A Question About Hair

[lydy]

Does anybody else dye their hair at home for kicks and giggles?  I've found this lovely blue dye by Arctic Fox.  It's a "semi-permanent" dye, which means that it washes out over time.  Since I'm startling with quite dark brown hair, the result is a story-book blue-black hair, just the other side of natural black, with the grey hairs individual strands of electric blue in sunlight.  I look like an evil witch-queen.  It pleases me mightily.  I wish it didn't wash out so fast, but my air doesn't really keep dye in it, even when done professionally, and blue dye is notorious for not being very long-lasting.  

The one really annoying thing is the thirty minutes of heating it with a blow dryer once it's been applied.  So boring. And loud.  And tiring.   So I googled "electronic do rag", which eventually led me to "thermal beauty caps."  There are a couple different styles on Amazon for about $30, and then there are some "gel caps" which you heat in the microwave, and then wear, which run about $15.  And...I dunno.  Anybody have any sense of whether or not it's worth the money, and if there would be any issues with using one of those, instead of the blow dryer?  

Comments

[gracedpalmer]

I have hip-length medium-brown hair, and I keep the front part either blue or purple. I use semi-permanent dyes and have never done the heating part, but get pretty long-lasting color (2-3 months) by leaving the dye in for 4-8 hours under a regular plastic cap. It's annoying, but doesn't damage the hair and definitely improves the longevity.

Caveat: I've used Manic Panic, Special FX and Punky Colors, but never Arctic Fox. It does seem to be the same type of dye, however.

[lydy]

Well, today I left it in for three hours, instead of just one, so we'll see if that increased the longevity. I've been wondering about trying Manic Panic, since a lot of my friends seem to like it.

[gracedpalmer]

Manic Panic isn't the absolute best of dyes, but it is readily available and comes in a lot of colors.

Good luck with your dye! I hope it stays put for a while.