I was light blond and colored my hair now it is greyish green?

Question

A few years ago I had dark auburn hair but I thought I wanted to be blond. I went to a stylist and got it done and it looked really good. Yesterday I decided I was tired of being blond so I went to Walmart and got a dark blonde color which I thought would be a start to getting my hair back to my natural color. Wrong!!!!! Now my hair is a grayish green color and it is below my shoulders. I don't know if I should try to redo it myself or spend a fortune and go back to my stylist. I need help!

Answer 1

You chose a shade that had too much ash-tone in it. When going from a light blonde to a darker colour, you need to choose a shade that has some red in it, even if that is not the colour you want to end up having. Otherwise, as you found out, the ashy tone (grey, green) really 'grabs' to the lighter hair.
Going to your stylist is probably the best way to fix it, but if you want to save money--- buy a home colour kit, this time making sure it is a reddish-brownish colour. You will have to go darker, for now, in order to cover up the grey/green.
After you have the reddish brown for a few weeks, you can gradually lighten to the darker blonde you originally wanted. Every 2 weeks or so, use another colour to lighten it a bit.
If you want it fixed quicker, you'll have to fork out to a salon...

Answer 2

It sounds like you used an "ash" color! My hair can't take that either. First of all, wash your hair with dishsoap liquid. NOT the dishwasher kind, just the "sink" kind. This will strip alot of the green out of there. Do this a couple of times. Make sure to use a conditioner, cause your hair will need it at this point. Go back to Walmart and get a color with NO Ash in the name of it and stay away from it from now on. Try to get a Champagne Blonde, it will be a shade darker, but pretty, to cover up what green you have, (You can also call the 800 HELP number on the box of color, if they're open on the weekends)...Good Luck, we've all been there!

Answer 3

I've done the same thing. You must have used a blonde with ash. I went to the stylist and they did a quick "bleach wash" where they literally dunked my head in a bleach/water solution for no more then 10-15 seconds. It removed the green and my hair was ready to be dyed again. A lot cheaper then paying the stylist to "fix" and re-dye your again. They also told me the next time I would like to use an ash color I would need to mix it with another color which uses red undertones in order to neutralize the green effect. Good luck.

Answer 4

My daughter did something similar....we used a color remover and it took that greenish grey color right out....

The problem is that haircolors have different base tones.... and if they are mixed.....well, you can get one of those unpleasant surprises.

Go to a beauty supply store that is open to the public and get some advice and a quality product. If you really want to try and fix this your self, WalMart is not the place to go.

Best of luck to you..

Answer 5

I would advise greys, silver greys and smokey neutral greens. Also purple sounds like a nice idea, but not too lilac. Please stay away from pink eyeshadow, I mean, I find it pointless and risky. I've never seen it look good on anyone... The best you can get with pink eyeshadow is probably that it is invisible.

Answer 6

Go to the stylist! Quick! Don't do anymore damage to your hair.

Answer 7

You better go back to your stylist before it turns purple or you lose it altogether.

Answer 8

oh my gosh! its because of the sun! Sun+HairColor= NOT GOOD!
Just run to the hairdressers and get the color u want, because she has special colorants that will not damage the hair!

Answer 9

if you have blonde hair this will naturally get bleached by the actual sun in the summer. There has been this guy in my class who also had golden blonde hair that has been a medium brown near the base. When he came back to university after summer vacation, it was nearly platinum blonde!

Answer 10

poor gal,go to a stylist