(01-16-2011, 09:19 PM)Paul In Ireland Wrote: Hi paco71. I have no experience of using blonde colours [my hair is a very dark brown/almost black] What product did you use ? Basically system hair tends to `grab`colour much faster than growing hair ...... I have used colouring products in the past [not on my present system] when the hair began to look a copper-ish colour after a few months. I would only apply/leave it on system hair for 3 minutes max. then rinse out and apply conditioner, but would have to leave it in the growing hair 15 to 20 minutes to achieve the same depth of colour. A tip --if you need to `lighten`a shade or two [having gone too `deep`] is to apply creme peroxide through the hair..that will lighten the shade or`water it down` for you. Colouring can be tricky --timing is the important issue....only a few minutes on the system, but much longer on growing hair.. 7 or 8 times longer. I hope that gives you an idea of what may have gone wrong for you .. why did you just not order system hair to match your growing hair rather than giving yourself `hassle`from the start ? Paul.

This is what I do -NOT to be taken as the only way.
I dye-color before I cut any extra lace off.
I turn the piece upside down and use a wide tooth comb to apply the coloring. I hold the edge of the base so there is never any dye sliding down the hair shaft towards the base. Essentially it looks like when you have your head upside down. Since I have the coloring gloves on I can comb the hair and not stain myself or the base. After I have the color on I set the base upside down on plastic wrap or baking paper. It´s just what I have at home.
When it´s time to rinse the piece I do it from the base side with cool water.
For my color #3 it is about 10-12 minutes. This is the first and only time the base gets wet.
When I do another I can make a video.