Hi-Lift Brunette, BOX
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Forum Name: Hair Color
Forum Description: The tricks and tribulations of changing your hair color
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Printed Date: January 13 2026 at 5:39pm
Topic: Hi-Lift Brunette, BOX
Posted By: Bambilee
Subject: Hi-Lift Brunette, BOX
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 2:37pm
Can I use the Hi-Lift Brunette coloring meant to lighten dark brown to
light brown on my darkblonde hair to get it lighter? I finally got REAL
camera pictures to show the true color and it's shine. I'm addicted to
haircolor! I put in dark blonde when I had thought my hair was too
ORANGE and it somewhat was, but now It's kinda too dark for what I
wanted. I should have stuck to the presumed ORANGE! :) blonde before darkblonde------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 7:58pm
I tried the highlift myself after bleaching(strand tests only).It didnt lift at all.I have 2 bottles left in natural blonde.I thought it would work better on my prebleached hair.But I had no such luck .Maybe you will have better results.But My strands didnt do anything.I even wrapped them in foil and left it on for an hour!I also used the highlift for brunnettes that meant to lighten to blonde supposedly if that helps.------------- 
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Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 9:45pm
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hmm, i just dyed it seashell, it lifted some color.
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:50pm
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really.Do you like the results.I really wanted to use it myself.Did it lighten without leaving the brassy tones like it says.If so I might try it again.I like my hair but its not quite as light as I was originally going for. I just realized I have loreal hicolor from sally's.You were talking about something else entirely right? -------------
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Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 8:28am
Oh yeah hicolor, well if its any comfort Longhair, it didn't work for me either and those were test strands on virgin hair!!! 
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 10:13am
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yeah I dont know what went wrong.I tried it before I bleached on my virgin test hair and nadda. -------------
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Posted By: leia1979
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 12:38am
| Hmm...I got L'Oreal Hi-Color to work on virgin hair, just not anything previously colored. Sorry to change the direction of a thread, but Longhair, what color did you get and what volume developer (also, what's your starting color)? |
Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 7:22am
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leia is ur hair nat. black? Mine is and i tried gold shimmer and red fire on to strands of virgin hair, its so weird cuz i used the 30 vol. but all i got was a faint tint :/ hmmm...and the ironic part is that whatever color i use w/ 30 vol. in my hair, it lifts to the target color! I think its one of those products that works on some but not on others... |
Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 12:12pm
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I did try to skimp on the developer.I used 20 volume.But That was plenty with bleach to lift my hair to pale yellow.So i thought it could work with the hicolor.I used it on #5 hair.Which is real stupid now that I think of it.even on virgin hair it wouldnt have lifted very much.I just expected something(even with 20 volume).I didnt change at all.Not even reddy orangey? -------------
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Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 12:44pm
I haven't tried the hi-lift brown. I keep hearing that it doesnt' work and I dont' want to waste the cash. I bought a seashell color but I am still getting darker reddy colors in the blonde. What color of blonde would I use if I don't want all those dumb dark red tones? I can't seem to get it really blonde. Thank god my hair is still soft and silky cause I keep doing bad things to it. Even bleaching isn't helping with the red, it keeps coming up red or orange. I can't get SALLY things because first we don't have one and 2nd you have to be a 'hairdresser' to purchase anything at our beauty stores. Oh well the dark blonde works. :) ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Longhairdreams wrote:Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 4:04pm
Light ash blonde? Try that if u really must do permanent again! 
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Posted By: leia1979
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 9:02pm
| Veronica, my hair is about a level 2 dark brown naturally. When I used it, I had 30 volume for one of the red shades of L'Oreal Hi-Color and 40 vol for blonde. But like I said, it didn't do a thing to previously processed (including bleached) hair...just to the virgin hair. Mostly, I think it's easier to just bleach and tone to get light hair that's not really reddish. The Hi-Color red that I used turned out nicely, though. |
Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 11:52pm
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Isn't ash colors sort of GREENY? I was told not to use ASH from the box. I used COOL BLONDEl once on my BLEACHED blonde hair and it turned it Grey. I think I just will go to a salon to get it lifted a little. I need a bloody hair cut anyways! I just can't stand going... they always make you feel like an idiot. Well the ones here locally do. What if I bleached, left it and then used an ASH blonde? Do blonde colors in boxes have any TONING properties? As I can not just get TONER here. ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 8:28am
Ash is a good component in coutnering orange tones since ahs can also mean green and as we know green cancels out orange. I guess the only way to know if it'll work out is the good ol' method of strand testing 
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Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 11:28am
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I think I'll try it. What if I bleach it out first then put in an ash blonde, do you think that would be safe? The root area is so hard to dye and I can't do a strand test too well cause the ends of my hair will bleached out beautifully but the natural will not. Hmmmm, oh the ideas! What kind of brand would you suggest and in what ash color? I want somethign light. :) ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 2:09pm
| Hmm bleaching will def. make it lighter tho then there's the fear that it might turn green w/ ash over bleached hair. I guess it depends on how light the bleach takes u. In that case, if it turns out more yellowy, then ur better of using a violet based blonde. That one shade nordic blonde by wella color charm has a violet makes as i recall. |
Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 2:11pm
| I had bleached hair and decided to go back to my normal color which is medium ash, my hair went green! But as they say, if you don't have white or pale yellow color the ash will take the orange and red away. Be sure to pick a color 2 volumes lighter than the one you actually want, ash turns out darker than expected + you should always do this to avoid getting to dark hair. *Whish I knew that one before I colored mine* |
Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 11:40pm
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Hmmm... I can't get Wella stuff, so there is no use even suggesting anything. Everything I have done and will do is OTC. So what kind of blondes have a violet base? Out of the Box Blondes that is... My hair is already sorta greeny/blonde color at the ends, I sure wish I could show you guys. I'm going to snap some pics of just the hair and see if I can get the color. Bleaching causes the already processed parts to go REALLY light, almost white (and perhaps break off. :D) but my processed roots turn orange... it's odd. I've tried so much! I just can't get satisfied. I tried Golden Blonde, that's what I put after I bleached out my roots, my hair felt orange to me, then I put in the dark stuff. It's washing out and it's going back to the orginal base color I always seem to end up working with no matter what color I dye it. I've even dyed my hair Cappicino (darkbrown) and it turned back to a dark blonde after a few months. :D Hmmm...... ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 11:54pm
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I just can't figure it out, I can't even figure out what color I HAVE! :P You can see where my roots are. Now my roots have been bleached and have been colored lots, but my ends have been bleached PROFESSIONALLY and usually hold a greenish ting to them and always turn out darker or lighter than my 'roots'. Depending on what color of blonde I decide on using.The Darker parts are the processed, the ligher my roots... it's more orange beacuse of my damn bathroom lighting...it's the only place I can get a clear image... hmm figures!  This is what color it is... when I'm not having a party in my bathroom...What kind of Over the Counter Blonde shades have VIOLET in them?  P.S My eyelashes are real, I don't wear fake ones... people always assume I do. Anywho.... back to my hair color. I need helppy! ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 11:58pm
So I should pick a shade LIGHTER than my picked color? Hmmm... argh. I am just so frustrated! ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 5:34am
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Yes, because hair that has been bleached will literary soak up any
color you put on it. This is why so many of us have gotten a darker
color than we thought we would be getting. If you chose a color that is
2 shades lighter you will avoid this and you will notice that the color
on your hair will have bacome darker than the color on the box. |
Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 12:14pm
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Okay, so pick a color shades lighter than what I want. So what if I go in get some kind ash, get it lighter than I want, put it in my hair as it is right now, what do you suppose will happen? Will it show up? or turn my hair green? I'm not going to bleach it. ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 3:48am
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It should show and I don't think it will go green. If it does however
turn green just put a blonde toner on that has golden tone. This won't
damage your hair either. But hey, hair reacts different all the time, this worked for me when I had this problem. I can't guarante that this will work for you. But what I think should happen is that it evens out all your hair, makes the orange parts disapear. Try a stand test fist, so you'll know exectly whats going to happen. Try on the lighter parts as well as the orange and dark so you can compare the results. |
Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 12:00pm
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okie , I'll try it, I'll try anything once! LOL
------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |
Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 12:59pm
Good luck, let us know how it turns out 
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Posted By: Bambilee
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 9:51pm
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I will... i hope it doesn't turn out green. The ends of my hair have a
greensih tinge to them, but if I can get the red out of my roots I will
be pleased. :) ------------- ~* Bambi Lee *~ |