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    Posted: December 16 2005 at 9:16am
I made a huge mistake, I always had my hair professionally highlighted, by my hairdresser moved away and I figured I may as well try to save some money and do it myself.  I used to blondissima streaking kit and it's terrible, wayyy too blond with orange in it.  Is there any way to fix this or at least tone it down a little bit.  I can't leave the house this way. 
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If you are sure it is ORANGE then get a demi permanent ash in same level/tone of the streaked hair (Level 7 dark blonde, Level 8 medium blonde, or level 9 light blonde, etc.), Clairol has compliments at Sally Beauty, and color only the parts that you streaked.  This should tone it down a bit.   Make sure you strand test prior to doing all of the highlighted hair though just to make sure it's what you are expecting.  If this doesn't work, seek professional help.  But I'm pretty sure you can tone it down yourself. 

 
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NEVER EVER USE Blondissima. NEVER. For some reason this brand is the worst. I think it's to harsh for hair. All my friends who attempted blonde and used it, ended up crying. It's like the worst stuff out there. Use ash to tone down the orange.

 
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if its the same "blondissima" im thinking... which lightens your hair the most without having to bleach it... then i have no complaints.. it helped me ALOT! lol.. great for orange heads wanting to tone down those ugly colors.
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no its a bleach.. I think there is somethign else in it that is SUPPOSE to help bleach your hair better than other  OTC stuff, but it usually makes naturally dark, and dyed  hair orange. It's just the way it goes. It fries it too. My friends hair melted off cause of it.
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