stupid at home hair coloring
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Topic: stupid at home hair coloring
Posted By: Ashley Rose
Subject: stupid at home hair coloring
Date Posted: July 28 2004 at 10:55pm
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Hey, I have a huge dilemma. I, being the idiot that I am, decided to dye my hair because my highlights were growing out and I didn't feel like getting them done anymore. I used Clairol Nice n Easy in 114 C, "Natural Light Chestnut Brown." I was anticipating reddish highlights in light brown hair, what I got was a head full of medium reddish hair. I hate it. Is anyone here knowledgable enough when it comes to hair coloring or maybe a professional who can give me advice on what to do? Can I possibly dye it with an ash brown shade? I'm freaking out and I don't know if I can afford to go to the salon because I'm in school and I don't exactly have any money to spend on a professional to fix my incredibly stupid mistake. Please, help. Thanks.
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Posted By: amymusic
Date Posted: July 31 2004 at 12:48pm
Now that your hair is medium red, light brown isn't an option, unless you strip the color out of your hair and start all anew. I don't recommend this though, because bleaching at home is risky and VERY damaging!
The best thing to do would be to go to a darker shade. Whether it be a dark reddish brown or brown with no red is up to you. Seeming that you already have red in your hair, I would try a rich, darker golden brown color. The red will show through a little.
Ash brown would try to dismiss the red tones in your hair, but it would probably end up looking a ratty grayish color. And even then, it wouldn't be able to totally get all the red out. You would just be stuck with multi-toned mousy colored hair.
So get something rich and dark. Get a level 2. Don't use permanent. It will dry it out too much.
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