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So I went to the hairdresser yesterday. I actually wanted to go for a slightly dark rose gold color, but ended up with quite a bright shade of pink. Although I don't think the color looks bad, it's a little too far out of my comfort zone. I am kind of out of my hairsalon-spending budget so wonder if there is a way to DIY tone the color more to a rose gold?
(For some reason the pictures kind of spazz their way into the question upside down and all.. but I hope you get a good enough look at the hair to get an idea!)
Thanks in advance (:
This 'honey' colored conditioner may work to add some gold to your hair. It's not permanent, but semi-perm...(and is returnable, if you don't like it.)
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I colored my hair this evening a "dark blond" by Clairol. I usually use Loreal champagne blond-(cool color). The Clairol dye has left a red tint. I need to get it out! Please help.
Call the Clairol number on the box. They have experts who can help you.
I have dark dyed hair and about 4 inches of very light regrowth. What can I use to bleach the dark ends? My hair hasn't been dyed in several months and it's only 2 strips underneath that need bleaching.
My hair is not dry or damaged looking. Any suggestions?Instead of bleaching it, I would use color stripper for hair.
I have been experimenting with the DIY boxed hair colors. I did the 5.29 red Schwarzkopf color and loved it! But I wanted a little more red to show so I went big and got the Splat raspberry red, which I should've known was going to come out crazy red.
But I did it, it required me to bleach before coloring. Now my hair is like super bright, almost hot pink red! How do I tone it like way down to a nice dark red, without having to go to a salon? Please help!
Call the phone number on the box. They have trained people to help you.
Try washing it several times to see if that helps fade it. Also, remember to keep your hair well conditioned. The coloring and such drys it out.
I suggest that you contact a beauty school that teaches cosmetology. Make sure that they teach color, and the combination of chemicals on the hair. The students could learn from your situation and they may not charge you a fee for repairing your hair
Just go to Sally's and get a deposit only, no ammonia Demi permanent hair color and apply for 10-20 minutes. It will cover and there will be no damage .
Buy deposit only color from Sally's beauty supply. It will cover without damage . Takes about 20 minutes. I just went through this with my daughter . One good Demi color brand is Ion.
I have never used dye on my hair but I have used different services at a local vocational beauty college and had very good results.
Check to see if there is one in your area and if so, call and ask if they might be able to help you. Yours seems to be a fairly common problem so I hope they would help you. (I have never consulted a private beauty college.)
Here is some information that might help:
If utilizing a professional color correction expert is not an option, then it may be time to turn to the hair color maker for assistance. Most of the major manufacturers have a toll free consumer help line printed on the box or on the brochure inside.
Most consumer help lines are usually only available during daytime business hours. Be sure to have the box available to answer any questions they may have.
Beauty supplies also sell toner. You can put that on and see if it helps
I recently colored my gray hair with Just For Men and it came out a little too dark. What is the simplest way to now lighten it a little?
By Bob
Try washing your hair with dishwashing detergent such as Dawn. This will make your hair dry, so condition it after.
Most home hair color dye jobs will lighten up after several good washings. If it's a little too dark just shampoo frequently. I've heard it recommended to use Prell or a dandruff shampoo for this.
Sit outside in the sun and you will be beautiful light highlights on the top. People will think you paid big bucks $$$ to get your hair done!
It will wash out in time. Use a harsh shampoo like head and shoulders.
I suspect that frequent shampooing will soften up the color. It does with the colors I use, and I suspect it will with the Just for Men formula as well.
When I want to lift color I use Neutrogena shampoo. It takes off extra hair conditioner etc. so it works good to remove extra color. Just use it once or twice. It is more gentle on the hair so it won't affect the hair texture or make it dry or straw like. A little goes a long way and it will last a long time for you. Good luck. Linda
Use a clarifying shampoo like Paul Mitchell 3 ( you can find it in small sample or travel size bottles at Ulta) It will take some of the color out. Or you can use 20 volume peroxide comb it through your hair and sit in the sun for about 15 to 20 minutes and shampoo it and some of the color out. You can also mix the peroxide with shampoo and let it sit on your hair for 5 or 10 minutes and then shampoo as usual. Make sure you use a good conditioner afterwards. Hope this helps you!
I have recently dyed my hair using Manic Panic fuschia shock, it has come out really, really bright and I'm just wanting to tone it down. I was thinking of using a very diluted semi permanant brown over top. Would this work? Or would it be a disaster?
I recently used an auburn hair dye on my bleach blond hair and it came out a bright orange colour. I want a more brown-orange colour, but I'm afraid that I will completely lose the orange if I use a brunette colour on top of it.
What can I do to achieve the medium auburn colour I desire without going to the salon?So I dyed my hair from a box to what was suppose to be a medium brown color and it turned out dark brown with a reddish tint. I hated it, so I went and bought that Oops stuff that strips hair dye. It stripped it to an orange medium brown color so I went and got a light medium brown hair color to cover it. My hair came out jet black.
I tried many ways to lighten it at home like the Dawn dish soap and things like apple cider vinegar and it faded some, but not as much as I would've liked. I ended up going to the salon and getting what was suppose to be caramel balayge, but came out with like black hair with white streaks so she redid it and it came out closer to what I was wanting. Since then my highlights have faded some and are starting to go back to the super light whitish color that looks weird on top of my dark hair. I want my dark base to fade without making the balayge go super light too. Any suggestions on how to do so?
You might try henna, which is a natural hair dye from India originally detoxinista.com/
It is a more natural and gradual color change
Other than that you can just bleach it out and then start over
What can I do to fix my orange/yellow hair?
By Marge from Brandon, FL
I have done this a few times and the first thing I did was wash my hair in powdered Tide... several times to lighten the color. Not really good on hair but it will help lighten the color somewhat.
I dyed my hair today and it turned out really bright red like Ariel the little mermaid. It is now red from being blonde. How do I darken up the red so it is not so bright?
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.
I just dyed my hair a light caramel brown and it turned out red. My son is getting married next week and it cannot be this color. How can I get it darker?
I mixed garnet and fuchsia hair colors and it came out a bit too fuchsia. I would like to darken it up to achieve a burgundy like color with less fuchsia . Can I put a darker color over my hair to achieve the results I'm looking for?
And if so, what color do you suggest? The left pic is what it turned out like the right pic is what I'm trying to achieve.
I went to the salon about 3 weeks ago to go red. It's not really the shade I want. And my sister absolutely hates it. I'm standing in her wedding, so next week I have an appointment to hopefully fix it. It has faded quite a bit already, which is good.
I'm wondering if I should use a color remover before I see my stylist, or just let her do all the work? I'd like a more natural brownish red, if that's even possible. Thanks :)
So my sister-in-law asked me to dye her hair. I am not a stylist and have only ever dyed my own hair and not that well. I told her this, but she still wanted me to try. She is biracial so has normally dark brown, very curly hair.
She bought burgundy hair dye. She had a lot of white/gray hair mixed in especially at her roots. The gray/white is now Easter egg purple and she can not have unnatural hair for her job. What can we do about the purple hair? The darker hair dyed nicely. Please help! She goes back to work in 2 days!
I had my dark brown hair highlighted about month ago at a salon. I decided it wasn't for me and went to another salon and had it dyed back my natural color.
But now it's too dark. What can I do?My hair is dyed bright orange. I want to tone it down a bit, keep the orange, but just go for a much darker orange, a more burnt orange. The hair is already bright and light. Would I be able to put a darker orange dye over it without bleaching it?
My hair was dark black/brown on top and I had a brownish blonde on my ends for an ombré style, I decided to dye my hair burgundy at home, but now my ends are very bright red. What can I do to fix my ends so they match the top part of my hair?
Please help.
I recently tried to dye my hair a dark auburn color and it just turned out dark with some red. I want to re dye my hair a lighter auburn. I found a home dye that is a hair lightener for dark hair. How long do I have to wait until I can use it?
By Ashley from CA
Things you'll need:
Original blue Dawn dish washing liquid
Step 1: Shampoo your hair with a small amount of Dawn. You will immediately see some of the hair dye being washed down the drain. Repeat if necessary and add a deep conditioner, as using dish washing liquid is a drying method of lightening hair.
Step 2: Mix a bit of Dawn into your regular shampoo. It will fade your hair more gradually than straight Dawn will, but it will be gentler on your hair.
Step 3: Try a clarifying shampoo mixed with some Dawn dish washing liquid. These shampoos are designed to remove styling product build-up from your hair and restore it to a healthy shine. When you mix Dawn into it, you will wash out some of the extra color and get a lightening effect.
Step 4: Saturate your hair with Dawn evenly when you use it to lighten hair that has been dyed too dark. Distribute the dish washing liquid throughout your hair to ensure that it lightens all of your hair evenly. Otherwise, you could get a patchy look to your color.
Step 5: Use Prell shampoo for a similar effect if you don't have any Dawn on hand or cannot find it at the store. Professional colorists even recommend Prell and Dawn to rinse extra color from your hair and lighten it to a more suitable shade.
Step 6: Add baking soda to the Dawn when lightening your hair. The gritty baking soda acts as a scouring agent and scrubs your hair. Be aware that this is very drying and could potentially damage your hair, so go easy.
Wait a day or two after all the shampoo stripping to allow the cuticle layer of the hair shaft to close back down (or even after coloring in the first place) before coloring again otherwise you could end up right back where you started from with too dark of a color. When the cuticle layer is open the inner hair shaft reacts like a sponge. Also, you might want to choose at least one shade lighter (two would be better) than what you're hoping for because it's going to be 'color on/over color'.
My daughter's hair turned a bright sangria color and she has a recital in 2 days how can I lighten it?
Please help!
