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If you do this, make sure to take a clipping from the root to the tip (from the underside of your hair in back) in order to see how your hair will look over all. If you just use a little piece from the ends, you can get a false sense of reality since your hair can grab color differently on various places on your head.
When I do a test strand, I usually foil an entire strand of hair *instead of clipping* to see how the scalp reacts as well. I choose one that is easily reached *right in front*. If it looks bad, all I've got is a single streak that can be easily done over in a day or two.
All you really need to foil a test strand is a piece of aluminum foil from the kitchen
she is now multi-colored..so a test strand in one spot will not show her how the finished product will look...It might tell her how her scalp will react...But a test strand by her nape will not reflect how the color will look on her sides,,,where it is purple.
She needs to go to a pro to get a real color fix done.
I went from a dyed black to blond
When blonding, hair could only go to the orange stage...so I put a blond toner on that....yikes Went to an unpresentable orange....
Sooo, I thought by then coloring it to black, this would be a quick fix...
Now, I have a greenish yellow tint to hair, and in front of face at the side burns, it went to a purpleish color........
How do I correct this problem ?? Very Upsetting !!!!!!! GRRRRRRRR
ha ha ha ...I'm sorry, but this is so funny, you just made my day...
she is now multi-colored..so a test strand in one spot will not show her how the finished product will look...It might tell her how her scalp will react...But a test strand by her nape will not reflect how the color will look on her sides,,,where it is purple.
She needs to go to a pro to get a real color fix done.
The test strand remark was directed to the person who was worried about how lightening her dark brown hair to a light brown hair would turn out. It was not directed at the original poster with the green-yellow and purple nightmare.
For the original poster, getting it professionally fixed is one of the only ways to go. For messing up this badly, there's an obvious mix of different bases - so different fillers will have to be used. Again, those capable of doing it themselves *correctly* are few and far between outside of salons.
Though, for somebody without much money to burn on correction, as it can be extremely costly - there's always beauty schools and somebody there *under guidance of a professional* who needs to learn or become more fluid in the art of color correction.
The test strand remark was directed to the person who was worried about how lightening her dark brown hair to a light brown hair would turn out. It was not directed at the original poster with the green-yellow and purple nightmare.
For the original poster, getting it professionally fixed is one of the only ways to go. For messing up this badly, there's an obvious mix of different bases - so different fillers will have to be used. Again, those capable of doing it themselves *correctly* are few and far between outside of salons.
Though, for somebody without much money to burn on correction, as it can be extremely costly - there's always beauty schools and somebody there *under guidance of a professional* who needs to learn or become more fluid in the art of color correction.
OH...I'm sorry. I thought you were refering to the OP doing a test strand...I agree with you..definitly time to hit a salon for repair...or a beauty school with much guidance from an instructor there!
I used that Color Oops! stuff.. It actually worked but my hair smelled like fart for a few days.. And then once in a while it had the fart-smell for like 2 months lol.
If you have dark brown hair, and you wanted to die it a lighter shade of brown before going blonde, could you do that on your own or is that a bad idea also. I was wondering cuz I already have blonde hi-lights in my hair so I didnt know if this would effect me dying it a lighter shade of brown before blonde.
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Went to an unpresentable orange....
Very Upsetting !!!!!!! GRRRRRRRR
