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    Posted: March 16 2008 at 1:24pm
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So your hair is orangey golden?  I think the red you added is giving you the orangey color.  Also, it's possible you used a dye that was too light for your hair.  A good rule of thumb is to not use a color any lighter than 2 shades your natural color.  If you hair is medium brown you should go only to a light brown dye.
 
 
check these swatches out.  What level/color does your hair resemble?
 
If you want it darker and richer then add a darker color to the top, but consider that you will need to neutralize, imho, the color to make it look pretty.  Try strand testing 36D MOONLIT BROWN, with a bit of 203RR.  Try mixing half and half or 3/4 to 1/2.  STRAND TEST and use 20 vol.  I'm not sure what red you wanted but it seems like you want  a RED RED, so try the 206RR with the 36D too.  I'm not sure how it will work but try and see.  Good luck and I hope this helps.  Let me know how it turns out okay?
 
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Thanks Rebekah,
My colored hair is somewhere between orange and yellow-orange on the color wheel and the underlying pigment is a medium brown, so where does that leave me?  I don't necessarily want to neutralize my color, only make it a bit darker and richer, so according to the color wheel what would you recommend I do?
 
Thanks again for your help!
 
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No need to wait just remember to take into consideration what color your hair is now.
 
Underlying pigment + dyed colored + next dyed color = final result  Don't forget to think about the colorwheel.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Rebekah
 
Oh one more thing...I hear that Chestnut in the Miss Clairol brand is a pretty reddish brown color.  Don't forget to take into consideration of what you already have and strand test by all means before doing the entire head.


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Hello all,
I colored my hair last night using Wella ColorCharm 6R.  It came out lighter and not as rich as I expected... I'm looking for a deeper auburn.  How long do I need to wait before coloring over and do I need to pre-treat my hair before doing so?
 
Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
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