QuoteReplyTopic: HAIR DISTASTER: PLEASE HELP! Posted: January 01 2006 at 3:13am
Hi! Okay, I messed up my hair and I'm really scared . I'm so sorry about how long this is, but I just want to give as much info about the situtation as I can. PLEASE help me!!!
Awhile ago I highlighted parts of my hair to a blondish color. Naturally, I have dark-but-not-too-dark, chestnut brown hair. Anyway, I didn't like it, and after two years, once they grew out enough (which was about a year ago), my mom's hair colorist died over them with an accidentally-darker-than-my-hair-color brown. But I didn't mind, because it wasn't noticable and the blonde was gone. However, now my blonde highlights are showing again once the darker color hair dye faded.
I wanted to get rid of this, so I went down to my local drugstore and went through the "hair color" aisle and took a strand of my natural hair color, and compared it to all of the sample hairs lying in front of the hair dye boxes (you know, those strands of hairs that show you how your hair will look after it is dyed)? Anyway, I found the PERFECT color, and this was called Garnier Nutrisse Medium Golden Brown: Chestnut, #53. Since the model on the box had the same hair as mine, and the color described was exactly my hair color and the sample-dyed strand of hair looked exactly like mine, I thought this would be a good bet . Since I have very long and thick hair, I bought two boxes just to be on the close side. I got home, and my mom was busy, so she couldn't help me (I'm a younger teenager, by the way).
I'm not exactly the most patient person, so I read the directions carefully and did it myself. I mixed everything correctly, and follow the directions are closely as possible, and waiting 25 minutes, like the box said (it said to wait 35 minutes if you needed to cover up "resistant grays", but I didn't). However, my sister had some issues she was going through and I needed to help her out, so by the time I rinsed it out, it was probably around 45 minutes for my roots, and for the rest which I did after, probably around 29 minutes or so. I was under the impression that since this is my hair color to a tee, if doesn't really matter when you rinse it off since it should be depositing my hair color (this was permanent hair dye, by the way). My was in really good shape for a long time now, but I got a nasty surprise when I rinsed all the color out and looked in the mirror. My roots were RED . I think red hair is sooooo beautiful and everything, but it was a weird red. And that wasn't the color I wanted at ALL. I didn't understand how this could happen, since all I was doing was depositing brown color into my hair. I guess I could see how this would happen if I was lightening, but not darkening it? It's the WEIRDEST THING. When the rest of my hair dried, I noticed that the hair goes from a very uneven red at the top, going down (still unevenly), gradually into an uneven down.
I am afraid I have damaged my hair, I'm freaking out, and I don't know how to get it back. I don't know if I should go back, find some darker hair dye and do it all over, or try a different brand, or do some sort of color removing technique. I'm really scared and I don't know what to do. Sorry again about the length of this. I will be eternally gratefull for anyone will to help me out! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WHOEVER IS READING THIS! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!
Firstly, hair dye boxes lie Every single colour I have ever bought (except my blue/black colour )
was completely different to that on the box. Usually the models
on boxes have had that hair colour put on pre-lightened hair to achieve
the most vibrant results, hence getting you to buy it.
That aside, your hair should not have gone that red. What colour
did the bottom of your hair go? As far as I know chestnut brown
has a lot of red in it...but in theory your roots should have gone
darker than the rest of your hair, or at least similar to it.
If I were you I wouldn't try and dye overe it again with a different
brand of chestnut dye because it will probably make your hair darker,
which you don't want. All I can suggest is that you get a color
remover that only strips out
the dye, not the pigments in your natural hair, like Colorfix.
That will leave you probably some sort of browny colour similar to your
natural colour (I may be wrong on that because I have blonde hair),
then all you need to do is get a different dye like
your natural colour and dye over. Make sure you do a strand test
first. Not strand testing is the bain of my life honestly!
You have to remember that everyone's hair is different...if i'd have
put the same colour as you on, mine probably would have gone jet black
because my hair is very porous.
Good luck, don't panic, it's the holidays
Edited by aubergine
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Permanent color does not simply deposit hair. It lightens your hair first by removing pigment, then depositing the dye. If you go darker, always try a semi or demi permanent. These deposit color without significantly lightening beforehand. Nutrisse is permanent dye. I used it once to go darker and it faded to a light color really fast. Then I did my research and did a filler with a demi. Hairdye does NOT turn out like the color on the box. It will be different on every person who uses it. The swatches in the stores are dyed over white hair. I think you should heavily research this board to learn a bit more about how hairdye works. It helped me to fix my haircolor and I know lots more about color. It's a bit more complicated than you would think!
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Don't panic. This can be fixed with a little patience and some hair color knowledge. There are a few steps you can take. Do you have access to a Sally's Beauty Supply Store?
You can also search these boards and learn how to counter red. I am not an expert so I am reluctant to give you sound advice, but I have had green, blue, and red hair too (accidentally) and I have learned how to fix it by these boards.
Please do strand tests before you use any products because every one's hair is different.
Good luck,
Braelyn
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If you hair is medium golden brown and you dyed your hair with the same color, you will get red.
The roots are probably a lighter red due to the heat from your scalp. The ends probably aren't as bad because they are dry and porous and made the dye look darker--are the ends also red, but darker? You must have had a permanent color put on your ends that was probably an ash?
Anyway, as suggested above you can use Colorfix to remove all the previous color from your hair and then redye. Strand test first to ensure that your hair can take the damage, Colorfix is a little drying.
When you pick a new color remember that your hair is basically red, so if you want a "natural or neutral" looking color pick a green based dye. Strand test first to see if that is the color you want. At Sally Beauty supply Miss Clairol has Moonhaze, which is a green based dye.
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. I'm so sorry about how long this is, but I just want to give as much info about the situtation as I can. PLEASE help me!!!
. Since I have very long and thick hair, I bought two boxes just to be on the close side. I got home, and my mom was busy, so she couldn't help me (I'm a younger teenager, by the way).
for my roots, and for the rest which I did after, probably around 29 minutes or so. I was under the impression that since this is my hair color to a tee, if doesn't really matter when you rinse it off since it should be depositing my hair color (this was permanent hair dye, by the way). My was in really good shape for a long time now, but I got a nasty surprise when I rinsed all the color out and looked in the mirror. My roots were RED 
. I think red hair is sooooo beautiful and everything, but it was a weird red. And that wasn't the color I wanted at ALL. I didn't understand how this could happen, since all I was doing was depositing brown color into my hair. I guess I could see how this would happen if I was lightening, but not darkening it? It's the WEIRDEST THING. When the rest of my hair dried, I noticed that the hair goes from a very uneven red at the top, going down (still unevenly), gradually into an uneven down.
I don't know if I should go back, find some darker hair dye and do it all over, or try a different brand, or do some sort of color removing technique. I'm really scared and I don't know what to do. Sorry again about the length of this. I will be eternally gratefull for anyone will to help me out! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WHOEVER IS READING THIS! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!
Every single colour I have ever bought (except my blue/black colour 
)
was completely different to that on the box. Usually the models
on boxes have had that hair colour put on pre-lightened hair to achieve
the most vibrant results, hence getting you to buy it.
