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My natural hair was a medium to dark brown, with red tones when I was in the sunshine. I always liked my color. I started getting gray in the front in my late 20s. So have been dying my hair for a long time, I am 60. I have never been happy with the color I got in salons. They either make it too dark, which looked terrible or did highlights and i ended up with it fading brassy red. So I colored it with natural instinct Medium ash brown for years but it would fade red, not too bad. I got tired of dying it, so 2 years ago I decided to let it grow out natural. (Most people guess my age young than I am) most everyone told me to dye it again, especially my Daughter then 27. I didn't like it either, it did make me look old. The front was very gray, the back was salt and pepper, mostly pepper, black. So I went to a solon the lady there came highly recommended. I told her I didn't want it too dark, because my hair grows really fast, roots show in 2 1/2 to 3 weeks. I also told her I didn't want red, because red is orange in my hair. I don't know what it was called that she used. She said it would color and highlight, she thought it was beautiful, that's what they all say when it turns out wrong. The front was too light and still looked grey to me, just a bit darker. The back looked brassy. After the roots got too long and I had to do something. A friend suggested I use Perfect 10. I did, it wasn't too bad, I used the light ash brown. The back faded to brassy a little after a while. Now I can't even find the Perfect 10 in light ash brown. I tried about 10 stores. Now I have to do something right away, I have a Wedding on Saturday. I'm not near any beauty supply stores. Don't want to go to another hair Solon and pay a lot and be really unhappy. So I'm thinking of using a permanent light ash brown. I bought Clairol nice'neasy Color blend, it says it layers rich tones and contouring highlights in one simple step. Says it completely covers gray. And I bought L'oreal Superior Preference, fad-defying color system. It says it's a light mocha brown shade with ash tones, which will minimize red/orange tones. Says it covers gray. There it is. What do you say. I need to know right away. Thank you for your time.

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Alright, so my hair is dyed dark brown but I bleached it to go blonde to put purple in. The bleaching went great! However, when I rinsed out the purple it turned out being a grey ish purple. What do I do? I want it to be like VIBRANT purple

hi, my name is candace i have a pretty big story behind my hair. Im a natural blonde when i was 14 i wanted to dye my hair another color i ended up dying it black, then i died it purple then i wanted blonde again so i got my hair done professionally for bleaching once my hair was done i dyed it again a few months later i dyed it pink i started doing bleaches myself to save money, then one day i had all different colored hair some parts really dark some parts light colors, so i made another appointment at the solon to go back blonde once again, most of my hair fell out that day when i was getting my bleaching. I was devastated. I dyed my hair all black after that because having bleach blonde hair wasn't looking very good at all with the style i had to do my hair since i didn't have much left. Its been two years since then and I've only dyed my hair if it really needs it or to touch up the black, but today i was soo sick of black i needed something different and after two years of waiting i did it, I'm trying to go red so i got the color and a bottle of bleach my problem now is that i put the bleach in my hair and my roots are white and the rest of my hair is kind of a reddish orange color so when i put on the color for my hair my roots will be bright red while the rest of my hair is a dark red is there anything i can do to make my head one color i'll feel so embarrassed walking around with my hair the way i know it will turn out later lol. Ahh sorry for the really long message but I'm in need of your help, thank you!!!

Hello i had brown coloured hair n I have high lights today which look horrible n all different shades of blond, yellow n orange. Please can you tell me if I can dye my hair n how as I now do not have the money to go go hair dressers again. Thanks so much for your help x

hello,i have naturally dark brown hair! i wanted a medium/dark blonde colour which the hairdresser did! but for some reason the colour washed out to gigner after a number of weeks! so i dyed over it myself a lighter blonde but it was still gignerish! so i went to another hairdresser who then made me more ginger and so i dyed over that which made it just go a light reddy colour... i dont know what to do.. all i want is an ashy colour of medium blonde. no ginger tone. can you help me? thankyou :)

Hello, I put a blonde hair colour into my brown hair yesterday and as a result my roots are a strawberry blonde colour but the rest of my hair stayed brown. I have to remedy this because I cant walk around with two tone hair and I cannot afford to go to a salon. What can I do to fix my roots. I am afraid if I get a brown hair colour that the roots will still be a different colour to the rest. What am I going to do ! I need your help !!

I have long, thick, curly and frizzy hair....it grows fast and all my roots are coming in grey....right now the bottom of my hair is close to black (which I do not want that dark) and top is different shades of reds and browns. I color my hair on my own and would like to have reddish brown hair with lighter highlights....and not have my grey roots so brassy, can you help me on what colors I should use...Thank you...Michelle

i had blonde highlights weaved through my hair and she said she used an ash color, my hair was pritty dark before and now the blonde looks a little green an in some parts orange. why did this happen and how can i fix it

Hope you can help, i just had my hair done at a salon, my base color is a medium brown, i wanted a golden or dark blonde highlight, she put a caramel color highlight and it looks red, how can i get the golden highlights

Okay I had dark brown hair I want it blonde well ive tried alot of different stuff. Its like orangeish red at the top its blonde hoe can I get all of my hair blonde??

i have had my hair bleached but it has gone a horrible colour. I want to turn it back dark brown. How do I do this without it turning green as I have heard horror stories this can happen. Someone told me to dye it a red colour first then put dark brown on after..is this true??

Looking for advice I get married in 4 weeks I usually get full head foils with two colours. My hair dresser gave me a full head colour. I now hate my hair and feel like a light bulb. How long will it take for roots to grow to get foils again?

Can u go blonde straight away when u are medium brown

Hi,
I have a question...My hairdresser recently left her position at the salon. I really liked how she colored and cut it. She is going to people's homes and doing their hair. I don't have the place for her to come and her home is real busy right now. What are some options that we can look for while she is looking for a more permanent space?
Thank you. Appreciate your feedback.

Hi! I'm naturally a mousy brown but I've been colouring my hair with box dyes for years, two weeks ago I used a colour remover to take my hair from a bright red to a light brown. I'm wanting to go blonde with honey highlights will this be achievable? And will the salon need to bleach my hair first? I'm concerned about damaging my hair as I've just got it back into a good condition from all the red dyes I've used. Thanks!

Hi! About a week ago i dyed my hair for the first time in years from light brown to a light natural sun blonde and it turned out really blonde on the top roots and everywhere else is kind of orangy and brassy. I have tried the sallys shampoo to help get rid of the yellow but i dont notice a difference. I really want a natural blonde color but dont know if it would be just easier get it to a dark or medium blonde? Im not sure how to go about it, any help and advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Hello There.... 1 week ago I dyed my dark brown hair, a red violet color. Still looks dark but in sun you can def see the red. I would like to go more "redder" by going to a 6RR, what are your thoughts??? Good idea??? Thanks

Can I tone my blonde hair with red highlights in it? I have a family friend that tried to bleach my hair which is a dark ash blonde and put red highlights in it but the blonde turned out yellow.

Hey there,
A couple days ago I dyed my hair blonder. I had quite a bit of regrowth that was quite dark.
The blonde is fine apart from where my regrowth was. Its gingery, I was wondering if you had any idea of how to make it all the same colour and get rid of the ginger colour on my roots.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
Kelsey.

Hi I have black hair, and I tried lightening it to light brown with loreal ash brown fade dye. And it only lightened my roots to a really light orange. The rest of my hair stayed black.. I need help. What can I do to get it light brown??

I blonded my hair with nordic blonde from a box, and sure did go that but it is way to white I want to tone it down to a light brown what can I do . I cannot afford a salon hairdresser here in Australia it would cost me a fortune. please can you help me. I am 55 yrs old and went lighter than normal to cover the grey hairs.

I have light brown hair with natural blonde highlights , I have bleached tips and bleached underneath maybe about an inch , inch and a half . I want my hair to be all one color like an auburn red . What dye should I use or what should I do help

I have a client with faded red ends (level 6) and 2 inches regrowth (level 7) wanting an all over even brighter red.
We have decided on matrix 6RR, would I be ok to apply this straight all over with 20 vol? Or would I need to apply different to her roots than to her mid lengths and ends to ensure it all blends and gives an even result? I don't want her roots to come out more vibrant than the ends!
Thank you :)

Please....help! I have not gotten blonde highlights how I like them , the past 3 or 4 times! They are too thin, and they are not blonde enough and blend and get lost in my dark blonde hair! I explain, I bring pics, and no one gets it. The one time someone do it exactly how I wanted, she could never do it again. What can I do ? Very frustrated because I am a single parent, I don't have a lot of money and I go twice a year for highlights so when they come out lik ethey did now, it's very frustrating.

Hi.
my natural hair color is dark brown I have dyed my hair light golden brown and it turned like a redish color.Do you know why ? I was also thinking about coloring it light carmel brown will it look wrong?

My natural color is dark blonde. I dye it with Loreal LB02, the lightest warm blonde. It is a beautiful bright almost platinum color. My problem is my roots. I have to dye them twice to get them to lift to the correct color. Can I just leave the dye on my roots longer or do you have another suggestion? Thanks!

I tried to do my own highlights and my hair came out orange yellow and red what am I supposed to do now ?

Hi! I got my hair done yesterday , I was brassy blonde all over, I hate the brassy orange look, I told my hair dresser I want to start growing my hair out, so we did a balayage look, but to cancel out the orange she put a ashy purple in my hair, whicH is fine a bit purple, but she said it will fade but not fade to an orange red colour, which I hate, but I'm just wondering what colour will it fade to then.? Like a brown? It's quite a dark ash purple ATM , I haven't washed it yet.
Thx heaps