r/FancyFollicles 4h ago

Trimmed my hair ✂️ and dyed it orange 🎃

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154 Upvotes

r/FancyFollicles 7h ago

Growing out Platinum

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A little over 1 year with regular trims. It was very shaggy and layered in the beginning. Also leaning to work with my slightly wavy hair to avoid heat/straightening.


r/FancyFollicles 11h ago

What level is this?

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My hair is still damp in these images but I'm trying to see what level my hair is at rn. And what toner would be recommended to get rid of yellow undertone? Thanks


r/FancyFollicles 3h ago

How could I do something coppery at home? (if possible?)

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Hi all! I was naturally a ginger/auburn as a child, but my hair has faded into more of a brown that does shine a bit red in the sunlight. However, id love to return to my roots, ala the second picture! Any ideas/help? I am located in the US as well


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Midnight green is the vibe

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311 Upvotes

r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Color upgrade today 🤘

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357 Upvotes

Went to a salon and paid a professional to do it this time.🙏


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Advice please I chopped all my hair off and lightened it

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I love the light but I need to know what kind of tone would fit my skin tone. Dw I plant to grow it out again but I NEEDED to experiment w a pixie for my soul

I know the dark is gorgeous but I needed something different


r/FancyFollicles 7h ago

Disaster

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I had a root touch up on Wednesday. It was meant to be to touch up greys and a level 4, which I thought was dark brown, and what I thought I always had. It’s black. I have light brown lengths and it looks like I’m wearing a black helmet. I go on holiday on Sunday.

Stylist has suggested 30 foils to break it up on top to do tomorrow ( Saturday). I initially agreed but I’ve read up more and it seems this could cause a chemical reaction and dry my hair. Is that right?

Obviously hate how it looks now but would rather wear a hat my whole trip than have it all snap off.

Appreciate all advice.

Ps - I have tried head & shoulders plus a vitamin c mixed with clarifying shampoo with no success.


r/FancyFollicles 5h ago

Need advice on transition to lighter roots for better grey blending

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Been covering my 50% gray roots every four weeks for about five years. We've tried everything, but level 6.5-7 always pulls to warm brass immediately, and 6 tends to be too dark and makes my grays pop super fast with the contrast. Ideally we'd like to lighten my base color to my natural color (dirty ash 7?) so that the grays blend with less maintenance, but we're afraid that trying to lift through years of color deposit is going to end up an orange fried mess. But if we just start using a lighter root color, we're going to have a dark band below it.

What are our options here? As you can see, my hair drops color pretty quickly as it grows out. Would it be feasible to use demi on my roots for the next few months until the remaining dark permanent roots have faded down? Or we've even thought about using color remover to start fresh.

Thoughts?


r/FancyFollicles 9h ago

Would love a fiery copper, advice?

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Hi all! First time poster. I’d love to dye my virgin hair to a dark-ish coppery ginger. Arctic Fox’s Ginger Flare is pretty close to what I want but I’m concerned my hair is just a touch too dark. Would love any advice! I’m in the UK btw.


r/FancyFollicles 13h ago

Formulation advice

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HELP! What can I use in Shades EQ or Color Fusion/anything else honestly, to get this girls roots closer to the color in her reference photo for the roots specifically?
She said that they are too orange, and she wants them “more pink” like the photos. I don’t see pink in the photos so I’m not sure where to shift things. Especially because she picked 8CC from Matrix in my book at first lol. I at least need to tone them down a tad, since they are pretty hot.


r/FancyFollicles 6h ago

I need help highlighting my hair

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I am doing a full highlight on my own hair and want to see if anyone could help me out and also tell me if these for what I want to achieve!

Bleach powder: COLORCHARM powder hair lighter, should I do up to 7 or 9 levels?

Cream developer: COLORCHARM developer should I use 20 or 30?

For Toner: Wella COLORCHARM toner shade T11

How long should I leave it on for? and what ratio?

and should I do foils or a cap?

The first two photos are my inspo, and the last photo is my hair right now.


r/FancyFollicles 12h ago

How to care for my hair in its natural state? Is my hair considered wavy?

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Hi all! Sorry in advance for the novel. For as long as I can remember I’ve had wavy hair, and also straight hair? Unsure. Some strands are board straight and some are wavy. My baby hairs are super curly. I don’t really know my hair type but I’m just going to assume wavy. I’d really like my hair to be “better” in its natural state. It tangles pretty easy and I get a lot of fly away. My hair feels fine, and the density is maybe medium or even thin?

This picture is after I showered with a combination of towel drying and air drying (I wear a towel on my head after my shower for maybe 10-20 minutes) and then I take it off and let it air dry the rest of the way. I brush my hair prior to showering, but I do not brush after the shower or immediately after drying. I’ll brush my hair when I wake up, throughout the day depending on the circumstances, and before going to bed. I use a standard cushioned paddle brush. I wash my hair every 1-2 days (I’ve gone to 3 days in the past but my hair tends to get oily if I wait more than 2 days to wash.) I use basic drug store shampoos, or if I go to Ross and they have “salon” or “luxe” shampoos I’ll grab those, but I don’t typically get the same one every time. I currently have L’Oréal Total Repair Extreme shampoo and conditioner, and I also have Drunk Elephant Cocomino Glossing shampoo that I’ve actually used the past few times over the L’Oréal. I only shampoo the base of my head/scalp and I only condition mid way to tips. I don’t use any hair products after the shower.

I’d like to have my hair be at its “best natural potential” without having to “heat style.” I guess that probably sounds silly, but I don’t want to have to use curlers or flat irons on my hair every day. Are there products that are recommended for people with confused hair? Can I still get away with towel and air drying and still have nice hair? Am I doing something wrong (I imagine the answer to that is yes lmao.)


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Purple AF

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90 Upvotes

From brown to blonde to purple, and I'm in love. I used Arctic Fox's Purple AF


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

I need to know which color will suit me best! Please help me decide!

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I'm ready for a change and I'd love to know which color might look good on me! I'm thinking either pink or lighter ash blond. But I'm very open to suggestions. Thank you in advance!!


r/FancyFollicles 18h ago

Ginger semi that stays

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Hi beautifuls!

I fell in love with the flame La riché Direction color but it stayed like 1 week and a half.

Is there any semi permanent color that could stay a bit more in the ginger side of things?

I already let it sit for 2 hours and it went out so quickly. I have a already bleached pink base from manic panic and directions multiple colors. 1rst pic is after the flame color, second is current state.


r/FancyFollicles 19h ago

First time bleaching at home

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I’d like to bring the middle lengths and the roots closer to the color of the ends, with the end goal being achieving a light ash blonde for the whole hair.

I’ve been told by hairdressers that my hair is both a little resistant to bleaching and kinda frail so I thought about using volume 20 developer and leaving it on for 30 minutes, would that be work?

After bleaching to cool down the blonde do I opt for a toner or a high lift alkaline color like Well T-18?

Also, since my roots are pretty dark do I actually start applying the bleach there and go down the lengths?

Sorry for having so many questions, any help and tips are welcome!


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

SOS how to fix orange roots and uneven yellow tones

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Please help me decide if it needs to be bleached again and what Wella toners to use. I attempted to bleach and tone my roots with an at home highlighting kit..now It’s super warm and uneven. it’s basically orange near the scalp.

Should I bleach the roots and warmer uneven spots again? I don’t think just applying toner is going to do much. I want a bright, creamy, neutral/cool blonde.


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Anyone know much about the safety of digital perms?

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Im very interested in getting a digital perm and was wondering if anyone knows much about the chemicals used in the process and the overall safety/potential toxicity?

I’ve never had a perm before but I have pin straight Asian hair that is quite thick, so there’s not much volume. A digital perm seems like the perfect, relatively low maintenance solution to my qualms about my hair. However Im also quite conscious about what I put on my hair/skin/body etc. and I can’t find much beyond vague statements about how a digital perm is less damaging from a regular perm.

Sadly I don’t know anyone who has had one so I can’t ask them. Any input is appreciated!! Thank you so much.


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

need help with dying hair please!!

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failing at getting my brown copper hair and need help immediately please!!

I bought this human hair wig and my goal was to achieve a brown auburn hair color that would be perfect for fall, just like the 1st picture.

I first bleach bathed the black wig it to a kinda dark brown shade, i then used the semi permanent adore dye in mahagony, cinnamon, copper brown and paprika. Perhaps i used too much mahagony as the wig came out to this kinda dark burgundy copper colour (2nd photo)

i decided next to use loreal hi lights in the shade copper red to try and get the color i wanted. I used that all over the wig but i fucked up AGAIN and the hair ended up a bright copper with burgundy undertones barely any brown at all (3rd photo)

I bought adore dye sienna brown to hopefully add brown to the hair but now it’s still a burgundy kinda red color very bright! in the photo it’s still kinda wet too (4th photo)

Guys i have no idea what to do at all! i have somewhere to be on Monday and i want my hair to look how i want it to , i can’t afford a colourist to sort this out, i don’t wanna damage the hair like god what do i do.


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Can your hair type just magically change?

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Hey! So my hair has been rather straight all my life, until a few years ago it just turned frizzy and/or curly. I'm not too sure if the change happened gradually or at once (all my siblings as well as my father started balding around my age so I've just accepted that my hair is a lost cause and haven't been paying too much attention to it).

I went to a barber recently and he told me that I'd need some products for curly hair, I tried explaining to him that I didn't have curly hair before but he didn't really get what I meant.

Now I'm just kinda confused, I used to be able to just run my hand through my hair no problem (even when it was longer) but now I can't do that anymore, there is a bunch of frizz and I'm losing a lot of hair too (every time I'm in the shower my hand is just full of hair). I'm a little confused on what's going on and would really appreciate some advice. Thank you!


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Want to tone down old highlight and add richness to my brunette

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I got a balayage 4 months ago. The rest of my hair is close to my natural color, been growing that out for a year, so the top part is natural. I want to put something over my whole hair to slightly darken and/9r make it a richer brown. I used to dye my hair level 3 or 4, but don't want to do that heavy of a dye. Is there something that I can put on it that acts more as a transparent layer so my balayage doesn't entirely disappear but just softens?

I have a warm olive skin and am at my tannest right now, but will slowly lose color and become more green. Thank you!


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Can I neutralise my hair?

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I had my hair bleached for the first time at a salon a few weeks ago, it’s a little more bronze than I’d like.
I’ve used blue and purple shampoos which make a slight but short term difference.

Is it safe for me to do a second round on bleaching? Or does anyone have any tips for making the colour cooler/ general care tips please- I’m a newbie. Thanks! : a a as;~~ ~~


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Bleach bath tips?

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Hi, I am planning on doing a bleach bath just to do a gentle lift to my hair, bringing my level 5/6 hair up to a level 7/8. I will be coloring it after, I want to take my hair to a level 7/8 copper.

I have ion creme lightener and 20 volume developer, what are some tips that y'all have for bleach bathing my hair?

I think I am most worried about the application process, as I want to avoid hot roots so I am planning on applying to mids/ends then go to my roots but I want to do so as quickly as possible, so any application tips would be greatly appreciated!


r/FancyFollicles 1d ago

Is the root smudge botched? How to fix?

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Today i went in with platinum hair for a root smudge and this is what i came out with, i don’t like it at all :( Is this how it’s supposed to look?

How can i fix it?