Hi there,

I've got layers and layers of color on my hair...most recently blonde highlights, brown lowlights, with some red mixed in. Over time, it looks really brassy. Anyway, I just want to go back to my natural haircolor of dark ash blonde. In the past when I've tried to do it myself, it ends up almost strawberry blonde--very different from the color sample. I noticed at Sally's that some colors have a green base, others purple. How do I know which one to use? And what kind of toner should I mix it with?

Thank you so much for the advice!

JWhit

If you don't know any laws of haircoloring I'd suggest going to a professional to have this done as disaster could easily occur.

If you want to attempt this yourself and the desired hair color is 2 levels or more darker than your lightest hair color you are going to need to fill those lightened sections with a filler to allow the target color to grab properly to the hair strands. If you didn't fill the lightest pieces you'd have greenish colored blonde hair if your using Ash color.

Remember color doesn't lift previously colored hair. If you apply color to already colored hair the end result will only be darker. This rule typically doesn't apply to high lift series of hair color as they are lift and deposit color but your hair needs to be a specific color level to get satisfactory results or you could end up with orange brassy pieces. How dark are your lowlights? Possibly use color remover on them or they need to be lightened with bleach then toned. It's a several step process to get your hair all to one color because each color of hair needs to be treated differently to get your hair all to a more similar color.

If I were you I'd goto a pro...spend the $125 and goto a reputable salon...not a Fantastic Sam's or a chain salon where you run the risk of a color disaster as most of those stylists are inexperienced or recently graduated from school.