Here I am being weird again.
Lindsey, I had that same hair color for like 2 weeks! Red fades sooo fast on me...
I am assuming you colored it that color? Is it still that dark? I can never get mine to stay, even with the use of color shampoos, organic methods like beets/teas, and I've even tried red kool-aid *ashamed*
Any tips?
Red fades fast on everyone. I think that picture was three weeks after I had it colored. It looked a bit different when I first had it done, of course. This was the day I had it colored.
http://pics.livejournal.com/llbsb4ever/pic/0003sqfdThe base is a red violet, with a red additive. Usually it fades back to brown on me, since my natural hair color is pretty dark. I've been using a shampoo designed for red hair (Pantene, I think). Usually I use the Matrix ones, but I haven't had the extra cash to spring for yet ANOTHER bottle of shampoo and conditioner. Anyway, I've been mixing the Pantene with Biolage Colorcaretherapie. Mostly because the smell of the Pantene gives me a headache, so usually the lovely scent of Biolage cancels it out. I've also been using this John Frieda color glaze stuff I picked up in Wally World of all places while I was poking around looking for none other than maxi pads. I think it's really helped to keep it as red as it has. Of course now it's not really got that violet base to it, but it's all good. I know it's gonna fade, the girl that colors my hair knows it's going to fade...there's not much we can do.
The two brands of color my salon uses are Matrix and Vivitone. I know we tested both, and I think we ended up using the Matrix red violet, and I think it's a level 6 or 7. I'm thinking 6. So it's moderately dark. It ends up turning out darker on my hair because for some reason my hair is evil and refuses to lighten.