QuoteReplyTopic: Hair color dilemna Posted: July 17 2008 at 6:12pm
I have always been a blond, but got a level 6 golden brown a few months ago. However, this color quickly faded to an a dark orange-ey blond. I than visited a few stylists and first had a beige toner, later, a level 8 natural and finally, a level 8 natural-Ash. Only to be disappointed since my color is currently a golden brown and I would like a nice ash blond.
Even though my hair is now quite porous I have decided to correct it on my own, and I would like some advice.
The plan:
Step1 : undecided between color remover/corrector, bleach shampoo mix or bleach. Which is best?
Step 2: Wella koleston perfect, Pearl 9/8: http://www.wellausa.com/consumer/products_consumer/international_line_consumer/koleston_perfect/swatch_charts/classics.jsp
Color remover will be your safest bet, things like Color Fix are low in peroxide, so far less damaging than bleaching would be. You will probably end up with yellow or light orange hair after you use it. Since you want to be blonde, I'd use it repeatedly until you get yellow, then go over your hair with an ash blonde (one with a violet base will be required or it will stay very yellow). I don't know if the product you mentioned has a violet base or not, it should be written on it when you go to get it. If you use a violet base, you shouldn't need any toner after that (which is always better since those things never last).
If you only get your hair to an orange shade with color remover, not yellow, you'll need a blonde dye with a blue base to counter the orange.
Good luck!
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Hello, it would be great to know how many levels lighter you want to be, or if you even want to be lighter or just a different tone. If you want to be a dark ash blonde; that's not really any lighter than golden brown.
If you want to be, say, two levels lighter and ash blonde, then a colour remover would be effective. Or you could put heavy highlights in the front and tone them (a bit easier). You could also let the toner on your hair fade out with clarifying shampoos. That probably wouldn't take long to happen. Then you could use a highlift on you roots.
Be careful, because 'ash blonde' can look mousy or grey-ish depending on your complexion.
That's true, I forgot to say you should test strand to make sure you time it right so it doesn't go too grayish. Also expect your ends and roots to process at different speeds. Your head heat will make your roots go faster.
You can leave your color remover on the maximum time it says on the packaging, but I wouldn't go longer. The cut off point is usually when it will stop doing any good.
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