Hi there,...

I would say with prom being round the corner I wouldn't take the risk of trying to go lighter.

With all the red in your hair it is bound to go orange if you try to go lighter. You could opt for a bleach,..but again too risky to be doing at home.

I would go for a darker shade till prom, then take the plunge with going lighter after. Might be a good idea to use a semi-permanent colour, which will be easier to bleach out when you decide to go lighter.

Go for Mahogany, or Choclate in the meantime.

regards,

Val

you must dye it an ash color, (ash blonde/brown) and that will cover over the brassy color. also, to strengthen your damaged hair- you should use warm oil treatments &&trim it.

I have naturally dirty blonde hair. I have been getting highlights for several years professionally & sometimes get some lowlights close to my natural color added in. This past time I got some extra lowlights put in. I was starting to have some regrowth & decided I wanted to go super light blonde, like the white color of my highlights all over. I knew I needed an ash, so I bought Loreal lightest ash blonde. My roots & where the lowlights were still turned a really yellowy orange. Everywhere else it looks great! I am going to the salon in 3 wks & will try to get it fixed. Is there anything I can do in the meantime to tone it down some? Also, when I go to the salon, do you think I will still be able to go really light or are they going to have to go darker to fix it?

I have been colouring my hair for about 8 months. I naturaly have blonde hair and I am trying to go back to it. Right now I have dark brown hair. I was told not to strip my hair but to start putting highlights in. So I went to get highlights. The highlights turned orange. What should I do?

Hey there,..

try topping it up with an ash toner for the moment to turn it into more of a warm brown.

Give your hair a bit of a rest then add more blonde high-lights making it more multi-tonal.

Regards,

Val

ok, exact same thing happened to me. I went to one person who was supposed to do a color and foil. the color ended up orange. three days later she had me back in the chair, having reassured me she could fix it and cancel out the orange. when she was rinsing the color off it ran over the blond so then i had all orange with no highlights. i went back a third time to same girl to get highlights re-done. it was awful. i finally went to someone else who promised me she could fix it. she said it was a color correction. she re-did my color with an ash tone and re-did my highlights. i now have orange all around my hairline, in my part, and in some areas throughout my head. i also have white, not blond, but snow white highlights on top of that. in some of the hair it looks like its got dimension. but on the top where everyone can see it, it is solid white!!! Now I am waiting for her to take me back again and fix it again! I began this journey by telling the first girl i was prone to redness so please stay away from that and look what happened. but i've never had this problem before. so now what do i do? I am the same way, how much more can my hair go through? but it's so bad looking now, i just couldn't leave it and go out in public. so do i put a solid color all over this to tone down the white hair and cancel out the orange?? trust me, i know what you're going through. it's hell.

looks like everyone gets attacked by the orange monster at some point

Hi there,

Of course, wihout seeing the hair it is difficult to give acurate advice.

However, I would tone down the hair at this point,...don;t put more bleach..it's just going to wreck it!

Regards,

Val

i had that problem..my hairdresser shut shop and someone took over so i went to her....omg!! my hair had never been the same since it used to be gorgoues blonde healthy hair then it turned brassy brown with no shine and was dry as anything....the last time she did my hair i didnt like it it was orangey so i went back stuff it you pay all that money u have to tell em but she didnt make it anybetter....so i gave my hair a break and now found a new hairdresser so far so good...she put ash in my hair made it darker but geez got ride of that orange color ...always go for ash tones i noticed warm tones just go orange!!

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