RK color vs. BSS hair color
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Topic: RK color vs. BSS hair color
Posted By: chelley
Subject: RK color vs. BSS hair color
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 2:59pm
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Hello ladies. I am new to this forum and have decided to order some RK hair. I understand that RK hair color is quite diff. than the Beauty Supply Store hair i am used to. Could someone give me a quick run down of Rk's colors versus BSS. Rk1b= ?in BSS Rk2=?in BSS Rk4=? in BSS Rk5= ?in BSS Rk 6= ? in BSS Rk 8= ? in BSS Rk 12= ? in BSS Rk 22= ? in BSS Rk 24= ? in BSS Rk 27= ? in BSS Thanks all. *Edited for spelling. |
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Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 3:20pm
| I wish I could help you out, but Im new to the rk stuff too. If the bit I get turns out nice, I'll invest in a color ring. Im traditionaly a synth kinda person. |
Posted By: LauraR
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 4:29pm
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someone posted a color ring lets see if I can find it.. I will tell you I am usually a 4-6 blend and I ordered the 4, 5, 6, and 8 and all were way too light so I am going to try the two which seems to be comparible to a 4 in other hair but every company is different and 1b is black |
Posted By: cherrycoke
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 4:54pm
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All I have experience is is #2. It is very close to a BSS #4. A lighter #4 with more reds. I have had some BSS #4 with very little red. This one definitely has some red tones. |
Posted By: chelley
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 4:06am
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LauraR which shade # would you say be considered Medium Brown? Thanks cherrycoke and kalika. |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 1:15pm
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Okay, I just got my color ring... RK 1B= BSS 2 RK 2= BSS 4 RK 3 and 4= BSS 5 and 6 RK 5 and 6= BSS 7 and 8 with red and gold tones RK 7= I don't know. It's a dark medium brown that's completely ash, which is kind of wierd. RK 8= Pretty much like BSS 8, only mostly ash. I'm not very familiar with BSS 12 through 20, so it's hard to say equivalencies- but 12 is a nice dark glden blonde with some red, 14 is a medium golden blonde, and 18 is a teeny bit darker and ashier. As for light blondes, the lightest and palest is 613, followed by 22 and then 24. 24 is the same yellow-blond it is on most systems, only not quite as yellow. 27 is a nice reddish blond- not the hideous brassy BSS 27- and 29 is a touch darker, like a blond-auburn. 28 is a flaming natural red, with 30 being a touch darker and 31 being a touch less intense. 32 is a bright scarlet which borders on unnaturally bright- but it's an awesome color if you don't care about natural, or it could be used as highlights. 33 is pretty close to BSS 33, 33B is closest to BSS 35, and RK 35 is a deep, delicious, purply black-cherry sort of natural red. Oh yeah, and "BUG" is apparently short for Burgundy. An unfortunate choice of abbreviations. :) It's a great color, though- it's not a common neon red, but it's lighter than the burgundy you usually see, with a blue undertone. -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: chelley
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 4:20pm
Thank you sooooo much zapevaj!!!! |
Posted By: LauraR
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 10:30am
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Yeah it's hard to say medium brown with red #2 blending with #4 and like rae said if you need ash brown, #7 I think either way you will have to do some blending - they don't tend to have just a medium brown and the colors very with packages |