Hi there,

When going from blonde to a deeper colour, usually you would need to fill iy up with a red or a gold tone before applying the deeper tone... however Auburn being a red-based colour you may not need to do so.

However it might be a good idea to choose a colour a shade darker than the target colour to balance with the blonde.

Regards,

Val

Hi
i have a lady who has blwach on the scalp so v blonde and now wants to go a medium aurbene colour.
Whats the best way xx

Hey there,

I must admit,..you are totally right in all that you are saying, and quite frankly you seem to have better knowledge than the hair stylist you spoke to.

Most importantly you are realistic that you mightget some red-tones out of your high-lights, but rightfully said you can tone them down.

You are not trying to be platinum blonde so I don;t quite understand why the hair stylist is so afraid to do the high-lights..... maybe it's time for a new stylist

Most imprtantly remember that what you want is NOT un-reasonable.

Regards,

Val

I was directed to your forum from Youtube with my question. I have medium ash brown hair with about 30% grey. I colour my hair with Clairol Nice n Easy Med Ash Brown [Semi-permanent 24 washes] with great results... However disaster has struck. Only permanent Med Ash Brown is now available in Ireland and thinking there'd be no difference I used it. My hair is now black with a tideline of new growth in my natural mid ash brown! Not a good look when you're 51! I made an appointment with my haridresser to get high lights in to lighten the horror of the black, or even to block lighten the black, but they said today when I made the booking for tomorrow that it probably won't lift and I'm likely stuck with it. Surely not! If you have any suggestions I would be most grateful. Even if the highlights I get turn red, which I know is likely, I could tone them down with Light Ash Brown from Clairol. My vanity is sorely wounded as my hair was always rather lovely and I wore it with cherry red lipstick. I loved my ash tones. Witch of Endor is not a look I'm liking. Thanking you very much in advance.

i did my hair like that look up jeannie mai from how do i look my hair looks so sexy i love it i did it some around the hair around my ears and some into my bangs and two on the back of my neck not to much but still sexy

Hi there,

There are 2 ways to go about this really,

wither putting a whole load more blonde igh-lights (most likely just using bleach).... or you could bleach the whole thing.

Doin the second option hough is of coure not gonn doyour hair any favours, and you would definitely need to give it a good chop after so if you are fond of your length the second option is not very viable.

I would suggest having a good chat with your dtylist first so you can work together on achieving the desired result without wrecking the hair!

Regards,

Val

Hi!
This will be my 3rd visit to your salon and the previous 2 times the amazing Heidi was my hair stylist.

I am really confused about getting a new hair style and what is the best light blonde colour to get.
The last 2 visits I wanted to go completely blonde but only had highlights done which did enhance it but its no where blonde as I want to be.

What would you recommend I advise the stylist with regards to achieving the desired blonde colour, without confusing them again and getting a new hair style which will suite the overall look?

Hey there,

probably the best way would be tp use toners on a regular basis to tone down the bleach automatically making your regrowth easy.

It's always tough to re-create a natural colour, which is why toners are an easier option.

Also try to stir away from ash tones as they can give you a green tinge!

Reagrds,

Val

Hey,
My natural hair colour is dark blonde and I've been bleaching it for a while but want to go back to my original colour. I have about an inch of regrowth, so is it possible for a haordresser to dye a block colour over the rest of my hair to make it all look like my natural colour, so that i wouldn't have to re-dye it? If not, what do you think would work?
Thanks

Hey there,


A dyed dark brown to a platinum, is pretty much verging on the impossible.

If it was a natural dark brown(not dyed) things would be more possible.... but a dyed version would get you to a golden or honey blonde, but platinum not likely, .... to get to that point your hair would suffer way too much.

Regards,

Val