Weird Hair Dying Experience

Ok, so I bought some BSS hair, #613, and I wanted to make it a little
darker, a little more caramel-y. So I cut the wefts into 4 pieces. I dyed 1
part dark brown to match my elite wefts, and the other part I wanted to
dye the caramel color.

So the brown took really well. The caramel color, that was another story.
It came out like purple-ish (like gsmilie had but not so white) and it won't
really wash out.

So I'm wondering if it's because of some bleach or something used?
Should I try to use toner to get it to a shade I want?

Why did the brown take and not the lighter brown? Did that one have
bleach in the dye or something??

That's the consequence of not using a filler to prepare the hair to receive the new color.....

Hey, sounds like what I was trying to do!!!

 

It's always a sience experiment when I color hair!!

Are you saying that you don't want to use the purple and orange hair?  I have some lavender I can send you, you could have a whole rainbow in your head!!

What's a filler?

I have a great little book about how to color your own hair called
"Hairdos, Hair Don'ts" by Mary Ann Proulx. She says:

Color fillers are used to equalize porosity and to deposit a base color
prior to application of a tint. Color fillers are applied to deposit pigment
to lightened or faded hair and ends and to provide fill for porous areas in
the hair during tinting. It helps to ensure a uniform color throughout the
hair shaft.

Color fillers are commonly used in two situations: (1) when darkening
hair which has been previously lightened with hair tint, and (2) when
previously colored ends or mid-shafts have been altered by the effects of
the sun, chlorine, a perm, etc.