HELP ME !!!!!!

Xsweet-peaX wrote:

about a week ago i dyed my hair from a light blonde to BLACK!

one of the most rash desisions of my life!

i used demi permanate hair dye and it looks terrible

ive been washing it every day and its turned a medium brown

school starts in 2 weeks!!

is there any possible way i could get to a strawbwerry blonde before school starts?

please help me!!!

Oh boy

Yeah well semi-permanent black is a real bitch to get outta the hair. My advice as a professional stylist is goto a salon and have them fix it. It will cost you big bucks but it's worth it to your hair health.

If you must try this yourself which I'm sure your going to attempt I'll suggest this....

First of all try this on a test strand if you are nervous about doing the whole thing....

Take the following and mix them together.....

1 Tablespoon of Bleach aka Powdered Lightener

1 Tablespoon of Moisturizing Shampoo (use a professional shampoo here not Pantene or crap from a grocery store)

1 Tablespoon of Developer (Depending on how light you want to go but don't use anything stronger than 30 Volume). I'd recommend 20 Volume from the sound of it.

After this process is complete DEEP CONDITION YOUR HAIR with a good deep conditioning treatment to help even out porosity of the hair strand from root to end.

If the haircolor doesn't budge after using this formula you've probably used some crappy boxed haircolor like Feria with Metallic Salts in the color mixture....if that occurs goto a salon and pay the money to have it fixed. Feria is a biggest PoS boxed color out there.

Mix that together and toss it on and work it into your hair from 5-10 minutes BUT NO LONGER THAN THAT....rinse it out and see what you have. You hair should be lighter but most likely it will be brassy. This is when you will need to tone that brassiness out of the hair using a toner.

For more info before you attempt this yourself read my "Introduction to HairColor" at the top of this thread to better give you an understanding of the process that is occurring on your hair.

Here's a piece of it for you....

Natural Underlying Pigment

To develop a better understanding of how natural underlying pigment will influence color results, haircoloring can be categorized into two categories: Addition coloring or Subtraction coloring.

The easiest type of formulation is addition coloring. This is because targeting the same elvel of going darker, the removal or natural pigment if very minimal. Therefore, the warm underlying pigment is not exposed. Simply use the standard 20 Vol. Topchic Lotion with your desired shade. If your target color is more than 2 levels darker than the existing level, it is considered a tint-back procedure and pre-filling may be necessary.

Subtraction coloring refers to haircoloring which requires the diffusion of the natural pigment before depositing new artificial pigment. Anytime hair is lightened, some of the natural pigments are diffused. When hair is lightened from darker levels, the dominance of blue pigment is removed, exposing a blend of other primary colors (red & yellow) which together make orange. At the lighter levels, more red and yellow are removed. Also at lighter levels, yellow dominates over the red, thus creating the tertiary color yellow-orange or what is commonly referred to as gold. Lightening hair always contributes warmth to the end result. Considering this, a logical choice can be made as to whether to use the natural underlying pigment to add warmth and brightness to a fashion color, or to control the natural underlying pigment using a counteracting or complementary color. It is necessary to use some counteracting color if a natural tone is desired.

The following chart shows the natural underlying pigment which is exposed at each level. If the target color is a warm or fashion tone, no control is necessary. The underlying pigment will contribute brightness and vibrancy to the final result. If a natural tone if the desired color, simply use the appropriate counteracting color to control unwanted warmth (orange or gold). The result will be a more natural target color.

Underlying Pigment Chart....

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Black (none exposed)
Darkest Orange
Dark Orange
Medium Orange
Light Orange
Extra Light Orange or Dark Gold
Medium Gold
Light Gold
Extra Light Gold or Yellow

Yellow may appear as the underlying pigment on Level 10 when the hair is bleached. In this case use 10V (violet) as the controlling color.

For levels 2 - 7 the controlling color is Blue (Ash Series) & for Levels 8-10 the Controlling color is Blue Violet (Pearl Series).

Additional Tips...

Remember that counteracting color used for control is determined by the Underlying pigment at the target level you are trying to achieve....not the starting level of the persons hair.

Consider that the darker the existing natural level (starting point) is and the more levels or lift you are targeting, the greater the proportion of counteracting or contol color you will need. Never let the controlling color you are adding exceed more than 25% of your color formula. If that does occur it will become a dominating color and the results will be disasterous.

That's it for now folks.....more lessons on ligtening the hair soon.....

REMEMBER! NEVER! NEVER EVER!!! Put haircoloring over previously colored hair. It will not lift the artificial pigment from the previous haircolor you did on your hair and the end result will only be darker and you will be disappointed and discouraged.

G'luck

Edited by Claude - August 02 2006 at 8:09am