Years ago when I worked in a record store I changed my hair color monthly. Sadly those days of not having to look professional are gone, but I can offer some advice from experience...
Temporary dye looks fake. Semi permanent dye is actually quite permanent. The semi just means it fades, but you will have grown it out before it is all gone, unless you have at corse/darkish hair, in which case it probably come out completely over the course of a month or so.
My advice, after you have determined that temporary will not work, is to find a permanent that closely matches your hair color (from experience I recommend Loreal Feria Hair Color. It comes in about a bazillion colors) and re-dye your hair back to normal.
It can take about an hour and a half to do a full dye job, 2-3 hours if bleach is involved, and usually about two hair washings, so take that time into account when deciding if a good dye job is worth the effort. It really all comes down to do you want a bad looking temp dye that will wash out easy, or a good looking real dye that you will have traces of for at least three weeks.
If you opt for the semi-permanent and haven't ever dyed your hair before, post back and I'd be happy to give you some dye advice.
Years ago when I worked in a record store I changed my hair color monthly. Sadly those days of not having to look professional are gone, but I can offer some advice from experience... Temporary dye looks fake. Semi permanent dye is actually quite permanent. The semi just means it fades, but you will have grown it out before it is all gone, unless you have at corse/darkish hair, in which case it probably come out completely over the course of a month or so. My advice, after you have determined that temporary will not work, is to find a permanent that closely matches your hair color (from experience I recommend Loreal Feria Hair Color. It comes in about a bazillion colors) and re-dye your hair back to normal. It can take about an hour and a half to do a full dye job, 2-3 hours if bleach is involved, and usually about two hair washings, so take that time into account when deciding if a good dye job is worth the effort. It really all comes down to do you want a bad looking temp dye that will wash out easy, or a good looking real dye that you will have traces of for at least three weeks. If you opt for the semi-permanent and haven't ever dyed your hair before, post back and I'd be happy to give you some dye advice.
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