How Blue Fashion Hair Dyes Fade – Review
Ever wonder how those fashion hair colors fade over time? Me too! I looked at a lot of pictures before I took the plunge, trying to determine exactly how I wanted my hair. I did find a couple that I wanted. REALLY, REALLY wanted. But, they were either too radical for me and my dayjob or I just didn’t have my grey hair yet.

The perfect blue. The perfect length. The perfect braid.
Alas, the stylist does not want to do this one because it’s just too damaging to my hair. I love this stylist for his honesty! I’ve not had one quite like him, ever.

This is why I want my silver/grey to come in! <3
And this one, well, I’m only now seeing a few strands of silver in my hair. Only a few. Why does it take so long to have them come in. Yes, I am weird. I WANT grey hair! Because…look at that picture! Oh and to be able to do that flower bun thing would be cool too! But the color!! TheHubs has been going grey since his 20s. Now he has a touch of his natural color left throughout his head. Me, I am just now finding a few strands. Ugh. How long do I have to wait? I want my grey! If my father is any indication what type of grey I will have, I can’t wait. It came in silver and turned to pure white. Not that dingy grey or yellowed grey. Please grey hair fairy, hurry up! 😛
Anyway, last July I went to a stylist and had a few streaks of blue put in my hair. She used N Rage Demi Cobalt Blue

‘N Rage Cobalt Blue Not bad for freshly done.
It really is a nice color when freshly done. Of course, I had to have her bleach the streaks first. Then she added the color. If you notice the color is not even across all strands. Some are darker than others, which is fine really. And I did not have any expectations except blue seeing as this was the first time. It was nice. But not gorgeous nice.
I knew, since this was a demi-permanent color, that a little color would wash out with each wash. The very first wash had me petrified, though. So much color came out, my tub was left stained. I quickly learned, as well, that I needed to get a dark pillow case. I put a t-shirt over my pillowcase in the mean time to keep it from bleeding as I slept. Eventually that stopped after a few washes, but I still sleep with a dark pillow case, just in case.
Now, the question was, how long will my blue last?
Everything I read and even the bottle said, 6-8 weeks. I wash my hair every 3 days and use a sulfate free/color friendly shampoo. I think it held my color mostly well. It faded, yes. And by September, you could hardly see the teal mingling with my natural hair.
By October/November, it started turning green. I was not happy with it by this time. I know, I know, you’re probably telling me that I needed to re-do it. In all honesty, I knew that was what I needed to do and I was too chicken to do it myself. Plus I didn’t want to go back to where I had it done. So, I waited. I wanted to go to my friend’s stylist but I had to get his info from her. Once I had that, then I had to wait until it wasn’t the holidays.

This is my hair after 5 months. It really looks green and very faded.
The end of December I had my hair consult. That’s when he told me that I shouldn’t get the all over blue because it’s too damaging. He doesn’t recommend it unless you are doing a photo shoot…no matter what color it is. He also tried to talk me into getting purple done, only because when it fades, it turns silvery and he knew how much I wanted the silver and blue one pictured. But purple is not my color. Blue is. So blue it was.
On January 2nd, he bleached more of my hair and applied a new type of blue dye. Pravana Chromasilk Vivids Blue.
This time, I thought to take a picture after every washing to see how this one fades. (Should have done it the first time, too, but didn’t think about it. Oopsie.) So, below is a slideshow of my pictures after every wash. There’s no touch ups, no filters. It’s all natural and me. You can see the progression and how it fades for yourself.
Hope this has helped you. It was so very hard when I was researching it myself since I couldn’t find any pictures or blogs or anything that showed me how certain brands faded. Let me know what you think.
Monday, November 28th 2016 at 06:17 |
Sorry to burst your grey hair bubble but grey hair will never look like that. Hair doesn’t just change color as it greys, it wildly changes texture, becoming stiff, dry, crinkly, grizzled and prone to falling out. And not everybody goes grey the same way. Dark hair? You’re going an uneven gunmetal grey. Only swedes grey like this.
And forget about dyeing over it… it won’t hold dye for more than a couple of days because of how both dye and grey hair work.
If you want grey hair that looks like that, get it now.
Monday, May 16th 2016 at 03:06 |
The blue hair looks really beautiful!!
Monday, May 16th 2016 at 08:42 |
Thank you! <3
Friday, March 27th 2015 at 16:06 |
How did I miss this post???? I love how you are as obsessed with blue as I am 🙂 You are pretty crazy for wishing grey hair though! LOL
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Friday, March 27th 2015 at 16:28 |
I think I posted this when you were sick or recovering from your surgery. I am crazy about blue 😉 And wouldn’t silver and blue hair just look amazing?
Sunday, March 15th 2015 at 12:48 |
The blue looks really stunning.
I always go for shades of red/auburn when I color my hair.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 at 15:53 |
I think blue is my favorite color do that. Or maybe pink. I’m pink currently.