Well, not being a pro, I definitely can't name you a brand or shade or
anything. However, I used to be golden blonde, and because I
didn't use much ash, my hair didn't fade hardly at all, and never
needed its length redone unless I chose to change the color. If
you go golden blonde (blonde with more yellow in it, not ash -
especially since you say you liked when it went that color on you) it
is less likely to fade and will be more easy to get root
matching. The reason is because when hair is lightened it goes
through an orangy stage first, then to yellow, so yellow is the natural
shade for it to be. Color has been removed from it (by the
pigment getting lightened), but not so much color has been added.
To get ash blonde, a violet or sometimes green tone has to be put on
top of the yellow that the hair naturally goes when lightened.
(This green or violet tone is already present in ash blonde dye).
So, if you go golden blonde, it will fade less because there's not as
much cover to fade off of your hair. It is not exactly, but
pretty close, to the color it would go naturally just by lightening.
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is there a blonde that only needs root retouches, I used to like it when the colour ash faded to just the blonde but the retouch would never match then. Thanks
I think it depends what color you go and how much washout you
get. If you go red or dark, you're more likely to get washed out
looking length after a few months that will need to be redyed to look
good.
Blondes don't tend to washout nearly as much. You would only need
to redo the length of blonde if you lose your tone (for instance if you
have ash and it starts to go yellow or your roots stop matching when you redo those, then
you'd need to do something). Otherwise, not doing the length
unless you need to is the healthiest option.
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To colour your roots (cover the grey), it will be fine, as this is new hair growth, I would however only apply the colour through the middle ends and ends 10min before the end of developing time, I would also recommend you apply a little water (with a spray bottle) to the middle lengths and ends before applying the colour, this will make it a weaker soloution, therefor causing less damage to the hair. And yes lightning the hair( through bleaching causes more damage) but colouring all over the head can cause damage too. You really only need to do your roots every 6 to 8 weeks.
I hope this helps Karen
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Yes I realize my hair cant take it although the instructions for colouring if you havent coloured for 3 months was to do an all over!! I have learnt my lesson though. How does everyone else do it and keep their hair in good condition?
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I coloured my hair with all over colour (ash blonde) 4 times in one year. A month after the 4th time I had some serious breakage and put me off colouring my hair. It also lost all its curl and is pretty limp.
That was a year ago and I have just had my hair highlighted and lowlighted at a salon. My problem is I just cant afford the touch ups so am thinking of colouring at home again. (I have 30 o/o grey)My questions are:
If I colour again I will only touch up the roots and put the colour through to the ends for the recommended time, how damaging is this to continually do this every 6-8 weeks.
Is going darker less damaging than going blonde.
I have to use a permanent colour
Thanks for any advise, I used to love the home done ash blonde but am scared!!!
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