I am naturally a dark blonde/mousey colour which I've never been happy with. I've been dyeing it a natural ginger/auburn colour for about a year now, which I love.
I recently made the mistake of choosing a dark aurburn permanent hair dye for a change and it was far too dark for me, almost brown. Therefore a week later I thought I would put a red semi-permanent on to brighten it up. That was a big mistake! It was so bright it was almost pink!
It's been 2 weeks now and I've washed it a lot more than usual, including the washing up liquid in your shampoo technique, the tips have faded back to a ginger colour which is fine. But my top half of my head is still red!
How do I get it out without wrecking my hair? I don't know if it's too soon to put my normal ginger permanent one back on?
Help.
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I'd keep going with washing it with a clarifying shampoo. You could strip it and start from new but I'd be worried about damage.
I would go to a beauty school and have one of the students fix it. He or she will be properly supervised, and the cost will be reasonable.
I think you might consider various home remedies starting with Baking Soda which is something designed to strip hair of undesired colour www.stylecraze.com/
there's a whole crew of people who have given up on traditional/conventional shampoos and hair products and believe instead in going 'no poo' (no shampoo) and amongst these ppl baking soda is much promoted. They all have many cleansing hair ideas as well www.nopoomethod.com/
here's a useful infographic too from instagram i.pinimg.com/
basically if you are going to redye, go for something with an ash-base that will counteract the redness
Be kind to your hair and don't overwork or fuss with it. There are tons of kitchen recipes that are inexpensive for gentle conditioners until it is safe to re-dye. www.stylecraze.com/
The banana one was my youth go to!
When I have had hair kerfluffles, I used the time to find creative ways to hide what I hated until it was a good time (or safe) to fix. You may end up enjoying the bad results after all when people compliment you on the new do!!
Good luck!!
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