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Yeah, pathetic! I was just watching a Dr. Oz segment on apple juice - FULL of arsenic, as the concentrate often comes from China. Mott's, Gerber, FUGGEDIT! Toxic stuff! But the FDA refuses to step in and provide any guidelines on the amount of arsenic that's safe to drink in this juice. Folks: DO NOT BUY any Mott's or Gerber apple juice. If you have kids at home, invest in a juicer and make your own. Much healthier! ================================ DCNGA wrote:The FDA is a GIANT joke.
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Larazelle wrote:
why don't you start dying the re-growth lighter and lighter and soon within a year or two you will have lighter hair and the regrowth won't be as noticeable - and then you can go longer times between dye jobs by using Beautiful Browns (no ammonia or peroxide)inbetween - that's what I did to my hair - I went from Brunette to light brown/quasi blonde - and my hair quality has improved about 100% - using peroxide on hair - even once every 6 weeks is damaging to the hair - I have not used permanent dye on my hair since May 2009 - but now I am thinking of using 10% peroxide and really good color (Wella) to dye my hair at the beauty school - just to give the hair some shine and oomph - to deposit color on hair is good once in a while - and 10% is not as bad for hair as 20 or 30% -
Laz, do you mind my asking what is the name of the shade that you use? I am not very grey (yet) but I would rather do a lower peroxide and blendy lighter shade like you describe which is a better camouflage than to stay very dark. But I don't want brassy. Even though I was very reddish-- light brownish/blondish/reddish as a child (about level 7)-- at this point in my life, the cooler shades are more flattering.
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Laz, do you mind my asking what is the name of the shade that you use? I am not very grey (yet) but I would rather do a lower peroxide and blendy lighter shade like you describe which is a better camouflage than to stay very dark.
But I don't want brassy.
Even though I was very reddish-- light brownish/blondish/reddish as a child (about level 7)-- at this point in my life, the cooler shades are more flattering.
Hey Kosmed - Welcome to the Club - Brunettes going Blonde - When I look back I think I used REVLON's COLOR SILK - it does have normal peroxide in it though (not 10 percent) and the shade I used was LIGHT ASH BROWN - and it gave me good coverage of the grays - so with time I kept doing the regrowth every 6 weeks but inbetween covering it temporarily with Beautiful Browns as my hair grows super fast - and now my whole head is a soft, brownish blonde or blondish brown - but its a pretty color - (MissJ loves it) actually now ALL THE COLOR IS FROM BEAUTIFUL BROWNS as I have not used any dye since 2009 - since I wash my hair once a week the color stays for about 2 weeks, which is about the time the permanent color lasts anyways - Next Wednesday however I am dyeing my whole head a soft blonde color (don't know which yet as I will have to pick with the teacher at the beauty school) - and I am going to ask them to use 10% peroxide as I don't need to lift anything - just to cover and give me a gloss - I check with Ryan about this and he said it should do the job - they are having a half price special on hair coloring at Empire Beauty school, $10 for the whole head - so after I tip the student about $15, it will still be a good price for color and blow dry - The student who does my hair is amazing - she is an older student (34 yrs) and a true artist with a touch of the perfectionist in her, which is great to find in a hairdresser - I'll let you guys know how it turns out - Kosmed - sorry for digressing, but I think you will like all of Color silks colors - here is a link to Makeupalley's reviews: http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemId=40213/Colorsilk/Revlon/Hair_ColorGood luck with it
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Thanks for the suggestion about Beautiful Browns again, Larazelle. My hair is very thin and oily, I could never go just once a week with washing so I doubt that the Beautiful Browns would work to cover my gray. I am going to start going lighter though...although I don't sees myself as a blonde quite yet. I might be interested in checking out your beauty school though. I am off this morning for my $100 haircut and color. It's been 10 weeks and a month since I've dyed the gray roots myself but I have 5 performances this month and need a good professional dye job!
My mother is turning 86 and still dyes her hair blonde. ;-) She had lighter hair, I take after my dad who had very dark hair.
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Just had my hair done today at Empire beauty school - $10.00 for the whole head - they are having a 50% off special for the month - and they use good color - Goldwell - which is what some salons use - I LOVE the color - its Honey Gold - and they used at my insistence a 10% peroxide , which is not as bad for the hair as regular 20/30 % - MissJ I think you get thee to this beauty school - maybe they can do a "foil job" on your head which would "lighten" up your whole look and then you can slowly transition to blondish brown hair - that is on the 50% sale too - so for a full head of foils which is normally $35, you would pay $17 - which is a steal !! - Seriously, you should check it out - the sale is through October 18 - by that time you will need to get your roots done anyways - I am going to get foils for my whole head in about two weeks time - and since my hair is so light and they don't need to "lift" the color, they will do it with peroxide (10%) as opposed to bleach -
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It's my face I need to work on. Like I have no 'inspiration' to do my hair.
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MissJ wrote:It's my face I need to work on. Like I have no 'inspiration' to do my hair. Changes in hair do very little to improve one's looks, IMHO. I totally don't get the $9 billion ethnic hair industry. I'd rather spend the money on surgery. The worst hair and the best face trumps the best hair and the worst face, by far.
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kosmeds wrote:
Changes in hair do very little to improve one's looks, IMHO. I totally don't get the $9 billion ethnic hair industry. I'd rather spend the money on surgery. The worst hair and the best face trumps the best hair and the worst face, by far.
I can only talk from my experience - I get many more "looks" on the street when I have just had a blowout - I think its the "confidence factor" here that may be working on different levels, translating into the way I hold my face and body and the spring in my walk - but also shiny, well conditioned, freshly blowdried hair frames the face like an halo and so you get that "halo effect" - LOL - unless you have very misfortunate feaures and then I would have to agree with you - but with myself I notice that when I get my hair done there is an appreciable difference in my looks - I have noticed that whenever MissJ has complimented me - "You look nice" is her standard compliment, it's when I have just had my hair done !!!
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Lazarelle so the 10% did the job at covering...do you have coarse grays by chance?
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mich wrote:Lazarelle so the 10% did the job at covering...do you have coarse grays by chance?
Yes I have a few grays - but I don't think they are too coarse - but yes the 10% covered everything, even though the color is light - so if you go darker you should have NO PROBLEM covering the grays -
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hair can be utterly transformational. of course worst hair and best face wins but that doesn't mean don't do the hair for best advantage. madge knows.. kosmeds wrote:
Changes in hair do very little to improve one's looks, IMHO. I totally don't get the $9 billion ethnic hair industry. I'd rather spend the money on surgery. The worst hair and the best face trumps the best hair and the worst face, by far.
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On rare times I will go to a hair dresser for pro cut and color. But still, I look in the mirror and know it's my FACE that is bothering me and despite the nice hair look. At times when I've been happy with my face, I focus more on making the hair look better. kosmeds wrote:
Changes in hair do very little to improve one's looks, IMHO. I totally don't get the $9 billion ethnic hair industry. I'd rather spend the money on surgery. The worst hair and the best face trumps the best hair and the worst face, by far.
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Larazelle wrote:
I can only talk from my experience - I get many more "looks" on the street when I have just had a blowout - I think its the "confidence factor" here that may be working on different levels, translating into the way I hold my face and body and the spring in my walk - but also shiny, well conditioned, freshly blowdried hair frames the face like an halo and so you get that "halo effect" - LOL - unless you have very misfortunate feaures and then I would have to agree with you - but with myself I notice that when I get my hair done there is an appreciable difference in my looks - I have noticed that whenever MissJ has complimented me - "You look nice" is her standard compliment, it's when I have just had my hair done !!!
I totally agree, great hair is one form of styling that can make a huge impact in one's looks overall. I look so much better when my hair looks good than when it doesn't even when everything else is identical. Even if one is very unfortunate looking, why make it worse with bad hair, makeup, teeth or clothes? It just doesn't make sense. Why be the unattractive girl/guy with the terrible hair? It just draws the negative attention that one may be trying to avoid by being attempting to be "invisible" but making themselves more conspicuous in the process. Great styling is always worth the investment regardless of desire for ps.
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