dainaleeo2
April 30th, 2012, 08:59 PM
Hey everyone.
I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of how to get rid of ends that are slightly darker than root color & mid-shaft color.
I had cut all of my hair off (which had been shoulder length but in serious need of a total makeover), & when I had my stylist 'attempt' to pull my very light blonde color back to something akin to my natural color (dark, ash-neutral blonde) with a semi-permanent dye...it turned out rather gingery. It was much more gold/red than I would have liked.
So, I took to it myself with another semi (Ion from Sally's if anyone is familiar), & the result, as I expected, was veryyyy dark. But, that was back in January. I hadn't touched it since, letting it fade naturally, & it is somewhat back to where it had been prior.
However, when I had attempted to use a drugstore kit to lighten/tone it a bit (medium neutral blonde, Nice 'n Easy), it really worked mostly on the roots & hardly on the ends. The ends are not that much more noticeable, it's not a stark contrast, just...enough for me to be upset. The roots are perhaps a half a shade lighter so overall you couldn't tell.
But! I want it to be uniform :p As much as can be. I want my natural color to grow out since apparently it is impossible to dye back to, but...the brassy, overwhelming amount of gold looks awful against my ashy natural color. For the record, I have skin that does tend to look better with cool hair colors, despite that I think it's more neutral. Gold is just something that looks AWFUL on me.
I have tried the honey lightening 3 times, & though it has worked to lighten a bit, I don't know if it is doing anything with the gold. If anything I'm worried I will pull -more- gold.
Does anyone have any advice? I am getting a trim soon, so I know that will help take care of the ends a bit, but...it won't get rid of the gold overall. I use purple shampoo at times, but that doesn't help. I used the red-gold corrector from Sally's in my conditioner, but that also didn't do much. I am at my wits end :( Darn gold!!
Here are some reference pictures, the best I could find anyway.
What my hair color looks like (though much lighter...but same amount of gold) :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/tHeo2BiZ/brassyhair.jpg
something that I would like to have, which is more closer to my natural:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/tHeo2BiZ/anna-backstage-at-thakoon6a.jpg
( Sorry the pictures are a bit big...I can never get the sizing right when I am shrinking them down in the post XD )
I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of how to get rid of ends that are slightly darker than root color & mid-shaft color.
I had cut all of my hair off (which had been shoulder length but in serious need of a total makeover), & when I had my stylist 'attempt' to pull my very light blonde color back to something akin to my natural color (dark, ash-neutral blonde) with a semi-permanent dye...it turned out rather gingery. It was much more gold/red than I would have liked.
So, I took to it myself with another semi (Ion from Sally's if anyone is familiar), & the result, as I expected, was veryyyy dark. But, that was back in January. I hadn't touched it since, letting it fade naturally, & it is somewhat back to where it had been prior.
However, when I had attempted to use a drugstore kit to lighten/tone it a bit (medium neutral blonde, Nice 'n Easy), it really worked mostly on the roots & hardly on the ends. The ends are not that much more noticeable, it's not a stark contrast, just...enough for me to be upset. The roots are perhaps a half a shade lighter so overall you couldn't tell.
But! I want it to be uniform :p As much as can be. I want my natural color to grow out since apparently it is impossible to dye back to, but...the brassy, overwhelming amount of gold looks awful against my ashy natural color. For the record, I have skin that does tend to look better with cool hair colors, despite that I think it's more neutral. Gold is just something that looks AWFUL on me.
I have tried the honey lightening 3 times, & though it has worked to lighten a bit, I don't know if it is doing anything with the gold. If anything I'm worried I will pull -more- gold.
Does anyone have any advice? I am getting a trim soon, so I know that will help take care of the ends a bit, but...it won't get rid of the gold overall. I use purple shampoo at times, but that doesn't help. I used the red-gold corrector from Sally's in my conditioner, but that also didn't do much. I am at my wits end :( Darn gold!!
Here are some reference pictures, the best I could find anyway.
What my hair color looks like (though much lighter...but same amount of gold) :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/tHeo2BiZ/brassyhair.jpg
something that I would like to have, which is more closer to my natural:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/tHeo2BiZ/anna-backstage-at-thakoon6a.jpg
( Sorry the pictures are a bit big...I can never get the sizing right when I am shrinking them down in the post XD )