my hair journey: red hair - 2nd touch up

touched up my lengths nd roots last time in march while i was correcting some patchy spots - see my older post

finally my hairdyes arrived whoop whooooop - lifted my roots nd lengths yesterday with l'oreal hicolor in red, i used both tubes. first i applied it to the lengths and let it sit there for about 30 mins - after that i applied it to my roots and went for another 15 mins - taddaaaa! i applied it to the lengths this time cuz it was quite uneven - only way to correct it, is going all over it again or to work with bleach.

before - 8 weeks without touching up

window light / after touching up with hicolor "red"

bathroom light / no hot roots but nice red roots :D  WIN

so today's plan - mixing manic panic with directions hair dye and work it all over to give it a more vibrant and significant red tone.

p r o d u c t s   u s e d

• l'oreal hicolor in red 2x
• cream developer 30% - 140 ml

• manic panic vegan hair dye "rock n' roll red" 1x & "vampire red" 1/2 of the tube
• directions vegan hair dye "poppy red" 1x

u s e f u l l   t h i n g s

• vaseline - apply it to your entire hair/headline to avoid stain on your skin
• gloves
• container for the dye and application brush
• medium hair clip
• hair tie

2nd pic - dyes left to right:  rock n' roll red / poppy red / vampire red

leftovers - what a yummi red

i filled up the poppy red container with leftovers! don't throw it away - i keep it for now and then touch ups in between until i repeat the whole process in 2 months. don't forget to wear gloves when mixing it with your conditioner!!

l: final result after 2nd touch up
r: before, last touch up 8 weeks ago

well, honestly it turned out darker than i wanted it to - guess it's because of the "rock n roll red" by manic panic - should have picked a brighter red. it is brighter than before - but i wanted it like bright bright red. however, my roots are red, my lengths are more even and i'm good with it. but i'm already flirting with another color.. oh well that's how i am.

my hair journey: red hair - touch up ordering

so now that my roots show up about 1.9 inches *icks* i finally ordered my touch up products!
as i work with semi permanent dyes i can easily mix my very own mixture - right now i wear manic panic "vampire red" mixed with directions "poppy red". this time i ordered manic panic "rock n roll red" with "vampire red" - for my roots i'll be using l'oreal hicolor in red, this way i lift them without pre bleaching! gonna do another post when i did my touch up routine

current red tone - yeh without any filter/correction uuuuuyyy
this is my vampire red & poppy red mix

my hair journey: red hair - correcting patchy spots + going brighter

yeh... couldn't help myself

so after i dyed my hair with l'oreal hicolor in h9 red hot 3 weeks ago, i was pretty happy with the result. ok i knew from the beginning that it would take a longer run to get my hair red red red but since my haircolor was kinda uneven and screwd up from the treatment before (went to a salon in bern - ehm ja...) the result with hicolor of course didn't come out even at all -  i had to think about how i get rid of my obvious uneven haircolor at some spots -.- arrgghh

so - i tried to google, as always, but didn't find a good answer - so i just thought "whatever" and got myself a bleaching kit. yes, a bleaching kit... and yes, usually i'd rather cut it all off than going full blonde. nah, i just wanted to lift the darker spots a bit by applying that nasty blonde lifting thing. yes it is damaging (of course how couldn't it? it has something to do with blonde :P haters gonna hate i don't care, so stop crying).

evil bleaching stuff

applied it to the darker spots only

the whole process is simple, i mixed everything together according to the instructions, tested it on a single strand to figure out how much time it needs for a certain lift. after 25 minutes i washed it out and it looked a bit lighter, more matching to the rest of my hair! so i proceeded with the rest of my hair, of course ONLY on the darker spots/areas! if i would've put it on my tips etc it would look uneven again!! so i only applied it to the darker spots and waited for 25 minutes - as i also had to touch up my roots i applied l'oreal hicolor in h9 red hot on my roots and left everything in for another 15 minutes (didn't want super bright roots haha) and washed it all out.

after bleaching, bathroom lightning kinda sucks

the result is more(!) even than before, it's slightly still a bit uneven, but that's ok to be honest - makes it more natural. the following pics show the result AFTER i went over with manic panic/directions.

after / normal indoor lightning, no extra lightning or filter here

before / indoor lightning

before with patchy bangs/sides + super bright lightning

after / with sunny lightning from outside (window)

t o u c h   u p

after letting my hair air dry i mixed 3 parts of directions "poppy red" with half of manic panic's amplified "vampire red" tube and applied it to my entire hair. these sweeties are SEMI-permanent hair dyes, vegan + they are NOT tested on animals!!! how awesom is that?! since they are vegan (vegetable based), they don't contain any aggressive and damaging chemicals, that means you can easily let it sink in your hair for about 2-4h!! yes, you can even let it in over night! the application is super easy and i even had leftovers so i disposed it back in the directions pot - i can use the leftovers for refreshing my color while washing my hair everytime!

color mixture in daylight - vibrant red with a cool undertone

vegan hair dye <3

I'll do the same touch up process once a month, lifting my roots with l'oreal hicolor in h9 red hot and apply my color mixture (directions poppy red and manic panic vampire red) all over afterwards.

 

started to mix, bright red is "poppy red" darker one is "vampire red" I added more afterwards, just so you can see the contrast