depressed red head
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Topic: depressed red head
Posted By: akasara
Subject: depressed red head
Date Posted: October 11 2004 at 3:51pm
About 5 months ago, I went to get light brown highlights and agreed to let the hairdresser do whatever he wanted, my only request was NO RED.
Seems he dyed my naturally dark brown hair a dark AUBURN, then put in streaks which turned out RED. (i think he used bleach, because the hair seems damaged.). I called but he was no longer with the salon. I did some temporary ash browns to hide it, but my hair still stays RED, but turned a very DARK RED, which looks pretty bad too.
Does anyone know how to get rid of the red without going any darker. My goal is to have light brown hair / dark blonde hair. Can It just be dyed a permanent light brown? would that work?
I think I am going into a depression over this... I hate looking at my hair and can't believe I am so sad. help.
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Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 11 2004 at 8:36pm
I was in a similar situation. In order to get rid of the orange colour in my hair I used a permanent light ash brown and ended up with medium brown hair. Now I wish I had let a pro do it, because it's too dark. I spent more money trying to fix my colour disaster than I would have spent getting a pro to do it.
You can't dye permanently coloured hair a lighter shade; it won't work. You could try a semi-permanent light ash brown -- like Natural Instincts. Ash counteracts red so this might remove some of the red from your hair, but your hair will be darker. Alternatively, you could use ColorFix to remove the permanent colour from your hair. It will cause some damage, but if you absolutely hate your colour, it might be worth it. My best advice, though, is to go to a professional who specializes in hair colour correction. If you try to fix it yourself you risk damaging your hair and/or ending up with something you hate even more.
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