gingerness
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Printed Date: October 06 2025 at 11:23pm
Topic: gingerness
Posted By: freakishhair
Subject: gingerness
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 9:34pm
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hi, My natural hair colour was a dark blonde, I've been dying it dark for
about a year and decided to go blonde. I used a pre-lightener and then a medium blonde dye. my hair now has bright blonde roots and the rest is blonde/ginger with occasional dark streaks.it's actually not as disastrous as it sounds but still a bit bright and i want to lessen the ginger. i have heard that an ash blonde dye might help. should i try this? will it make the bright blonde roots grey? should i apply it to the rest of my hair and not on the roots? please advise me. 
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Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 9:53pm
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The bright blonde roots most likely appeared from a condition know as hot roots. The roots, due to the heat from your scalp, will process faster and lighter. What color is ginger exactly? If it's an orange color--then blue or an ash would tone those ends down. Use a demi like Color Gems, less damaging, and don't apply it to your roots. Sounds like your roots are bright yellow? If you have that problem then a purple shampoo might help, if not then a violet based toner for the roots only. If you don't mind the brightness of your ends and want to just tone down the color a bit you can also try a neutral shade in medium blonde, use a demi. Good luck and STRAND TEST prior to doing the entire head. Remember the color wheel orange is neutralized by blue; while yellow is neutralized by violet or purple; and red is neutralized by green (or a mixture of blue and yellow) |
Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 9:58pm
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Is this center pic the color you are referring to? If so then it's red. http://www.epier.com/BiddingFormDutch.asp?1005840 - http://www.epier.com/BiddingFormDutch.asp?1005840 |
Posted By: freakishhair
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 9:59pm
| no, its much lighter than that and more orange |
Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 10:11pm
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How about the roots? Are they yellow or gold? |
Posted By: freakishhair
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 10:13pm
| kind of light yellow |
Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 10:21pm
Keep the ash off those roots or they might turn GREEN  Sounds like you have two tone hair. I've heard of adding some highlights to even things and blend a bit, this may work. Bleach them until they match the color of the roots.
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Posted By: freakishhair
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 9:57am
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i've dyed it with a champagne ash blonde and it's worked, not so ginger and
it didn't go green...phew... thanks for your help |
Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:38am
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Champagne is a great choice! It's sort of a mix of gold, pink, and ash...glad it worked for you! Rebekah |