Will applying an ash color fix my orange hair?

Question

From a previous mistake of dying my hair black, I had to strip it. I colored it a golden brown and it was dark enough to not cry about the orange tones, so I left it alone. Then after some months, I decided to try again. I stripped it again with bleach and used a lighter neutral dark blonde and it is very orange now. I've left it alone but I have been looking up ways to correct it. Many are saying if you are going to do it at home, to put an ash color on top of the hair to neutralize the orange, but I don't want a green either. Is that likely to happen if I put an ash on top of my hair now?

Answer 1

Hon - I tried that and went GREEN.

Once your hair has been processed, it reacts very differently to additional processing.

Your best bet is getting a professional to custom mix a color for you - but barring that, find a temporary color you can wash out that is in the ash family. Add a tiny bit of it and see if you like it. If not... it will wash out.

Stick to the same color brand each time - switching will damage your hair even more. Don't do the plain peroxide thing - your hair will break, fray, split and fall out.

If you are going to do it at home now - invest in TWO boxes of color... the Beige or Neutral version and the ash. Mix only 1/4 to 1/2 of the ash with the neutral color to the either 3/4 or 1/2 of the neutral. ...And I'd go with the 1/4 Ash 3/4 Neutral first. This will keep the horrid GREEN from too great a hold.

I looked like tree moss for days until I put a temp-color rinse in golden blonde over it... save yourself the heart ache.

Good luck, hon.
Peace.

Answer 2

Being that you have several processes on your hair already, it is possible that it could obtain a greenish cast if you use an ash blonde haircolor on top. I have difficult hair to color myself. Although I am a mousy dark blonde and one wouldn't think it problematic to color my hair, it is. No stylist ever (save one) lightened it without making it taxi cab yellow/orange. I resolved to only color it myself and not pay through the teeth for ugly hair.

So, from my numerous experiences good and bad: I have a two suggestions.

You could try a toner. L'oreal makes one called Tone Refiner. It will remove some of the yellow/orange. I does not remove reddish cast though and it may look more reddish brown than orangey. You should find out if the brand you used has a product like this. L'oreal's may work only with their haircolor products, so maybe you could call them.

Or, put in some darker lowlights a few shades darker than the color it is now if it is overall a even orangey brown. (Choose a reddish brown or neutral brown) It will add some dimesion and dim the orangey-ness, I think.

Answer 3

Get in the shower and wash your hair with Baby Shampoo. Johnson's baby shampoo. This will strip your color out of your hair so your next color will blend in pretty good. Then go and get something to lighten your hair. If you are a brunette got something like a medium brown or a brown, not an ash or anything like that. Nod reddish just brown. If you are a blonde get something like a light blonde or a dark blonde. Not ash or reddish. That has a tendency to turn your hair green and red. Use the conditioner that comes with it for a couple of days. *Make sure the hair dye has ammonia in it, if not the color will fade, and bleed on your clothes and bedding. :)

Answer 4

How To Neutralize Orange Hair

Answer 5

My suggestion, stop stripping your hair or your going to kill it. You orange hair will neutralize itself when it starts to grow out.

Otherwise, see a professional.

And if you must do it at home, an ash colour is only going to turn you back to black and it seems like your trying to get away from that. It also might turn brown/black with orange undertones, and personally thats worse than just orange. Try for a GOOD QUALITY home kit, such as the more expensive brands, and go for a dirty blonde or light brown with 100% grey coverage. The grey coverage will aid in uneven tone coloring.

Good luck

Answer 6

the orange is just your natural shade,

it happens to me everytime, even when i color it brown,

next time DO NOT STRIP it,

if you want a blonde, or a lighter color than your natural shade,

your hair will always look a bit red most likely even when the salon styles it, as this has happened to me.

my suggestion is to pick a loreal color because the generally come out the color on the box, and get one thats mostly used for grey hair, they tend to be gentler, and less drying, and they don't oxidize as much,

pick a color that is slightly darker than what you want, so that after a few washes when the color starts to run, and lighten up it should be somewhere in the area that you were hoping for,

if its blonde your looking for , then you have to color it in stages, and after you color, go and get a trim, it'll take off the dead ends, loreal blondessiness or what ever is pretty good.

but again NO DOUBLE PROCESSING, and don't strip it.

PS Get a good conditioner, treseme is cheap and good, and leave it in your hair to try to revitalize it,

and now that you've stripped it, just try to salvage your hair and let it grow out a bit, before adding another color.

Oh and most important, next time you want to color email us first, or call the color consultant number on the box of color, ok

Got my fingers crossed for you.

Meg

good luck

Meg

Answer 7

you need to get a toning shampoo (the liquad is purple) an actuall silver toner for after shampooing, that should reduce the orange alot. i did the same thing a while ago, i put a brown straight over the top because i hated it, but try a dark blonde or a really light brown, and then when your hair starts to feel a bit more healthy, do a few streaks and foils every 2 weeks or so and you'll be blonde in no time :)

Answer 8

You are down to the point of needing some professional advice. Stripping your hair twice is risky all by itself, without adding multiple dye jobs on top of it. You don't want your hair to turn some unnatural color or break off by the handful because of over processing. Let someone trained in stripping and dyeing hair get you back on the right path. Then you can maintain it yourself.

Answer 9

if you have blonde hair this will naturally get bleached by the particular 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 bottom part. When he came back to university after summer vacation, it was almost platinum blonde!

Answer 10

Jet black hair. I have truly dark brown hair and I believe dark hair looks better. I may really like blonde hair.