Need advice on removing brassiness!

Julie the Red wrote: Hal, I e-mailed you the photos of my big ugly orange head. Did you burn out your retinas? In the meantime, I called my stylist again (her kids must have wiped off my message) and she said she would like to do a few strand tests. She does not use Logix brand products, so she is going to call their hotline and ask a few questions. Her proposal at this time (which may change after she's talked to the Logix technicians) would be to do a foil highlighting using 2 different colors, one dark and one blonde. She does not use bleach because she's not crazy about its unpredictability. What do you guys think of her proposal? In the meantime, she suggested that I try an ash blonde temperary rinse by Roux when I plan to go out and don't want to be seen with a carrot top. Thoughts?

I got them... so sorry I haven't got back with you. My after work time has been crazy!!!!!!!! I willstart by tell you though it may not be what you had hoped for it is not any where near as bad a what you think. In fact I know people that have paid lots of money to gewt hair that color. My first thought was how nice blonde highlights would look mixed in!

Hal, I e-mailed you the photos of my big ugly orange head. Did you burn out your retinas?

In the meantime, I called my stylist again (her kids must have wiped off my message) and she said she would like to do a few strand tests. She does not use Logix brand products, so she is going to call their hotline and ask a few questions. Her proposal at this time (which may change after she's talked to the Logix technicians) would be to do a foil highlighting using 2 different colors, one dark and one blonde. She does not use bleach because she's not crazy about its unpredictability. What do you guys think of her proposal?

In the meantime, she suggested that I try an ash blonde temperary rinse by Roux when I plan to go out and don't want to be seen with a carrot top.

Thoughts?

Sorry Julie i didn't know you took them down.

Any luck finding a good Colorist??

It's so frustrating, hearing some of your stories...especially when it comes to Salon/Stylist disasters.

My Salon is very small...only 5 of us, and I'am the only one in the Salon who does Corrective Color work.....although 2 of the others are perfectly capable of it...they really don't have the patience.

I know it's frustrating for many of you too, having had bad experiences in salon situations. Right now there is no gaurenteed way to find the perfect Stylist, especially in the US. It takes time and effort. The best way right now is word of mouth. Ask everyone you know, with great hair... and when a Stylist's name comes up over and over, it's a good bet. This was the recomendation on another thread, by Hal, I believe.....

I get a File Not Found error when i try to see them...is this just me or are others getting that too?

Sophie wrote: Julie, I'm going to jump in here and recommend that you NOT put an all over lightner on your hair. I've seen both of your pic's...before and after. Putting all over lightner on your hair now, would only take you a step further into future color maintenance hell. Your hair is fixable and you want to keep in mind, what you do now, effects how well (or not) it grows out ....and whether future highlights are what you want them to be. JMO

PICTURES>>> where can we see pictures?

http://www.goblonde.net

http://www.goblonde.net/denise.htm

I know I've posted things here from other sites...maybe not the whole of things, but parts that pertained to what we were discussing here.

I know I'd be interested.

Sorry Vee, I didn't mean to make it sound that way. In my haste, I can really come across too blunt.
Humbly.

I didn't necessarily recommend Julie do what I did, I was just letting her know I found something that worked. I haven't seen her pics to know what she has now or before. I was only trying to help. I'm very happy with my results and my hair is not in bad condition now either.

Julie, I FINALLY got rid of the red/gold "brassy" tone to my hair. I have no idea how light you want to go, but I wanted more of a platinum blonde in lieu of a gold/strawberry blonde. We used Speedlite creme by Wella with 2 activators and 20v developer. Followed it with champagne beige toner by Clairol (violet base) and it is exactly what I wanted!! Thank heaven for the toner, it really took this time and made it just the shade I wanted. Good luck!