How to dye my hair red.
How I did it: so i went out and bought hair bleach from boots, and pillarbox red manic panic dye from cyberdog in camden market. bleached my hair (before bleaching it was a darkish brown) and it turned out VERY patchy; bright ginger in some places, white blonde in others & pretty much the same colour at the back.
then applied the red dye, put a shower cap on and left it for about 5 and a half hours. rinsed it out and at first the result was really good, i had BRIGHT red roots and the rest of my hair was a pretty decent red colour too.
HOWEVER the reason i don't think this was worth the money/time was because it faded ridiculously quickly. without even washing it i would wake up every morning with increasingly ginger hair. it's been just over a week since i dyed it, and all of my hair is ginger apart from the roots which are still reddish.
not good :(
Lessons & tips: if and when you bleach your hair beforehand, make sure it's even or the red dye will also be patchy. also i'd recommend leaving in the red dye for longer than i did, probably overnight would be best.
Resources: manic panic hair dye, loreal hair bleach, my friend kitty for doing it for me :)
