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Temporary Hair Color

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Topic: Temporary Hair Color

Posted By: hobbyactor
Subject: Temporary Hair Color
Date Posted: 5/12/15 at 9:11am

The director of the current show I'm in has asked me to darken my hair to provide more contrast with the other woman in the show. I would prefer to use something more temporary as I will be leaving right after the last show to head to my brother's wedding. My natural color is light brown and the director would like me to go to a dark brown. Any suggestions for temporary hair color products? One that seemed to get good reviews is Fanciful's Mousse. It did look like most people used it to color gray.

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Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 5/15/15 at 9:25pm

Why not a wig?

Posted By: hobbyactor
Date Posted: 5/26/15 at 10:00am

The director would prefer not to use a wig as they never look quite as natural. There are some physical aspects to the part as well, so a wig could fall off. So far, the temporary color I've tried is not working well.

Posted By: trcg
Date Posted: 5/26/15 at 1:40pm

My husband has had to dye his hair several times. Go get it done professionally. His hair in now gray so he has had to brown it up 3 of the past 4 summers. Go a bit darker than your reg. color and it will probably still look fine for your brothers wedding. A bit darker, but it will have faded a bit most likely.