After old color removal - Crazy Carrot to Blond?

Ok, here's my dilemma:

Natural color is Medium Ash Blond. I colored it with henna for years, for nice deep red. Then I stopped and for a year I colored it with demi-permanent box color in copper red to let the henna grow out and transition.

And now the 24-shampoos-and-gone red doesn't want to be gone! I did the Shampoo Train, and then three treatments of Sodium Bisulfite + citric acid  (followed each time by ascorbic acid and citric acid scrubs). I managed to get the red down to a "crazy carrot" color - from deep red, it's an improvement. But for my target color, Medium (on the light side) Blond, it's not good enough! not at all.

So, now I'm sporting the Brightest Orangish Gold that slowly blends into Crazy Carrot. And I need that last step to medium ash blond (or five steps, I'm motivated here!) Any advice?




Edited by what_project - August 19 2008 at 3:48pm

I agree with Fakeizme about using the bleach,,and I absolutely hate using bleach unless necessary.  But since Henna has a notorious reputation for being difficult to lift off the hair, bleach may be the only alternative.  Just remember to condition, condition and condition some more before and afterwards.