Still unhappy - advice needed
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Topic: Still unhappy - advice needed
Posted By: aubergine
Subject: Still unhappy - advice needed
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 5:20pm
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Hi, Bah, my hair's gone too dark again. I'm annoyed. After getting my ugly dull muddy hair to a brassy light brown, I was quite pleased with myself. I thought my hair would have held on to more dye than that over the years, but "yay" I thought. Anyway, my roots were a dreadful orangey blonde and the rest was the light orangey brown, so I dyed it with a light ash brown colour (as my hair's SOOOO porous), and it went ok. I say ok because it didn't take to my roots very well, it was too light on my roots even though I did those for longer. But it did take some of the brassyness away. Anyway, to cut a very long story short: I dyed my roots again tonight with the other box of the same dye (Nice N Easy light ash brown) and left it for 25-30 minutes. OF COURSE, because it's ME!!, it's gone too dark on the rest of the hair again. How that happened I'm not to sure, as I put all the dye on my roots. What's even worse, my roots are STILL too light. ARGH. I don't know what to do now. My hair looks fine if you're going for that 2-tone look, with those gorgeous orangey undertones (sarcasm  )...but
I don't want that. I just want a nice, natural looking, medium
brown - So that it actually looks brown instead of "maybe, maybe
not brown", because it's gone so dark. I know it'll wash out
some, but that will just make my roots even lighter.Goodness gracious me. Please, any advice that does not include the words "see a professional" or "protein filler" (because it doesn't even exist over here!) will be hugely, hugely welcomed. Thankfully soon I'll be receiving a box of that much sought after Colorfix courtesy of our lovely Blondie.  |
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Posted By: Blondie1972
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 11:53pm
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*Laughing @ Aubergine's Sarcasm Color Fix is on its way! If you do the application that they call 'partial application'~ meaning to dilute it with shampoo, maybe it will lighten the color just enough that you like the color it turns out to be. If not, you can do another 'full' Color Fix application and get it to that 'orangey' color so you can re-colour it to the colour you want.
T. |
aubergine wrote:Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 12:40am
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Aubergine, what is your virgin hair color? So, I read in another post that your hair is naturally very light blonde! GASP! Also, when dyeing the new roots, only apply the color to the roots--as you said you have. Hunt down some conditioner, I think Clairol makes some with protein in it (get to reading those labels at the drugstore |
I think colorfix will get those stubborn pigments out. Good luck! Just strand test prior to doing the entire head from now on...to make sure the color comes out even and such. Posted By: aubergine
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 1:50am
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Thanks. Yes I'm naturally very light blonde, so roots have always been a pain in the ass  ,
but I've usually always got them more or less the same colour as the
rest of my hair. But's that's when my hair seems a bit more equal
in its porousness.I'll try a protein conditoner, although I do already have a Fudge Dynamite one (mmm coconut), and that makes the hair wonderful - maybe I should use it more often than I do. At the moment my hair is bearable, it'll have to be as I'm off to college any minute  , but it natural light you can tell the colour difference.Thanks again for your help. |
Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 1:19pm
| In my opnion, you should condition your hair each time you shampoo it. Also use "cones" on the ends to keep your hair healthy. |
Posted By: aubergine
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 7:13am
| I condition it every time - otherwise I can't comb my hair through, but I don't always use Fudge Dynamite, I usually use one that matches my shampoo. What are "cones"? |
Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 11:28am
| "Cones" are what is added to your conditioner that coats the hair shaft and filles the "porous" spots to make your hair silky and shiney. Cyclopentasiloxane, dimethicone...I think these are two. Get Paula Begoun's book if you can to help you decide which product doesn't dry your hair--and has enough conditioning agents in it for your hair type. |
Posted By: aubergine
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 2:12pm
| I've just found a product called Fudge One Shot that you spray on the hair specifically before a chemical treatment to even out porousity. It's a professional range, so it may help. |