Fixing Hair Color Mistakes: Color by Color Tips
Green Hair - Green hair usually happens due to trying to color your hair with hair color that has the name Ash in it. So Ash Blonde or Ash Brown which there are several of them out there. The ash means the hair colorant actually has green tones in it and if you have hair that take to color very well it can turn green. So to avoid this do not use the products that say Ash, neutral is fine Ash is not. Green tones are the hardest ones to deal with because you can color over them successfully so you have two options. Go to a salon and have someone strip your hair down to a blonde base and then recolor, or you can get tastefully and well placed highlights that will mask the issue until it slowly goes away in a few weeks.
Purple Hair - This can happen for several reasons, perhaps the hair color you used had a lot of purple tones and your hair took to the color too well, or your hair had a previous color that did not react well with the new color you tried. To fix this you will likely have to stay away from the red colors you life for one month and color your hair with a neutral brown or brunette, go darker not lighter, not only with this help condition but it should cover the purple. To avoid ever going purple remember to stay away from the burgundy hair colors. If you love red as much as me make sure to get the Auburns or the straight red hair color but mix with a dark brunette if you want a darker tone. Just make sure you are mixing within the same company. Such as only using Feria or only using Colorsilk.
Orange Hair - Ah yes if you have ever tried going strawberry blonde it is likely you have had this happen. Again you will need to stray from your love of red for at least 4 weeks. Color with a darker color with no gold tones and this will take care of the orange. The reason it happens can be varied, maybe you tried a hair color that doesn't work with your hair makeup, or perhaps you thought you needed 3 boxes of Strawberry Blonde hair color when really what you need and what salons do most times is intermingle several colors in one mix. Because my hair is so thick and long I have to use three boxes of hair color, however mix my red with a reddish brown and then a gold, for strawberry blondes, mix them with blondes, but don't use Ash!
Most hair oops can be fixed at home, however if you have particularly brittle hair or unhealthy hair spend the honey to go to a salon so you don't end up hurting it more, otherwise you may end up with no hair. Although I have experienced all three of these oopsies while finding my way to the best color, I have also found the solutions and received some sage advice from hair colorists that have helped me along the way. So feel free to play with your hair just don't overdo it.
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Post a CommentI used feria, my hair came out purple!! it was supposetoo be a red/black.. i just stripped it and am now dyeing it medium brown, i hope it doesn't turn purple again! very scared.
I owuld avoid Feria if you have a dislike for vivid purple or red, feria contians metallics and can damage your hair severely, including any future color you want because the metal never comes out of the hair strand. Do not have hair stripped instead by a claryifyng shampoo and use twice a week, and let the color fade out over time, trying to strip and recolor this hair will leave hair damaged, and recoloring directly after stripping makes the hair color deposit two to three shades darker than normal. Burgandy/purple doesn't come from red dyes persay, if you like deep red use an R RR or RV ( Red, Red/Red Red Violet) not Burgandy, or VR (Violter Red).
To avoid green do not use cheap dyes, you can counter act it with a mix of 1/4 liquid semi permanent red 3/4 warm brown levels 8 or 9 mix and then equal parts 10 volume processing solution. Also found at Sally beauty. You must use warm to counteract ash to create nuetral. Apply with squeeze bottle and watch in a mirror as stated below.
To conter act orange tones you need to use a toner with a violet or blue base sometimes called silver ( different than actuall all over dye) it uses a special processing solution, you can pick these up at any Sally beauty. Buy a color squeeze bottle use equal parts toner and processing solution. You will apply this to wet hair and rub into orange areas, or entire head if your whole head is orange, let sit and watch it in a mirror until it looks how you want,now let it sit one or two more mintues, then rinse it ( do not shampoo) then condition and rinse.
The reason it likely has a golden hue is you probably have golden tones in your hair you are unaware of. To fix this you need to find hair colors that specifically state neutral or ash in the name this will help.
i put hair color number 8sb its called silver blonde from goldwell to a natural hair, it turned out blonde with a bit of sort of orange, goldenish color. but i wanted it to be more matte with a bit of silver or bit of ashy in it. what can use to get the color i want?