Hair dye question
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
United States
February 3, 2011 11:31am CST
So I dyed my hair a dark auburn... came out red alright! Now my question is my roots are growing out... but after a few months of this color it's the color I want it to be. Could I use the bottle of dye in the same color and do the roots and save the bottle of color? I was discussing this w/ a friend on fb and she said she tosses the dye out. But I recall a lady @ work yrs ago who said you could keep it as long as it was refrigerated. Is this true? Any suggestions for just touching up roots? Or doing a whole different color on just the roots & not wasting the bottle?
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8 responses
@jeanena (2198)
• Bucklin, Kansas
3 Feb 11
I have heard that you should always throw out the unused part.The stuff that makes it work i don't think is good after a certain amount of time passes .Touching up your roots might take more of the dye than you think to get good coverage anyway. there may not be a whole lot of waste.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
3 Feb 11
Last fall I started coloring my hair again. The first color came out too dark to suit me, but changed as time passed. The next time, I bought one shade lighter, mixed up half the ingredients and did the roots, etc. I did that for two touch ups, but I did not like it as well. So the third time I did touch up, I just did the whole thing. You do the roots first and let it sit for almost the whole time, then put the rest of it on your hair for five minutes so that the color is even through out.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
5 Feb 11
No I would not advise to use the left over portions as the ammonia affects weaken and you will not get the same effect. As a matter of fact once you mix it it will loose it strength to refrigerating it will result in you getting multi colors dull look.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
5 Feb 11
Hi petersum,
I get mine done in a salon every 10 -12 weeks and as per my stylist they do contain ammonia. Also I see this on the web verbatim:
Chemical Ingredients
# Ingredients of hair dyes usually include chemicals such as ammonia, hydrogen peroxide and other harsh chemicals. Modern dyes also usually contain moisturizers for keeping hair soft, vitamins for healthy looking hair, and other products to keep hair looking nice. Ammonia and hydrogen peroxide are the main components that keep the hair dye bonded to the hair. They are able to seep inside the hair follicles, taking the dye with them. That is how the dye stays on the hair for longer periods of time.
Hope this helps.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
3 Feb 11
They make root kits, but I did not care for them. I have mixed up half the contents of the color and activator in the past and used it, leaving the other half unmixed. According to the packaging it becomes inactive after an hour once it is mixed. I am not certain that that is true, it may just be what they want you to think. I know some people go to beauty supply stores and buy all the components and mix them themselves, but I have not tried that either.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
7 Feb 11
a friend of mine that was a hairdresser always said to throw it out-
something about the chemicals break down in storage after it was mixed,so refrigeration would make no difference.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
7 Feb 11
I think that if you are able to work out the amount of the color that you need and the amount of the activator that you need and only mix the amount that you need then you should be able to save the rest of the color that you don't need. However, if you were to mix all of the color together then after you get done using what you need to use for that root treatment, then you have to discard of the rest of the color.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
For me it is need only if you find out thing's in your hair but if you don't have a hair in your scalf then you don't need of that.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
3 Feb 11
I tried that years ago and the dye turned pretty icky. They may have improved the formulas since them but the instructions say not to save the bottle--at least they used to!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
3 Feb 11
I've always wanted to know this too. so I hope that someone replies and tells us definitely if it can be done. I throw out what is not used and I always think that it is money going down the drain
