Dye Your Hair Red Without Dyeing

If you want to dye your hair a unique subtle red color, this technique works wonders on virgin hair. If you do what is explained in this article, your hair will give off a type of henna effect to a definite change of hair color, depending on how little or how much of this product that you use.

Steps

  1. Buy a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide. Yes, the same kind you find in your family medicine cabinet. Or, if willing to spend the money, and you have a shade of brown hair, Aveda Matter Root shampoo and conditioner add a very nice red tint to your hair. Then, you won't need to follow the rest of these steps. Just use the Aveda products!
  2. Determine if you want the entire color of your hair to be changed, or if you want a design or a particular area.
  3. Determine how red you want your hair to be, whether drastically different or just a highlight different. The more you use, the more burgundy reddish or burnt red it is going to get.
  4. Wash and dry your hair.
  5. Massage your whole head with peroxide, or put it on sparingly in key areas.
  6. Let it dry naturally in the sun. Don't let it stay in too long at first. Just keep checking and loving it.

Tips

  • Remember the easiest way in these things is to just do a test run. Plan to test it out for a day or two using a small area of your hair, and if you like the results, duplicate what you did in other areas of your hair. You can create all kind of looks with the method with little side efforts.
  • The sooner and longer you dry your hair in the sun, the quicker your hair will take on the effects of your personal color.
  • This works best on hair that hasn't been over-processed.
  • If you want to test it, you can try washing your hair again in a couple of days or keep it if the color is the way you want it.
  • The method is a good substitute for henna coloring.
  • The hotter the sun, the more brilliant the color, so as you are determining what you think you want take in consideration that you are going to need a lot less if you're coloring your hair during the high time of the sun.

Warnings

  • Keep the hydrogen peroxide away from your eyes.
  • Keep in mind that perms have peroxide in them. I don't know how much lighter your hair will get if you decide to perm it after using this method, but it will never be bright red.
  • This can be a semi-permanent coloring. Everyone's hair is different, it could take a few weeks or months to grow out. And if you use a whole lot of it during the summer months, it could take as long as a year
  • This is not for covering up gray or discolored hair and should ONLY be used on dark hair, the darker the better.
  • If you are a person who has allergies, try only a small strand of it in your hair.
  • Do not perm you hair for at least 2 to 3 weeks after using this technique.

Things You'll Need

  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Sunlight
  • Blowdryer

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