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About 2 months ago a salon did a semi-permanent coloring with a few highlights over my previously highlighted hair. I wanted to keep the dark golden blonde color but it turned reddish. Now, to save money, I want to color my hair at home--do I have to wait for it to completely grow out? What coloring products are okay to use on treated hair? Want to cover grey hair.
What is your natural hair color and how much gray do you have? Semi-permanent doesn't last as long as permanent and it covers the gray much better. To stay away from reddish tones go for neutral colors or ones that have an N with the number. Dark golden blond would be a 6 or 7 level and would say G for golden or NG for neutral golden or even W for warm. I would go to Sally's if you have one near you where you have more choice of hair color and can buy the tubes and peroxide separately.
Warm tones will have red undertones. If you want to stay away from red...go with a neutral base color. Level 8 N or 8 G ( would go with N). Since your hair is highlighted under all of this, it will pull color quickly. If you do a 6, you will be dark. Since you are going to be depositing color (going darker) use a mild developer.
What is your natural hair color and how much gray do you have? Semi-permanent doesn't last as long as permanent and it covers the gray much better. To stay away from reddish tones go for neutral colors or ones that have an N with the number. Dark golden blond would be a 6 or 7 level and would say G for golden or NG for neutral golden or even W for warm. I would go to Sally's if you have one near you where you have more choice of hair color and can buy the tubes and peroxide separately.
My natural color is light golden brown with about 15% grey. Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, there's a Sally's where we shop. When I phoned Clairol they told me I had to first let my hair grow completely out but I don't want to wait that long!
Warm tones will have red undertones. If you want to stay away from red...go with a neutral base color. Level 8 N or 8 G ( would go with N). Since your hair is highlighted under all of this, it will pull color quickly. If you do a 6, you will be dark. Since you are going to be depositing color (going darker) use a mild developer.
Thank you. Wonder if the gal at the salon did NOT use a neutral base because I warned her that my hair pulls red. It was a pretty, strawberry blond so I was able to live with the color but asked her and manager if they could next time get my hair back to a golden color without red and they told me they could not! (what????). Only salon within 2 hours drive :-(
It may or may not work. Its a nice shampoo either way though.
I would ask at sally's about putting a semi perm dye over it for now to blend in your dye line while it grows. Whenever I did color overhauls I listed all the products I used and then asked and researched what could be used over them. Then I did still chop out a test lock to make sure it would not melt or turn a funny color.
Purple shampoo will not remove red. The only color that will cancel red is green/ash.
I would go with a semi perm color. It is more gentle and you can do it in a neutral color. Downfall is it fades and needs retouched more often. But it will definitly leave your hair in better condition. So if you go to Sally's,,,go with the semi perm. You don't need all the developer/peroxide because you are depositing color...not lifting (going lighter).. They also have little ampules you can add to your color for grey coverage. I would suggest putting one of those into your color as well.
The purple cancels out the yellow tones(brass) of it and makes it look more brown than red. Most hair never has a true plain red. But more a combo of yellow and red which makes it look strawberry/orange/brassy.
Underlying pigment is a reddish/orange color. In lighter hair it is not so concentrated and will appear yellow/orange, but the darker the hair is, the more red the effect since it contains greater concentrations of the underlying pigment. Violet shampoo will tone yellow brassiness in blonde shades but it cannot cancel the stronger orange/red shades that occur in darker hair colors, you need blue to cancel orange and green to cancel red. Formulating those shades is pretty tricky and I am not aware of any blue or green shampoos out there for this purpose.
I am in a similar boat as the OP with my very ashy light brown hair. Even the gentlest amounts of lift reveal strong red/orange tones, and no matter how ashy the formula is, it can't counter it and there is always too warm a result. I finally tired of this and stopped using any lift at all. Now I use a semi-permanent by Clairol called Radiance, in a golden blonde shade. It makes my greys look like blondes and blends them into the rest of my hair. Obviously this approach won't work forever as the greys become more numerous but for now it works great. It's also nice because it doesn't change my hair's natural texture.
The purple cancels out the yellow tones(brass) of it and makes it look more brown than red. Most hair never has a true plain red. But more a combo of yellow and red which makes it look strawberry/orange/brassy.
Sorry...
BLUING shampoo (what you keep calling purple shampoo) cancels out yellow/brass. Red untertones and brassiness are not corrected the same way. Bluing shampoo is a temporary fix for brassy undertones on blondes/grey/silver hair.
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