Multicoloured fringes.

Question:

Have got a quick question which I figured you might be a good person to ask about.

I'm planning on putting the colour in my fringe sometime today/tomorrow (fingers crossed it'll be second time lucky, lol) and am a little stumped about how long to leave it on for. Both pots are Directions (spring green and plum) and although it says 15 minutes, I'm thinking that sounds too much of a conservative estimate. Doesn't look like there's peroxide in there so should be safe to leave on for longer. How long do you normally leave your bright colours on for before washing out, out of curiosity? And have you found Directions to need longer developing than stuff like Stargazer?

The plum one should be fine with for 15 mins, as it's a rich dye it will go quite dark and you'll lose the purple tone after that in favour of nearly black with a slight tint if you leave it too long.

My suggestion would be to put the purple on and rinse out without the green first then put the green on and leave for as long as you can, overnight if you don't find it messy. The lighter colours have less pigment in them so take longer to dye. You'll see what I mean when you put it on, the purple will be an instant colour change but the green will be much less so. A good test is to put a bit on your skin, if it dyes it instantly then it will need less time than one that wipes off easily.

Also I'd say just bleach the bit you want purple and do that first then rinse thoroughly before bleaching the bit you want green so you don't get colour run when you rinse it out, it's so pigmented that it will dye any bits it touches so will be hard to rinse without getting it on the bit you intend to be green.

Hope that helps and I want pics!!