This last weekend I dyed my hair using Wella Color Charm in Apricot. I knew it may not turn out so well because my hair was already colored a medium brown color, and Apricot is pretty light! But the color swatch at Sally's looked like the exact color I want, so I figured I'd at least give it a try. I did a test strand first of course, and the strange thing was, it didn't even change! There was no color difference. So I figured I'd just go ahead and dye all of my hair because I knew nothing horrible would happen and I was hoping it would at least give me the coppery tones.
So I dyed it... and I nearly had a heart attack. I put it on my roots for the first 15 minutes, then on the ends for the next 15 (suggested developing time was 30-45 minutes). My roots looked SO yellow/orange as it was developing... I was sure I was gonna look like a total weirdo when I was done! I did wash it out sooner than I had planned because I was so scared. Luckily, it pretty much turned out okay. The only thing was that my roots turned out lighter than the ends, which seems to be a common issue with home coloring. It's by no means a huge difference, and I've gotten compliments on my color! Plus I think it really suits my skin tone. But the thing is, it does look somewhat unnatural in certain lighting. The roots can take on a yellow/orange tinge, which I don't want. And with the ends being darker, I kinda decided that I'd rather just dye it darker again and then wait until I'd want to go into a pro and have it done right (probably some time after Christmas).
I've already got a box of Revlon High Dimension Sultry Chestnuts in Medium Warm Brown - Autumn (which I'm considering taking back for the Light Warm Brown because I've read that this has a tendency to turn out pretty dark). The thing is, I'm not sure how to go about dying it. Should I apply it to my roots first and leave it on for the first 5 minutes and then apply to the ends for the last 5, since the roots are lighter? Or should I just apply it all at once and leave it all on for the same amount of time? Should I use a protein filler?
Also, does anyone out there happen to have any experience with this shade? I'm a little nervous about using it since I've read that it applies pretty dark. I do plan on doing a test strand, but as I found out with this last dying experience, those don't always tell you a whole lot.
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