Question about changing colors
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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: October 05 2025 at 4:44pm
Topic: Question about changing colors
Posted By: Aingli_Deas
Subject: Question about changing colors
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 7:31pm
My hair is currently an orange red. Sort of like Donna's from That 70's Show, almost exactly but has faded some. It doesn't quite have much red, it seems to have gold and orange strands. The color underneath is blonde, like blonde blonde, no red whatsoever. I want to go back to brown, a nice chocolatey warm brown, something I can keep on doing myself with something like Natural Instincts since I want to keep my hair waist length and look nice but also keep it chocolatey and be able to grow my natural color if I desire. My question really is, can I just dye over this orange color to a warm chocolate brown? I would like to use Medium Golden Brown or Medium Bronze Brown in Natural Instincts (more like, the color I'd like to achieve), would this work? Or should I just remove the color with Salon Care Color Remover, which has never failed me, back down to the blonde underneath the dyed color (this won't effect my rootage, I've used it before) and then put on a porousity equalizer and dye it so it doesn't go too dark and holds better? Would anything work? I just can't afford the color anymore as my specific color isn't available in a box and my stylist charges about 80$ for a color, and right now, I can't even really afford to go back to brown, so I want to know if this will work first. Please help! 
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Posted By: aubergine
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 7:54am
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To me it sounds like you already have the right idea. You could
dye over without removing the colour but it may leave you with
undesireable orange undertones. If Salon Care is what works for
you (rather than Colorfix), then let it work for you again :) The porosity equalizer is a must if you don't want it to go too dark...try and get a protein treatment too and definitely test strand before removing and colouring. Good luck! |
Posted By: Aingli_Deas
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 3:06pm
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I'm not sure what Color Fix is, the Loreal color fixer made my roots orange, the Jherri Redding one didn't do anything. Salon care was the only one that removed color and left my color even with rootage (this is when I had auburn too). Ok, I may do that. Will the Natural Instincts stick to my hair with the protein filler? I hear the stuff is more permanent over dyed hair, and my hair has previously been lightly bleached to pale blonde before I went copper/orange red. |