Did colorfix, recolored, now what?
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Topic: Did colorfix, recolored, now what?
Posted By: asinnamon
Subject: Did colorfix, recolored, now what?
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 7:58pm
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The color fix took me to a light orange/copper and yellow at my roots. Then I did a neutral protien filler and recolored using Ion Liquid #5G w/ 20v developer. I left it on for 30 minutes thinking that would be plenty. Well, my hair is really light. I was expecting to get a color darker then the #5, but I'm at a dark blonde right now. So, should I color again w/ the same color? Or use a darker shade? 10v developer or 20v? I'm heading out in the morning, any advice would be greatly appreicated!! TIA!
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: April 19 2007 at 7:11am
In my experience, after one colorfixes to orange or yellow, its best to use one shade darker than you want to end up with if you're going for the dark blonde/light brown range, because it tends to come out lighter. (Not true if you were going dark brown, then you would use a few shades lighter because it would be too likely to come out black. Color is a tricky business.).
Since you only want to add pigment, I would only use 10 volume developer, 20 is more lightening and more damaging than you need at this point.
I don't know what shade your hair is exactly right now, and I'm not familiar with the shade you used, I assume its a level 5 with a green base from that title, but I could be wrong. You may not want to use a green base if you've already countered all the orange in your hair, or it may come out greeny (especially the parts that were yellow before). If you just want to go darker, and your hair is a nice shade (not too ash, not too orange), maybe a neutral base would be your best bet. At this point, I'd probably just choose the shade you want, or only 1 shade darker, don't go too dark since you've already darkened it some. Otherwise, if your hair is still orangy or some other shade that's not what you want, you need to counter whatever color it is with the base of what you put on using the color wheel.
Whatever you do, TEST STRAND. I can't see it, so I certainly can't tell you what's going to happen. Test stranding is the best way to avoid any problems.
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Posted By: asinnamon
Date Posted: April 19 2007 at 8:22am
Thanks for replying!! I went back to Sallys yesterday and they recommended a #4N and only leave it on for about 10 minutes or so. So, I'll be crossing my fingers today.....
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Posted By: asinnamon
Date Posted: April 19 2007 at 9:22am
Thank goodness!! It came out lovely.
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: April 19 2007 at 12:15pm
Congratulations! Its always nice to hear when it works out!
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