HELP!!!!! Highlights gone wrong
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Topic: HELP!!!!! Highlights gone wrong
Posted By: Erin
Subject: HELP!!!!! Highlights gone wrong
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 5:26am
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Hi, there...I used a L'Oreal chunking kit on my medium brown, wavy hair. Long story short, I now have some very well-placed streaks of light orange(not lighter brown or blond). I'm thinking about using L'Oreal's drabber to make them darker and more ash (I have a cool complexion, so orange is a huge contrast). I start a new job in a week, and would like to look more professional than a tiger....Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Jul
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 5:26am
> Hi, there...> I used a L'Oreal chunking kit on my medium brown, wavy> hair. Long story short, I now have some very> well-placed streaks of light orange(not lighter brown> or blond). I'm thinking about using L'Oreal's drabber> to make them darker and more ash (I have a cool> complexion, so orange is a huge contrast). I start a> new job in a week, and would like to look more> professional than a tiger....> Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!I would throw a dark blonde (second nature level 6) over the whole thing.It's semi- perm. so it won't lift your natural color but it will leave the highlights a nice caramel color.You can get second nature at a Sallys beauty supply.Good luck!
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Posted By: William
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 5:26am
> Hi, there...> I used a L'Oreal chunking kit on my medium brown, wavy> hair. Long story short, I now have some very> well-placed streaks of light orange(not lighter brown> or blond). I'm thinking about using L'Oreal's drabber> to make them darker and more ash (I have a cool> complexion, so orange is a huge contrast). I start a> new job in a week, and would like to look more> professional than a tiger....> Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!To Erin;The reason your hair turned orange is that it didn't 'lift' far enough to go to a yellow 'base'. To fix this only a pro would lighten it more with a bleach to get to the desired 'level' of base. To counteract the 'dreaded orangehead' look, use a deposit only color in a medium ash blonde to counteract the tonal problem. If I have said it once I have preached the gospel of 'doing a test strand' a million times!!!! Take the time to do a test strand and thank me later!william
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Posted By: Erin
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 5:27am
First off...THANKS!!!! Everyone's info really helped. What I finally did is use a filler (so I wouldn't get green hair), then a no-lift dark ash blonde. The results are way more subtle, with just barely a hint of red. YAY!!!I'll always do strand tests from here on out, thanks again!Erin
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