What exactly is a "one color process" from a beauty salon? Will it cover highlights?

Question

The salon I called said I need a "one color process" to cover my highlights and dye my hair back to my original color mostly permanently. Is that right? I'm paying more to go to this particular salon because I feel like they could do a good job, but if a one color process is just dying over my highlights then I could go to another less expensive salon and save $50. What do you think?

Answer 1

i see a problem already.
you called. good girl.
they can't tell what you need untill the stylist sees what she's dealing with.
how long are the roots of your hair? what %age of it is hilited? how light?
if there is a big difference in natural and hilited colors a filler might be needed for the hilites. the hilited part will still fade some, so you might need to do it more often.
if the hilites were done lightly (10% or less), even if the color difference is great, a one process color is perfect because the color will naturally fade from the hilites (always) and will look natural.

if there is a salon that uses FRAMESI color, go there. it will be more expensive, but the color lasts so much longer than any other i've tried and the stylist/colorist has had lots of training. (framesi makes sure of it!)

Answer 2

It's pretty much your basic hair coloring. A two step process is the flat hair coloring, then the highlights added overtop. You already have hightlights that they plan to cover with flat dye. You can also get the same thing from a $10 box of hair dye.