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    Posted: February 20 2008 at 8:26am
I agree with that, its probably going to go a little oranger as it fades.  The reason is because while red dyes tend to fade fast due to their small molecules coming out of the porous hair, what's going on here is that your haircolor right now, without dye on it would likely be orange.  This is because the peroxide in dyes, even dark or red dyes, lightens your natural color a bit. So the counter color you just put on top is what is going to fade away.
 
I'd go over it again too, but making sure you use a brown dye (a shade or two lighter than you want to wind up with because it will come out darker like she said above) that has a green base.  The green base is important.  True, something that called itself ash should have had a green base, but maybe it didn't.  If you want to do this with boxed colors, the best way to be sure is to call the phone number on the box and ask them which of their dyes in the color range you want has a green base.
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I would try a demi or semi permanent color in a shade that matches what you're trying to achieve.  A lot of them are a bit darker than the sample swatch, so keep that in mind, especially if your hair is rather porous from overprocessing.  Either that, or you could try color shampoo for brunettes, which could dampen some of those red highlights.  I wouldn't really try to fade it.  Red tones tend to fade pretty well on their own, and you're trying to keep the darker brown color.  It might be something that just requires a bit of patience and few applications of color.  Red highlights are nice, too (provided they look good with the color you've selected).
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Last night I decided to dye my hair back to it's natural color, dark brown. I bought a L'Oreal Preference box dye in dark ash brown. Ever since summer last year I've dyed my hair dark red, so I thought the ash brown would neutralize my dark red hair.
Well it's dark brown now but with alot of bright red tones showing through!
Should I just wait and fade the color with shampoo and baking soda and then recolor it?
Or is there anything that I can put on my hair now that will tone out the red and keep the dark brown?
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