topic Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction! in Beauty

Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Deree — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:54:46 GMT

To any hair colorists out there or anyone with a lot of hair color experience. I had a minor disaster yesterday and was advised how to correct it but would like your opinions.

I have long hair. I've been coloring my hair with semi-permanent color for many years (Dark Blonde). I colored my entire head the first time and since have only colored the roots. Results have been excellent with L'Oreal products. Then they discontinued them.

By now I have gray around my hairline. I switched to Clairol Natural Instincts and the color matched perfectly too but it washed out in literally 1 washing. Clairol advised me to use Nice and Easy Dark Blonde (permanent color). I've been really scared to start with permanent but have little choice. I used it only around my hairline yesterday and now I have an ORANGE !!! hairline.

I called Clairol and was advised to use Nice and Easy Ash Blonde #9. I'm really afraid to do this thinking I'll wind up with some off color like green. In the meantime I have ordered Paul Mitchell Clarifying shampoo to hopefully strip some of this color.

Your thoughts? Thanks.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

linda 2 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:08:23 GMT

dont fool around coloring long hair at home

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Witchy Woman — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:09:33 GMT

@Deree

Since you've already got problems with the color pickup, I would get to a professional as soon as possible.

Let her/him get the color corrected, then go from there with new products.

Why risk further problems?

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Deree — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:10:40 GMT

@linda2 Like I said I've been doing it for a couple of decades with excellent results and like I said I've only done the roots so the long hair is not a factor.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Shelbelle — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:34:57 GMT

As someone who has only colored my hair at home for the last 40 years, my best advice for you would to go to a professsional, at least for now. Your at home corrections are getting costly and are not helping you

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Deree — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:12:18 GMT

@Shelbelle I haven't corrected anything yet so nothing has been costly. I've only used a new hair color product with bad results.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

lolakimono — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:23:09 GMT

@Deree

I think you need something like this-

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

phoenixbrd — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:04:25 GMT

@Deree I so well understand your dilemma.. A lot of drug store hair color pulls orange if you are looking for a neutral nature blonde with a hint of gold. I would use the product Lola recommended or go to Sally's and talk to the resident "hair" person regarding a fix and color. I like the idea of seeing a professional, but then what do you use for color in order to stay out of the loop of regular salon visits.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Luv pets — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:06:06 GMT

@Deree

I am not a professional, but I have had a few home disasters of my own over the years. I recently purchased Color Balance Blue shampoo by Joico. Matrix also has a blue shampoo. I had lots of brassy red in my light brown hair, and this shampoo removed it! Perhaps you could try washing only your hairline to see if the blue shampoo will remove or tone down the orange color. Don't wash your blonde hair with blue shampoo because it may tint it blue. Coloring over the orange would be a mistake. The shampoo may need to be used more than once. It's also a bit drying, so really condition your hair after washing. I hope this helps. Good luck!

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

CatsyCline — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:20:49 GMT

It sounds like you have hot roots. that can happen with permanent color. Color processes faster at the root due to heat from the scalp which accelerates this. Your roots aren't matching the length.

My rec is to have a salon touch up the roots, because you are orange sounds like your base color is a med-dark brown/ Or wait a few days for the color to oxidize (darken) and then use a demi perm color from L'Oreal (or Sally) on the roots ONLY. Stay away from Clairol products.

i use ION from Sally now, the demi w/10v.

i had a bad orange color from Clairol Perfect 10. i had been using Feria Dark Blonde (L'Oreal) Clairol CSR are just glorified tel operators. they were NOT helpful at all and real cranky. after waiting a week or so i used Garnier Dark Beige Blonde and it worked great.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

CatsyCline — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:27:00 GMT

just want to add - ASH in haircolor can be green or blue based. ASH may grab and make your color muddy looking especially if the ASH is green-based.

i also used ASH blonde box color once and the result was a flat blah brown.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Witchy Woman — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:27:46 GMT

@CatsyCline

Ash brown on me went "witch black" !

But, you are right. In the sun I could see colors that should NOT have been in ash!

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Katcat1 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:02:26 GMT

@Deree Ash will cut the orange. However, it may be a good idea for this one time to go to a salon and have it corrected.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

lulu1 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:50:52 GMT

Hot roots are tricky.. See a professional.

Some suggestions on this thread will only create more problems.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Anonymous032819 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:41:51 GMT

Go to a salon, and have a pro fix your problem, then you can resume you at-home hair coloring.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

SeaMaiden — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:28:45 GMT

@Deree Pay to have the booboo corrected....and ask for future suggestions as to how to keep up the root coloring. But fix it professionally first.

I was in in the same boat as you 5 years ago....I had long hair too.....I used permanent color at my roots to cover grey about every three weeks. I used an med ash brown permanent color. My REAL color was Silver. I would run the color through the rest of the hair every other time I did my roots. I had to use Joan Rivers hair powder everyday as well as coloring the roots as the color just would not take to the 👩‍🦳 white hair well at all. It was so frustrating.

FINALLY I gave in to the silver.....cut my hair short....and regrew my hair out long.... WHITE.

BEST DECISION EVER. No more mess....no more battle...

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Deree — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:52:02 GMT

Sorry haven't been here in a few weeks. I have been highlighting my dark blonde hair for many years and I'm quite good at it. I have long hair that I pull through a cap. In the past 2 years, I haven't put as many highlights in which worked to my benefit with this hair color mess..

First I used Paul Mitchell Clarifying Shampoo twice and it definitely lightened the orange hair to the same tone as my own. Then I put in more highlights this time around and I was able to successfully camouflage the orange. Plus I can style my hair to cover it as well. So it worked out this time. Whew. I don't think I'll ever mess with permanent color again. Certainly not Clairol.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

ScrapHappy — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:00:19 GMT

@Deree wrote:
To any hair colorists out there or anyone with a lot of hair color experience. I had a minor disaster yesterday and was advised how to correct it but would like your opinions.

I have long hair. I've been coloring my hair with semi-permanent color for many years (Dark Blonde). I colored my entire head the first time and since have only colored the roots. Results have been excellent with L'Oreal products. Then they discontinued them.

By now I have gray around my hairline. I switched to Clairol Natural Instincts and the color matched perfectly too but it washed out in literally 1 washing. Clairol advised me to use Nice and Easy Dark Blonde (permanent color). I've been really scared to start with permanent but have little choice. I used it only around my hairline yesterday and now I have an ORANGE !!! hairline.

I called Clairol and was advised to use Nice and Easy Ash Blonde #9. I'm really afraid to do this thinking I'll wind up with some off color like green. In the meantime I have ordered Paul Mitchell Clarifying shampoo to hopefully strip some of this color.

Your thoughts? Thanks.

I also have long(ish) dark blonde hair and have been coloring it for 25 plus years. The only color I ever attempt on my own is to touch up my gray roots and I use either the spray root touch up or the semi permanent one that washes out in about 2 weeks. I've had in the past one really bad color job (by hair stylist) that made me too blonde and then tried to fix it and made my hair the color of a copper penny. I rushed home and found a color correction specialist to fix it which took two appointment in two days. It sounds like you're trying too many different problems and it seems like they're not intereacting well with one another. I'd go see a professional at this point.

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

ID2 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:38:28 GMT

Ladies please don't color your own hair!! Seek a professional that knows what they are doing!

Re: Help Need Hair Color Correction!

Icegoddess — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:51:40 GMT

@Deree wrote:
Sorry haven't been here in a few weeks. I have been highlighting my dark blonde hair for many years and I'm quite good at it. I have long hair that I pull through a cap. In the past 2 years, I haven't put as many highlights in which worked to my benefit with this hair color mess..

First I used Paul Mitchell Clarifying Shampoo twice and it definitely lightened the orange hair to the same tone as my own. Then I put in more highlights this time around and I was able to successfully camouflage the orange. Plus I can style my hair to cover it as well. So it worked out this time. Whew. I don't think I'll ever mess with permanent color again. Certainly not Clairol.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

As you get more grey you'll need permanent color or just go grey. Demi permanent and Semi permanent are not meant to cover grey.