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Colored hair, don't care? Faded hair, do care. The dilemma of a vegan hair dye....that lasts long! Well, I've almost bought them all - but here is my run down of hair dyes I've tried and my experience! If you know any I haven't tried, and would like me to, feel free to drop a comment.
First off, my hair
type. I am a natural #613/60 which is a level 10 - platinum blonde. My hair has
been color treated for YEARS. You name the color, I've tried it. Another note,
is that I stopped dyeing my real hair, and now I only dye hair extensions or
others hair.
*Photos of dyes will be at the end of the post
1. Box Brand Dyes: These
dyes are the ones commonly found at your local Wal-Mart (L'oreal, Splat, etc).
As I say time and time again, DO NOT BUY YOUR HAIR DYES AT WALMART. Do not buy
box dyes in general. These dyes 99% of the time contain chemicals that can
severely harm your hair if not done by a professional. Even many times while
professionally done, if your hair colorist uses this, get yoself up and
walk out! That's gonna be a $100 salon session with a $4 dye. An honorable NO GO. Almost all of these aren't vegan and many test on animals.
2. Iroiro Colors (Prices
Vary with sales/coupons $8-$18): Many times when I dye my extensions now I use
Iroiro. I even dyed my real hair a while back Iroiro's emerald green color.
This dye company is a fairly small company, maybe a year or so old. I love
these dyes because they almost always have great sales, are completely free of
synthetic materials. The best part, completely vegan and cruelty free. Whenever
I dyed my hair the emerald green, it stayed for months and didn't hardly ever
fade. Iroiro Colors has a wide arrange of hair colors - light and dark blues,
different pink and green tones, even some vibrant yellow and silver dyes.
*Owners were nice enough to give me a 30% off code for
viewers - 'Ember'
3. Arctic Fox HairColor ($8-$14): We all can agree that if you're here for colorful hair dye,
you've at least heard the name Arctic Fox in your lifetime. Arctic Fox has
become one of the leading hair dyes for years amongst the alternative beauty
community. If you search YouTube for a hair dye tutorial, odds are over 75% of
the videos are using Arctic Fox. These dyes are very conditioning based, which
is amazing for those who have dry hair. Arctic Fox also prides itself to be
vegan and cruelty free! One advantage that they may have - is that they produce
absolutely beautiful pastel colors. Two advantages, really, because you can mix
and match all their colors to get any unique color your heart desired. I've
heard around they fade after a few weeks, but since I use on mainly my extensions
and don't wash my extensions regularly (since I don't wear them often), I don't
know the amount of washes it would take. P.S. Kristen Leanne is a total babe.
The two above are ALL TIME favorites. I love them both equally.
The two above are ALL TIME favorites. I love them both equally.
4. Overtone ($17-$45):
Unlike every other hair dye I've encountered, overtone is a very dedicated dye
line. They actually don't necessarily refer to themselves as a hair dye line,
but hair toner. You can buy either their weekly treatment, daily conditioner,
or both! Weekly treatments are very much the same as a dye - put it on, leave
it, rinse it out, be a mermaid. If your hair is already vibrantly dyed, you can
use the daily conditioner to keep the color vibrant and rock it! Putting them
together, is just...so beautiful. This brand consists of very pigmented vegan and cruelty free conditioners that tone - or dye - your hair. Along side the brands above -
these have a vast color selection from pastels all the way up to super vibrant.
This brand not only makes dyes, but recently developed HAIR GLITTER. You know
it, the herpes of beauty. Glitter. Although these are super amazing dyes and
conditioners - they are a bit pricey for somebody who would change up their colors
often. I found these dyes to fade after a couple weeks, but that could mainly
be simply because they didn't use the daily conditioner (I dyed my mother with
the extreme purple, and my sister with the extreme pink).
5. LunaTik Hair Dye
($13): These dyes are fairly new to me and I've only used the Hot Pink color.
These dyes tend to last a couple week as well with regular washing. Their color
options are very slim as they only have 6 colors out, but within those 6 are
some unique tones colors. I can't really say much about these, just that their
blue tones are especially gorgeous. Vegan and cruelty free.
6. LunarTidesHair ($9-$20):
This company started up on Etsy in 2013, and by now they have over 8000 sales
worldwide. These are similarly packaged as Manic Panic, vegan and cruelty free.
They create some very nice shades and even offer up dye kits of dyes and
brushes/bowls. This brand is extremely conditioning based so their lighter
colors aren't my favorite. Their Siam Orange though - it'll forever hold that
special place in my heart. I haven't tried many colors, but the ones I absolutely
hated was the Coral Pink - which only lasted one week in my hair. If you are
wanting some unique hair colors, these guys definitely have you covered.
*My coupon code is expired for these guys
7. Manic Panic ($14-$18):
This was the second brand of dye I've ever used in my life, mainly because back
then I didn't believe in the power of online shopping. Like Arctic Fox, if you
try to find dye tutorials dated back in 2009, Manic Panic was the HUGE hit back
then for the alternative community. Manic Panic though, unlike all above, is
sold in almost every Sally's Beauty Supply store there is. These dyes are also
vegan and cruelty free. Many go for Manic Panic since it's easily accessible
when really needed, you can just go pick them up at Sally's instead of waiting
for shipping.
8. Ion Color Brilliance ($5.50): Ion
was the dye I used the very first time I convinced my mom to let me dye the
underneath of my blonde hair to blue. Back then, it was my favorite of the dyes
at Sally's. Now, I despise it. Ion tends to be very thick, and color payoff for
people who buy is often unexpected. I was lucky to have a cosmetologist mother
- who knew what to do. Although, experimenting myself at first with hair going
silver, I suggest not to buy their chrome dye. The amount of complaints that
stuff has in unbearable, everybody complains about it being blue instead of
silver which I can back them up on. These dyes are also terrible when trying to
take onto roots, that dye is jumping hurdles. You get what you pay for. This brand is also NOT vegan.
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| 1. Arctic Fox Hair Color Poseidon 2. VPfashion Mixdye 22" 220g dyed with all Arctic Fox 3. LunaTik Hair Dye Blooglust 4. VPfashion Mixdye 22" 220g dyed with Arctic Fox Poseidon, LunarTidesHair Siam Orange, and Arctic Fox Neon Moon 5. Sister hair dyed with Arctic Fox Purple Rain, Virgin Pink, Sunset Orange and LunatTidesHair Siam Orange 6. Iroiro Colors Orange 7. 30" 300g dyed with all Arctic Fox 8. Overtone Extreme Purple Go Deep |
*I ONLY USE VPFASHION HAIR EXTENSIONS AT THE MOMENT. IF YOU WANT TO GET YOURSELF $10 OFF JUST USE THE CODE EMBER
