Buying hair dye is easy \u2013 you see it on the shelf, you immediately start imagining how you\u2019re going to use it, you get excited, and you buy it. And then you leave it sitting at the back of your medicine cabinet for a couple of years and when you see it again it\u2019s past its expiration date.<\/p>\n
Can you ignore the expiration date, however? Can hair dye expire or is it still usable?<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the answer to the \u201cDoes hair dye go bad?\u201d question is a hard \u201cYes\u201d. Even professional dyes expire. In fact, even if the dye hasn\u2019t passed its expiration date, it still might have expired already.<\/p>\n
Most hair dyes brands say that their dyes expire after 2 or 3 years. That is relatively accurate. Other brands will say that their dyes have no expiration date as long as they remain unboxed \u2013 this is largely false advertising as every type of hair dye expires eventually.<\/p>\n
Sooner or later \u2013 yes. When looking at the dye\u2019s expiration date it\u2019s important to see if it\u2019s for opened or unopened but either way, the dye will expire eventually. For unopened dyes, the expiration period is usually 2-3 years.<\/p>\n
Does box hair dye expire months or years after opening it? This depends on the dye but it\u2019s usually ~1 year after it\u2019s opened that the dye will start going bad.<\/p>\n
The usual signs to look for are:<\/p>\n
If either of those has happened, it\u2019s best not to use the dye at all.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what you can expect from a bad hair dye:<\/p>\n
Buying hair dye is easy \u2013 you see it on the shelf, you immediately start imagining how you\u2019re going to use it, you get excited, and you buy it. And then you leave it sitting at the back of your medicine cabinet for a couple of years and when you see it again it\u2019s past its expiration date. Can you ignore the expiration date, however? Can hair dye expire or is it still usable? Unfortunately, the answer to the \u201cDoes hair dye go bad?\u201d question is a hard \u201cYes\u201d. Even professional dyes expire. In fact, even if the dye hasn\u2019t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n