I messed my hair up and a salon is not the answer I cant afford it so I have to do it myself can you help?

Question

* ok my hair is medium brown
* I accidently died it a deep burgandy looks almost purple
* my goal was light red or at least medium red
* do you know a good brand and color for me or how I can fix this

Answer 1

I would try to go darker and a more natural colour - like brown. Might not be what you were looking for but it might help it seem more natural and fix it until you can save to have it done professionally

Answer 2

Some auburn or red shades have red and purple in the base and the hair will look kind of purple. I think what you wanted was more of a natural medium red ,you need to make sure the color you get has gold and red in the base. Hopefully the color you have now will fade,you can help it fade by using dish detergent and a good conditioner. I'm not going to recommend stripping the color out because that is very damaging and I think the color you have now will fade out enough to recolor later. Don't try to rush into recoloring,you will have better results if you wait until the color fades allot.

Answer 3

I work at Sally Beauty.
I have people ask me this same kind of question everyday! Yesterday a blondie died her hair a blue gray, but she wanted a dark ash brown, she didn't know about a little something called repigmenting...
If you want to do it yourself it is a risk! Coloring takes knowledge of formulation there are so many different factors involved.
I give my strong opinion to either go to a school where it is going to be just as expensive as trying to fix it yourself, or suck up the money somehow and go pro. We don't go to school so long and learn the same stuff you read on the box!
If not, then my bit of advice is try to just neutralize it a let it fade without the extremely damaging measures you'll want to pursue. Tone it with a color exactly opposite on the color spectrum. Green tones red, Yellow(gold) tones blue.
If you try to redo the color, from my experience I give you a 10% chance of making it work. That means you'd likely save money (and pain) to go to someone else.
AT LEAST go to a school sit in the chair explain what happened, ask what they plan to do to fix it in as much detail as you need, ask how much it will be and then politely tell them you thought you had the money, but will have to forego. Then leave, and try at home to do what they said.
I would need to check out your hair myself to make a better recommendation. Any good stylist would tell you the same.
Please do not bleach bath, and if you want to fade it use clarifying shampoo like the kind that removes chlorine, i.e. Paul Mitchell shampoo three. That will fade it as fast as dish soap, but won't damage it cause its made for hair and specifically for stripping chemical minerals buildups, etc...
Please don't try to put more color on unless it is to tone. Let it fade some first. Red tones fade faster than any other color, even in permanent color lines. The purplie tones will fade quickly as well.
For what is worth you've got my opinion, so all it comes down to now is just don't try anything you couldn't live with and you should be ok.
Good luck.

P.S. As a stylist in training not even I do my own hair. I ALWAYS suck up the bucks to do it right from a professional I trust and I could get it done completely free anytime I want. Does that make my opinion hold a little more ground?

Answer 4

Cocktail shampoo. Mix up hair bleach and add shampoo to it. Wet your hair and wash it, do not scrub the scalp. Being fresh color, alot of it will come out quickly. Leave it on for a few minutes. Check to see how the color is lifting out. Wash it off, again, do not scrub. Then pick a different color. Stick with a gold base.

Answer 5

You don't want to hear it, but you already screwed it up and you are about to do it again.

THERE ARE NO GOOD over-the-counter colors. They are very harsh and damaging and 87% of them contain metallic dyes that do not react well w/ other chemicals.

You are not supposed to color over color. You are gonna end up w/ one heck of a mess and you are gonna putting out major bucks that you don't have (that's what you said) to have it corrected or maybe it'll just melt off and you won't have to worry about it.

Good Luck,
Stylist of 9 yrs.

Answer 6

how about a beauty school? they are usually much less expensive, and they are all about teaching students to solve problems.

I am sorry , I don't know of an at-home answer that wouldn't make it worse. I think something like that has happened to all of us! DId you use a permanent color?

Answer 7

loreal preferance in light auburn

Answer 8

Just don't use anything with peroxide in it............. Think "gradual and gentle" rather than "overnight fix."

Answer 9

cut all your hair off....