Hi-Lift Brunette, BOX

I will... i hope it doesn't turn out green. The ends of my hair have a greensih tinge to them, but if I can get the red out of my roots I will be pleased.
:)

okie , I'll try it, I'll try anything once! LOL

Okay, so pick a color shades lighter than what I want.
So what if I go in get some kind ash, get it lighter than I want, put it in my hair as it is right now, what do you suppose will happen?
Will it show up? or turn my hair green? I'm not going to bleach it.

Vicky wrote: I had bleached hair and decided to go back to my normal color which is medium ash, my hair went green! But as they say, if you don't have white or pale yellow color the ash will take the orange and red away. Be sure to pick a color 2 volumes lighter than the one you actually want, ash turns out darker than expected + you should always do this to avoid getting to dark hair. *Whish I knew that one before I colored mine*

So I should pick a shade LIGHTER than my picked color?
Hmmm... argh. I am just so frustrated!

Hmmm... I can't get Wella stuff, so there is no use even suggesting anything. Everything I have done and will do is OTC.

So what kind of blondes have a violet base? Out of the Box Blondes that is... My hair is already sorta greeny/blonde color at the ends, I sure wish I could show you guys. I'm going to snap some pics of just the hair and see if I can get the color.

Bleaching causes the already processed parts to go REALLY light, almost white (and perhaps break off. :D) but my processed roots turn orange... it's odd.

I've tried so much! I just can't get satisfied. I tried Golden Blonde, that's what I put after I bleached out my roots, my hair felt orange to me, then I put in the dark stuff. It's washing out and it's going back to the orginal base color I always seem to end up working with no matter what color I dye it. I've even dyed my hair Cappicino (darkbrown)  and it turned back to a dark blonde after a few months. :D
Hmmm......

Hmm bleaching will def. make it lighter tho then there's the fear that it might turn green w/ ash over bleached hair. I guess it depends on how light the bleach takes u. In that case, if it turns out more yellowy, then ur better of using a violet based blonde. That one shade nordic blonde by wella color charm has a violet makes as i recall.

Ash is a good component in coutnering orange tones since ahs can also mean green and as we know green cancels out orange. I guess the only way to know if it'll work out is the good ol' method of strand testing

Veronica, my hair is about a level 2 dark brown naturally.  When I used it, I had 30 volume for one of the red shades of L'Oreal Hi-Color and 40 vol for blonde.  But like I said, it didn't do a thing to previously processed (including bleached) hair...just to the virgin hair.  Mostly, I think it's easier to just bleach and tone to get light hair that's not really reddish.  The Hi-Color red that I used turned out nicely, though.

Longhairdreams wrote: I tried the highlift myself after bleaching(strand tests only).It didnt lift at all.I have 2 bottles left in natural blonde.I thought it would work better on my prebleached hair.But I had no such luck.Maybe you will have better results.But My strands didnt do anything.I even wrapped them in foil and left it on for an hour!I also used the highlift for brunnettes that meant to lighten to blonde supposedly if that helps.

I haven't tried the hi-lift brown. I keep hearing that it doesnt' work and I dont' want to waste the cash.
I bought a seashell color but I am still getting darker reddy colors in the blonde. What color of blonde would I use if I don't want all those dumb dark red tones? I can't seem to get it really blonde.  Thank god my hair is still soft and silky cause I keep doing bad things to it.
Even bleaching isn't helping with the red, it keeps coming up red or orange. I can't get SALLY things because first we don't have one and 2nd you have to be a 'hairdresser' to purchase anything at our beauty stores.
Oh well the dark blonde works. :)

leia is ur hair nat. black? Mine is and i tried gold shimmer and red fire on to strands of virgin hair, its so weird cuz i used the 30 vol. but all i got was a faint tint :/ hmmm...and the ironic part is that whatever color i use w/ 30 vol. in my hair, it lifts to the target color!

I think its one of those products that works on some but not on others...