QuoteReplyTopic: advice from prof. colorists Posted: April 18 2005 at 8:53pm
i had been dyeing my hair red for the winter months, as i always do.
now i want to go blond for summer. my problem is i already used a
high-lift blond, and removed most of the color from my hair, but it is
still red. i have used clairol's beautiful collection B01N CHAMOAGNE
over the high lift blond to tone down some of the red. but its still a
light orangey shade. anyone recomend something?
learn to love what you were born with
you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad)
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Probably a good idea to give up on the blond for now-- you've put your hair through a lot already. Trying to bleach out all the leftover red would probably fry it. You should probably take your own advice and go to a salon to ask a professional, if you plan to try anything else with it, especially further blonding.
I'm no pro, okay? But the same thing happened to me the first time I tried to go blonde. You used a color with an N in it, which means it has a neutral base I believe, and doesn't do anything to counter orange. You need to use a blonde color with a green base to counter the red. If your hair is already fried, be sure to do a test strand to make sure that dying it one more time isn't going to break it off.
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You should see a professional and get a color correction.
the problem is that if you don't want brassy blonde hair you have to bleach to either yellow or pale yellow depending on how light you want your hair to be. Bleaching to pale orange won't do :P
If you don't dare to bleach the hair allover again. You should let your current toner fade, and then tone the hair again with a blue base blonde level 8 toner.
But you should really consider bleaching the hair again. Most hair can take 2 bleachings without breaking, but if you feel like your hair is in terrible condition the don't. And remember to go slow, obviously highlift wasn't strong enough and it won't work if you try it again, since highlift can't remove even more pigments than it already has. A good bleach is Wella wellite creamlite (use with 20 volume) or Clairol Born Blonde liquid lightener with 2 or 3 activator packettes and 20 volume developer. After bleaching to pale yellow, you'll need to tone. Clairol Born Blonde toners are great and doesn't damage your hair. You can get all these products online or at a beauty supply.
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