My hair also turned orange. So, I bought Loreal natural match in medium ash and it has worked better than anything else I have tried. The best thing, is to let it grow out, then only put ash tones in your hair.

Hi guys just thought i'd comment as I am nearing the end of my ongoing orange saga...

Firstly I had very dry damaged porous blonde hair.. and I mean white blonde!!

This was done by a friend who is a hairdresser.. as he got more relaxed around me ..he started to botch my hair and was often high most of the time he was bleaching! not cool!

Anyway about 5 months ago he did such a bad job I ended up with hair that looked very patchy! some bits white and some yellow and some bright orange!
Even toners didn't combat it.. no blue/purple shampoo helped.

I don't care what anyone says it is the most horrible experience to have orange hair, I stopped going out with my friends etc.. when your hair isn't right you just don't feel good.. our hair is our mane after all!

Anyway here's what I have been doing in the past few months..

1. EXTREME CONDITION

My hair was in awful porous damaged condition.. so i knew the first thing i had to do was to get that sorted.. i had regular tanagra treatments (now nanomax) this has been a hair-saver!
I recommend this as the first thing you should do with orange hair!
No GOOD hairdresser will want the liability of it breaking off if you are planning to go blonde.
So condition is top priority for orange hair.

After a full course of tanagra/nanomax treatments and regular top-up's
mine is a lot healthier.

2. COVER UP'S

Now your hair is in tip top condition and shining..you need to think about covering up the orange.. I owe my social life to clip in hair extensions..
You can buy these from most afro hair shops or salons.. and they are an easy way to cover up orange bits(such as I had) I had a massive orange band around the back of my hair!

Hairbands are great also for orange partings, as it breaks up the colour! also wide black hairbands are bang on trend at the moment.

3. THE HARD BIT

So after you hair is in great condition now comes the annoying bit.. I went into my hairdresser expecting a quick fix.
Don't trust a hairdresser who is willing to bleach your hair repeatedly.. this will literally zap the life out of your hair and you'll end up with hair the texture of candyfloss (trust me i've been there, had the breakage).

My hairdresser is taking it slowly.. which yes is annoying but the best way..

4. Shop around

I am currently waiting on a product from Australia called brilliant white
I have also heard good things about nepro silver toner..
but I will get back to you on the results.

5. Don't worry..

I know its horrible.. but in a few years we will all look back and laugh.

Hope this helps..

If anyone wants to chat msg me

thebandaids@gmail.com

peace
x

My is naturally very light brown..but with highlights it went blonde.

Tried to go back to the natural colour to match my root regrowth and the Idiot of a hair dresser who promised me wouldn't go red/ orrange put some brown semi-permanent gunk on my hair that washes out after 4-6 weeks...yep its washing out to a gross orange colour now :( SO UPSET!!!

Not sure quite what do do either, this is the advice I have gathered from various people

1/ Put an ash coloured toner over
2/Wash with Toni & Guy's blue shampoo for platinum blondes.
3/Shave your hair off..wasn't too enamoured with that remark either
4/Bleach wash it (Not recommended)
5/Wash with Strong Anti-Dandruff shampoo, Add Baking Powder to your shampoo,use volumising and washing hair with dishwashing liquid :(
6/Add highlights and lowlights
7/Coconut Oil all over your hair, Massage then wash out.

Not quite sure what to do..Why do I do these Stupid things to my hair!!??..it was looking so good :( HUGE REGRET!!

Oh god done the same at least Im not alone! I am tempted to go a chestnut colour at least that has a red base and it wont go green - or will it. Either way I have an interview in 7 days time what the hell do I do............any advice please. My hair is a yellowy blonde on top, but the ends are orange, and I mean tango orange! Should I bleach the ends again hoping to lift the orange out and take the risk of breakage? Also is it a toner I would use to calm it down e.g. 24 wash colourant, because I hae just been to the shop and thought it would have to be a permanent colour I place on it to make a difference? I know if I want to keep going with blonde then I will have to use a ash blonde, which is where I want to be.
I am not going to cry if the worst omes to the worst I wll get it cut out.
email is squizzly@hotmail.com

hey there...

well the cutting out the ends will definitely sort the problem out.

However, If you are ready to cut those ends I would give bleaching them a try,..if they get too damaged you can always cut them after.

A dye or a tonr, will not help you to 'lift' (make lighter) the orange bits...

Regards,

Val

hey there...

Sorry for the late reply....

out of all your options,..the ash toner is the one mosi likely to rally help you out.

...The shaving hair option is always possible,...but i guess not ideal....

Regards,

Val

where do you buy ash toner from? and what is a good brand to buy?

I have this problem. i died my hair a sort of medium-dark blonde and i knew it had a little bit of red/orange in it but it turned very very orange. i went to the hairdresser and it died down a very little bit. i then got 9.1 ash blonde and that worked quite well. but i am still not completely happy with my colour as it still has a bit of orange in it and it is brassey. i reccomend that you use purple shampoo. and/or used an ash blonde colour or toner. this helped me quite alot. if you aren't sure wheter it will work on your hair and you don't want to buy the purple shampoo, try schwarzkopf silver toner which lasts around 6-8 washes and it is only around $4 per packet.

help my hair has been colored with 85 and 36 but it is very dark and i was wondering what hilight kit to use??

errmm,....

what's 85 and 36?