QuoteReplyTopic: Color over color Posted: March 15 2008 at 9:28am
Hello all,
I colored my hair last night using Wella ColorCharm 6R. It came out lighter and not as rich as I expected... I'm looking for a deeper auburn. How long do I need to wait before coloring over and do I need to pre-treat my hair before doing so?
Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Kelly
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No need to wait just remember to take into consideration what color your hair is now.
Underlying pigment + dyed colored + next dyed color = final result Don't forget to think about the colorwheel.
Hope this helps.
Rebekah
Oh one more thing...I hear that Chestnut in the Miss Clairol brand is a pretty reddish brown color. Don't forget to take into consideration of what you already have and strand test by all means before doing the entire head.
Edited by Rebekah - March 15 2008 at 1:52pm
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My colored hair is somewhere between orange and yellow-orange on the color wheel and the underlying pigment is a medium brown, so where does that leave me? I don't necessarily want to neutralize my color, only make it a bit darker and richer, so according to the color wheel what would you recommend I do?
Thanks again for your help!
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http://www.clairolpro.com/main.jsp?nav=studio/colortheory/pigment&file=m_pigment.html
So your hair is orangey golden? I think the red you added is giving you the orangey color. Also, it's possible you used a dye that was too light for your hair. A good rule of thumb is to not use a color any lighter than 2 shades your natural color. If you hair is medium brown you should go only to a light brown dye.
check these swatches out. What level/color does your hair resemble?
If you want it darker and richer then add a darker color to the top, but consider that you will need to neutralize, imho, the color to make it look pretty. Try strand testing 36D MOONLIT BROWN, with a bit of 203RR. Try mixing half and half or 3/4 to 1/2. STRAND TEST and use 20 vol. I'm not sure what red you wanted but it seems like you want a RED RED, so try the 206RR with the 36D too. I'm not sure how it will work but try and see. Good luck and I hope this helps. Let me know how it turns out okay?
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