My natural color is dirty blonde, and I bleached 2 shades of lighter streaks into it a while back. I wanted a change, and tried a demi-permanent (lasting 8 weeks) no-ammonia mahogany color from L'oreal. It came out a little more red than expected, but still acceptable. However, I colored it only 5 days ago and it's already faded to more of a pinkesh red. I did make a few mistakes without knowing better (washing the hair in hot water, etc.) so I suppose that's why it's faded so quickly! I was planning on buying another demi-permanent color from L'oreal, this time in brown, and using it this weekend to tone the color down to more of an auburn shade. Does anyone know if this will work, or have any better ideas? Thanks!!
2007-11-06 21:12:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
the semi permanent brown will cover it, but i'd recomend washing your hair repeatedly with hot water a few times to get as much of the old color off as possible as you could run the risk of having a really reddy brown on your head, and not be able to really fix it.
2007-11-06 21:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by Rhiannon L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well..you could use an ash brown, to help neutralize the red.
It faded and became pinkish because you didn't do what we call, a 'fill' beforehand. Which means adding gold to your lighter blonde before adding red. Red and white make pink, right? A demi permanent is supposed to fade, and reds always fade faster because their color molecules are bigger than other colors, which have a hard time penetrating our cortex.
2007-11-07 06:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you should just go to a hairdresser and get a permanent colour. Then it won't fade as fast and you can always touch up your roots by yourself. It's not really that much more expensive and you always get a better result. If you're worried about cost go to one of those hairdresser training schools, the trainees are always good at colours as it's usually what they learn first, and they do it cheap for training purposes.
2007-11-07 05:17:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you need to have someone color it professionallly, and they should use any color that has ash in the name ir neutral.... you could even buy a box color from walmart and as long as it says ash... your golden... I am a hairdresser!
2007-11-07 07:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Rhonda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oooh... should consult a hair specialist my dear..
2007-11-07 05:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by marco 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋