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Semi Perm Color over Perm Color? Printed From: HairBoutique.com Category: Hair Talk Forum Name: Bloopers Forum Description: Share your hair horror stories... URL: https://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24685 Printed Date: July 19 2025 at 5:31pm Topic: Semi Perm Color over Perm Color? Posted By: Unregistered Guest Subject: Semi Perm Color over Perm Color? Date Posted: August 26 2000 at 2:58pm Can I use a Semi Permanent Hair Colorant over my hair that is colored with Permanent Haircolor? I was a brunette and now I'm a reddish blonde. I want to darken it about 3 or 4 shades without getting too red. Is there any problematic results with using a Semi on top of Permanent colored hair? Any color recommendations? Thanks! Replies: Posted By: forest Date Posted: August 26 2000 at 5:43pm Hi Capelli: You should have no problem using semi-permanent color over permanent color. The new demi-permanent color would probably be the best choice if you don't want your new color to wash out in 4-6 shampoos. From what you wrote you now have a reddish blonde color of hair. If you want to go into the brown shades usually you need to make sure that your hair has enough red-orange in it so that it will not pick up the base color of the brown tint which is usually green. When that happens the new color will look swampy or very off color. A light brown tint would probably be your best choice as you have some red still in your hair. Good luck. Forest -------------