So, I first joined this board because I had a haircutting nitemare.  5 months later, it's grown about 4 inches.  BUT, I just had coloring done.  Blonde hair is generally a few different colors, so I was trying ot get it to be one.  Now, my scalp is red, my hair is the color of dirt... as well as orangy by the roots and someone told me they even see green.  Anyone have any advice?

One thing I have to admit... bad hair coloring is not quite as upsetting as getting too much chopped off.  Although.. the tears were still there...  Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Nekita

First of all, I'm amazed at how fast your hair grows!

As for the coloring thing, that happened to me a few times last year.  I don't know what color you were going for, but what ended up helping me was using two boxes of my desired color (if you use drugstore dye- I don't know how many that would be at a salon)-  one for the top and one for the bottom.  I put all my hair on top of my head once I got the dye on and left it there for about 20 minutes, and when I rinsed it out my hair was all one color.

I hope this helps.  Good luck to you!

Hi,

Thanks for the advice.  I'm pretty new to the coloring thing.  This was professionally messed up.  I'm not sure how to do the coloring myself, but it couldn't be much worse than this.  I used to use sun-in, until I learned how bad it was for hair, but I'm thinking of getting some just to make it lighter for now. 

-Nekita

Okay, I won't get the Sun-In.  Although I was very tempted.

What do you think of this.  I spoke to someone yesterday (a hairdresser) that said to use laundry detergent to try to get some of the color out.  I think it worked a little.  Or maybe it's wishful thinking.  I'm sure that's very damaging.  Curious about your opinion.

I went back to the place that messed me up and they wanted me to sign a release form for them to fix it in case fixing it made all my hair fall out.  Great, huh?  That wasn't going to happen.  So, I made them give me my money back and I'm never going back there, or possibly anywhere else.  I think I'm done with cuts and coloring.  Too many tears, too many times.

So, a woman at work today told me that if you dye naturally blonde hair with an ashy color, it will turn the hair green.  If only I had known that ahead of time.  This was my first experiment with haircoloring.  I've gotten highlites twice.  I'm very new to this whole thing.

My hair was definitely very light (the sun made it look lighter in that pic).  And I guess the Sun-In use of the past made it damaged.  I would think a professional colorist would know better than to turn it green tho!!!  When the green goes away, maybe I'll try that shampoo, but I wouldn't want ash or red.  Is there one that works for blondes?

My hair has had that sun-in look for so long, that I wasn't really sure what color it really was.  Naturally blonde, but I guess it was growing in dirty blonde before this happened.

Your natural color sounds beautiful.  Ya know... I think that if you're considering dark brown, use one of those kits that washes out in 2 weeks.  I did that with red in college and thanked my lucky stars every day I did that.  2 Weeks isn't a long time to deal with.  And it will let you know if you really want to do it permanently.

SUSAN W: What was that you said about conditioner taking out color?  If that really works, I think I'm going to condition my hair 5 times a day for the next few weeks to get this green/dirt color out.  If you don't mind, I'd love to hear back on this one.

-Nekita

Hello Nekita!

I am new to the board and have never had the problem of green tints, probably because I always throw brassy tones and I have never attempted to dye my lightened hair dark by myself. I do remember though a girl in my high-school used loads of Sun-In to bleach her naturally light-brown/dirty-blonde hair to a yellowy white, I would say probably a Level 10 or 11. I was surprised that the Sun-In could actually turn her hair that light, but I guess if you are an ash-base naturally and not too dark to begin with, it can with repeated use. Well, come fall she tried to rectify the damage and dye her hair back to its natural color. I did not know her so I cannot tell you what she used to try and color it back, but i know it literally looked pale swampy green! I am guessing she just went and bought a box of haircolor that she thought was her natural (which would have been ashy) and threw this over the Sun-In and VOILA! green hair. I think after another attempt and an even deeper lovely moss tone, she finally had it fixed professionally. A few other people I know also did the Sun-In thing, but they got orange hair instead.