Should I dye my hair?
Hey everyone! I'm posting on here because I'm pretty confused and just need some advice. I really want to dye my hair a cherry red/purplish colour. My hair right now is a dark brown. I've seen so many people say that dying your hair ruins your curl pattern especially red dye, and it never comes out, and it's so much maintenance. Idek if im supposed to use box dye (apparently it's bad for curls) or go to a salon which is more expensive. And if I do go to a salon what do I even ask for so they don't mess it up?
I genuinely have wanted to dye it for so long but I'm just scared of messing up my curls. I've been taking care of them for months and avoiding straightening and they've finally gotten more defined so I don't wanna ruin all that progress.
Any advice or knowledge would be so helpful.
Routine:
Wash hair twice with palmers coconut shampoo twice a week
Condition with palmers conditioner and let it sit for 5 minutes
Rake in umberto gianni curl cream and scrunch, then scrunch in cantu jelly custard
Diffuse until dry
Scrunch out with oil
I do a pineapple then wear a bonnet to sleep.
I usually don't need to refresh until day 3/4, and when I do I don't really know what to do then either (I just spray with water and hope for the best)
I have high porosity hair, my area uses soft water. My hair type is 2c/3a.