot of maintainence and looking after of your locks.

good luck

xxx

Thank you everyone so much for the advice. I am well warned off semi-permanent dye. So glad I didn't just dye it!

The only problem with a wig is that I will already be donning a rather fetching moustache for this event and don't want to look like a drag queen... Actually, that might not be such a bad thing! Ok, a wig and plenty of kirby grips. Thanks.