Help, please!

by Janet
(CT)

I want to remove the golden blonde color from my hair, possibly with Color Fix or Color Oops and then lighten it to the very lightest blonde I can. My hair has been previously bleached, so I would prefer to remove the color with something that doesn't contain bleach. Then I want to add color back to it, but a lighter color.

What will happen if you use only a toner to color your hair? Will the color take? Or do you need to use a bleach or something else before you use the toner; or do I need to mix the toner with something else?

If you use Color Fix or Color Oops to take the existing color off your hair; can you then use just a toner from the beauty supply store? Or do you need something to mix with the toner to get a color?

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Jan 09, 2010
 help please!
by: Anonymous

help please dont do your own hair!!!
Jan 10, 2010
 DO NOT COLLECT 200 DOLLARS!
by: Anonymous

go to a salon....do not pass go! LOL! no really, doing your own hair is a bad idea. leave that to the professionals.
Jan 12, 2010
 some options
by: Michelle

If there is artificial color on your hair, you can remove it with a hair color removal product like Color Oops, which will only remove artificial color molecules, leaving the natural hair in the regrowth unaffected and the previously colored hair in its raw state of underlying pigment (a color ranging from pale yellow to red/orange). Here's more about hair color removal.

Once the artificial color is removed, you can use either a bleach and tone process or a high-lift blonde color to get the blonde shade you desire. Which process you use depends on the state of the hair once the golden blonde is removed.

A single-process blonde haircolor will lift the hair to lighten it and then tone to neutralize the underlying pigments all in one process. But if you have visible regrowth, the results will be different on that hair from the ends, which have been lightened and are porous and likely to absorb too much of the strong blue/grey pigments in the color.

So if the results after using a color removal product are uneven, or if you have lots of regrowth and overly porous ends, doing a bleach/tone process is the best bet. The bleach should be applied to the regrowth ONLY first and then to any dark/orangeish sections after the regrowth has lightened to the orange stage, then left on until all of it is pale yellow, then toned using a semi-permanent light ash formula. Here's more on using hair bleach.

The previous commenters are right in that it is a complicated process with a lot of room for error. If you are not confident in your home haircoloring skills, definitely go see a professional.

Hope this helps,
Michelle
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Jun 02, 2010
 I never said thank you!
by: Janet

I couldn't find this question again once I posted it. In case any of you come back here I wanted to thank you. I did go to a stylist and she fixed it for me. I appreciated all you input very much.

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