tigress86
May 22nd, 2015, 02:09 AM
Lately I've been frustrated with my hair color. I tried to grow out my natural color, but failed at three months and dyed my hair with demi-permanent about a month ago. The dye has faded a bit by now and I have kind of a three-tone thing going on that I don't like.
The roots are my natural color covered with a demi that has faded quite a bit, so it's quite similar to my natural color, only a bit darker.
Then comes the part that has been previously dyed with permanent + demi, that for some reason has faded to a much warmer shade, it is brassy in some lights, although it doesn't show in this picture, but it does flare orange in most lights and I hate that!
The ends have been bleached in the past and that's why the ends are darkest, they are very porous and have absorbed all the dye.
I would like my hair to be all one tone, if not the same lightness, without going darker. I would like to go lighter and cooler, towards my natural color, amd eventually grow ot out. The brassiness in the middle of those lengths is what annoys me the most. I tried vitamin C paste and it made the lenghts and ends slightly lighter, but even more brassier. I have tried purple shampoo, which didn't really help at all, and a deposit only cool brown color, which washed out so fast, it would be expensive and time-consuming to keep up with that.
My ends are damaged and I do not want any colorant on them that has peroxide. Even the vitamin C paste made my ends feel awful for a while so I'm guessing anything that opens a cuticle is a no-no. I have two options in mind: to buy a dark blue toner and somehow get it only on that brassy part on the lengths. That would require upkeep and if anything goes wrong, I might end up with blue hair. The second options is to get a permanent ash dye and try very carefully to only apply it to my roots and lengths, avoiding the formerly bleached, damaged ends. Which option sounds better to you guys? Any other suggestions?
http://i62.tinypic.com/9kase8.jpg
The roots are my natural color covered with a demi that has faded quite a bit, so it's quite similar to my natural color, only a bit darker.
Then comes the part that has been previously dyed with permanent + demi, that for some reason has faded to a much warmer shade, it is brassy in some lights, although it doesn't show in this picture, but it does flare orange in most lights and I hate that!
The ends have been bleached in the past and that's why the ends are darkest, they are very porous and have absorbed all the dye.
I would like my hair to be all one tone, if not the same lightness, without going darker. I would like to go lighter and cooler, towards my natural color, amd eventually grow ot out. The brassiness in the middle of those lengths is what annoys me the most. I tried vitamin C paste and it made the lenghts and ends slightly lighter, but even more brassier. I have tried purple shampoo, which didn't really help at all, and a deposit only cool brown color, which washed out so fast, it would be expensive and time-consuming to keep up with that.
My ends are damaged and I do not want any colorant on them that has peroxide. Even the vitamin C paste made my ends feel awful for a while so I'm guessing anything that opens a cuticle is a no-no. I have two options in mind: to buy a dark blue toner and somehow get it only on that brassy part on the lengths. That would require upkeep and if anything goes wrong, I might end up with blue hair. The second options is to get a permanent ash dye and try very carefully to only apply it to my roots and lengths, avoiding the formerly bleached, damaged ends. Which option sounds better to you guys? Any other suggestions?
http://i62.tinypic.com/9kase8.jpg