It's All About The Dip Dye - 'How To'

As I have had a lot of people commenting on my dip dye, I thought I'd do a 'How to' post in case any of you wish to try this at home.

I know it's not exactly rocket science, but I thought I would go through the procedure so that people know what dye to use and how much I mix up. I usually always go to the hairdressers for it but when she can't fit me in, I've done it at home myself, using the same hair dye which is a semi permanent which just sits on the hair and will wash out.

Essential bits and pieces: Mixing bowl, painter brush, bowl, Crazy Colour in 'Pinkissimo' and conditioner

You have to apply crazy colour to wet hair so you need to wash your hair first and divide it into layers starting from the bottom

You need to mix the colour with conditioner depending on how bright you want it to be, add more conditioner for it to be lighter and less for it to be brighter

You should mix it up a little bit darker in the bowl as it will come out a shade lighter once it has been washed off and dried

Once you have painted the dye onto each of the sections it should look like this (above) and you should leave it on for about 15/20 minutes for a bright, even, all over coverage.

Then voila! This is the end result...

I use the same product and copy the procedure as used by my hairdresser.  I buy the crazy colour hair dye from Sallys but you can also buy it very cheaply on ebay for just over £2. My tint brush is from Superdrug and cost just over £1. I have the pink and the lilac crazy colour.  I have been told these "cool" colours wash out easily but it may not be the case if you applied red on hair as blonde as mine.

I have been all over dark fuschia pink in the past (see pic at side of my blog) which washes out to the kind of shade as seen on Amelia Lily when she was on x-factor.  I suggest you start with a heavily diluted colour and go darker as you gain more confidence in the colour and its ability to wash out easily.

Do you think you will give it a go?