how do u get the greenish look out of my hair? ive dyed it multiple times and it looks horrible!?

Question

I need to know what i need to use for my hair to get the green tint out and not destroy it... please help!!!

and i dont go in swimming pools...

Answer 1

To get the green tint out of your hair, you need to add a red based hair color. ((Most important, you CANNOT lighten color treated hair with another hair color...so don't try to go lighter or you will only damage your hair further.))

If you have dyed it several times, it may be quite damaged. It may be best if you go to a stylist to have it professionally corrected.

However, if it does not feel TOO damaged...do this. Go to a beauty supply store such as Sally's. Get a product called Porosity Control. (This is a type of reconstructor that will help to repair your hair.) Shampoo your hair with a shampoo made for damaged/color treated hair. Then apply a small amount of Porosity Control and leave on your hair for about 5 minutes. Rinse out. You should probably treat your hair for about 3 days.

Then use a Miss Clairol Color Chart at Sally's to choose a hair color that matches your skin tone. (Use your wrist as a palette for the hair swatches.) You can ask the clerk at Sally's....they usually have some experience with hair. You want to use a color that has a "RED" base, such as...Reddest Mahogany Red (203RR), Reddest Copper Red (204RR), Coppertone (44R), Reddest Fire Red (206RR), Reddest Sunset Red (208RR), Cinnamon (56R), Red Ginger (47R), or Flame (33R). Depending on how long and thick your hair is, you may need either one or two bottles of the hair color. (Longer hair takes 2 bottles). These are 2 oz. bottles. You will mix one bottle with 2 oz. of 10-volume peroxide. (Miss Clairol makes a creme peroxide that is easier to work with because it makes the mixture thicker. (10 volume peroxide deposits more color without lifting the existing color - which causes a bit less damage.) Make sure you purchase an applicator bottle & rubber gloves at Sally's.

Apply this evenly to your hair. (Ask a friend to help.) Leave this on your hair for 30 - 45 minutes. Rinse with warm water until water runs clear. Wash once, lathering well. Rinse again. Then use the Porosity Control again - leaving on 5 minutes. Rinse with warm water, then do a final rinse with cool water.

Good luck! ((I was a hairdresser for about 20 years, but no longer practice.))

Answer 2

Do you swim? Normally the greenish tint comes from a reaction with chlorine or chemicals of that type. I would go to a good professional, have my hair done correctly and use gentler products in the future.

Answer 3

GO to a Salon!!!! it is probably the water youbathe in or a dandruffshampoo that stripped your hair....it sould be a variety of things..but they can fix the shaft and colour..ok? keep whatever protection they say to on it as it grows to keep it from splitting....\
Please make sure that yuset up your time at the salon with someone who is the most sesoned at colouring hair....and has extra time for you...ok? you will be fine.
Thanks
Lioncourt

Answer 4

Is it green because of a hair color that you used? Did you use an ash color? If that is it then you need to use a color that has red in the base to get rid of the green tone.

Answer 5

GO TO A SALON! Why is everyone on here so reluctant to go have a professional fix it? Hello, they went to school to learn how to do stuff like this! You'll end up ruining your hair for years from the chemicals if you keep trying to fix it..the store bought dyes are soooo bad for your hair!!!

Answer 6

you must have put blue with yellow. you have to stick with the same color essence. if you have yellow or ornage tints in you hair you can't go blue. this is what i mean if your hair is colored in a blue tone and you put on a warm tone , you get green, stay with warm or cool tones. now you have to go to the sally's store and get color remover and start all over. good luck. formally toottalljones

Answer 7

make a paste of baking soda and water,it will strip your hair of everything. you MUST put a good conditioner on it afterwards. your hair will feel like straw while washing it with the bakingsoda. I have used it for years to get the build up out and i found out it strips color too.

Answer 8

Use an anti-chlorine shampoo. These are usually available during summer, because of swimming, but you could find it in the clearance bin.

Answer 9

when you go in to a pool, right after, before your hair drys, wash it out with shapoo and conditioner. there are special shampoos that help get the green out