Is there a miracle product for getting Manic Panic dye out of a bathtub?
Background - I have waist-length, color treated hair that has been color treated for a long time. It's also blown dry. I am not going to change this. In the interest of not having it turn into a cloud of damaged frizz, I color it with Clairol Natural Instincts "Midnight". Just one problem: That color is what I refer to as "mousy black". Black hair is black hair, like I'm sure I've said before. "Deep, warm espresso" is NOT black. It is brown. And for a good while now, I've been sick and tired of running around with a head full of seemingly-faded "black" hair. But at least it wasn't getting damaged, right?
And then I decided that I want my hair to reflect my favorite color combination in the entire universe: Black and pink. I debated this for months - in order for it to work, the black would have to be taken to honest-to-goodness, proper black. And what would be pink would have to be bleached beyond recognition. Ouch. I pondered and debated and procrastinated, and finally decided to be a bit of a poser about the pink and go with clip-in extensions. (Shut up. I love my long hair and don't want it to break. I earned the right to wear these things by having a 20-inch tall mohawk in 1990 in Augusta, GA.) That left me with the black. By this point, I was all but hating that damned "natural black" nonsense.
I was browsing the Manic Panic site when it hit me: Use "Raven Black" as a top coat over the Natural Instincts stuff that does such a great job hiding my (cough cough) gray. (AAAAAAAAAAAGH!) And last night I did just that. My hair is now gloriously proper black and shiny. I am a happy camper. Seriously, I stood in the mirror for a good fifteen minutes swishing my head around like some chick in a seventies conditioner advert.
But the tub in my upstairs bathroom? Well....it's not so much black as it is a purply brownish. Something tells me it's not feeling as pretty as I do. Praise the hair gods and pass the Zud, baby, and let's hope this works.
2 comments:
I use a bleach powder like Comet. Like right away. Yo can let it sit for 10 minutes then rinse.
Thank you! Most of it's out, but I'll try this on the remainder. :)
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