Hair dye advice?

My hair as of yesterday: very healthy, black, no chemicals, no dye, rarely heat-styled. A tad on the oily side, but not too bad.

Today I decided, "I want to dye it maroon-purple." I used Clairol Hydrience - 34 Burgundy. Unfortunately, my hair did not hold the color. The color is very subtle: only visible in the sun. I was hoping it would be noticeably purpley. I want to try again with the same (or a similar) color. I really like how it looks in the sun, but otherwise it still looks black.

Under no circumstances am I willing to bleach my hair. I also don't want my hair to lose its silkiness.

Advice?

Also: I switched to a Pantene conditioner made for color-treated hair. Should I switch my shampoo as well? I was using Head n Shoulders.

Hair dye advice?

I've had the same problem, my hair is so brown, it looks black.

When it comes to box color, dark hair WONT take to light dye. You have to go to a salon and have them lighten your hair and then dye it. You don't have to bleach your hair, don't worry.

Coloring your hair only once or twice wont ruin the feel of your hair, only if you color it a a lot and use hot irons to style it.

You can change your shampoo, but it wont make much of a difference at all. Almost ALL shampoo is the same, regardless of what it says on the bottle. (With the exception of Prell, thats like shampooing with a bar of soap)

Change the shampoo if you want a new one, but you don't have to.

Hair dye advice?

My best advice would be to go to a professional hair dresser but without bleaching your hair with it being naturally dark it won't hold a lighter color and you would have better results using both the shampoo and the conditioner

Hair dye advice?

the reason ur hair didnt hold the colour could be for 2 reasons that

ur hair is too dark for the colour to show

or

because u were using head and shoulders that stuff strips any colour from your hair

also i dont recomend using pantene if your colouring ur hair it leaves a film on it and the colour cant reach the core of your hair

Hair dye advice?

When it comes to color it is hard to give any real advice without seeing your hair. It sounds like the color just did not take to how dark you are. I would also suggest to go to a stylist and ask for some advice. Even if you just go for a trim, ask the stylist about the color and ask why it didn't take. At least they are looking at your hair and that way you won't have to pay for the color just to get some advice. Us hair stylists love to give advice on how others should do their hair, it is our job. Don't play with bleaching it please! Ask the next time you go for a trim and good luck!