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[Priscilla]

I have medium blonde hair - with some gray and have never colored my hair-- it looks really dingy right now so I wanted to brighten it up-- used a blonde honey color and am so sad about the redish look i now have---- anyone have a solution to help get rid of permanemt color???? Thanks

 

[ldo]

i have a lot of red tones in my hair naturally. I use ash blonde and it looks great ( and have used it for 20 years). The ash cuts the red. All of the honey blonde type of colors would make my hair look orangish. You will need to either let the other stay for about 4 weeks, or go to a professional hair sylist for help--personally, would just wait 4 weeks and then redo.

 

[Priscilla]

any suggestions except wait?

 

[singnring]

Check your box for a 1-800 help line.

I know Clairol has it - not sure of other brands.

They have "experts" to help with this type of question.

HTH!! Good luck!

 

[NHMom4]

People will describe ash (cool tones) as dingy. To brighten you would need to lighten or use a warm color. Warms will give you a redish tone due to the fact they are warm. If you put an ash over it you could turn a muddy greenish color espically neer your roots where you have new growth. My suggestion would be to not do it anymore and next time go somewhere and have it highlighted to brighten it up and blend the grey.

 

[Shelby5514]

The only way is to recolor it. I have dirty dishwater blonde hair, and ash blond goes green on me so I use a golden blonde.

I have colored my hair twice in a row when the color wasn't just right. I figure if I went to a salon they'd do it, so why shouldn't I?

(Heck, in high school I colored my best friends hair 5 times in one night. He wasn't happy with the color so we kept going until he was.)

Good Luck!

 

[branv]

People will describe ash (cool tones) as dingy. To brighten you would need to lighten or use a warm color. Warms will give you a redish tone due to the fact they are warm. If you put an ash over it you could turn a muddy greenish color espically neer your roots where you have new growth.

Ditto -- golden colors always go quite red on me, which would look okay at first but turn brassy. I read to go with Ash to take out the reds, but as stated above my hair instead took on that drab greenish hue. My stylist is a very nice lady who understands I can't afford to color my hair at a salon, so when she saw what that color had done to my hair, she suggested I go with beige blonde color. That did the trick.

Wish I could help on advice as to the coloring too soon issue. I would do a Google search. Certain I've seen some suggestions for this (from reputable sites with professional advice...BB's are helpful, but reader beware, KWIM?)

 

[LizabethSwan]

Ditto -- golden colors always go quite red on me, which would look okay at first but turn brassy. I read to go with Ash to take out the reds, but as stated above my hair instead took on that drab greenish hue. My stylist is a very nice lady who understands I can't afford to color my hair at a salon, so when she saw what that color had done to my hair, she suggested I go with beige blonde color. That did the trick.

I have this same problem. Could you tell me what brand/color that you use? Thanks.

 

[branv]

I have this same problem. Could you tell me what brand/color that you use? Thanks.

I used L'Oreal Excellence Medium Beige Blonde.

Edited to add, they also have a slightly darker "Beige Blonde" (7 1/2BB), and an even darker Dark Beige Blonde (8BB)

 

[LizabethSwan]

I used L'Oreal Excellence Medium Beige Blonde.

Edited to add, they also have a slightly darker "Beige Blonde" (7 1/2BB), and an even darker Dark Beige Blonde (8BB)

Thanks!