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REDHEADS

gillsburg — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:37:37 GMT

I am a natural redhead freckles and all. I am 61 years YOUNG and beginning to get a lot of gray. What have you found is the best brand and COLOR for you. I am more of a light auburn . Also is there anything to help extend the color. Have tried Wen. Just didn't see any difference after more than a year of trying. I am using Pantene co-wash and really like it. Thanks for your help

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Vessa — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:41:17 GMT

Red is one of the most difficult colors to maintain even for natural redheads once the grey sets in but I use Preference by LOreal (because I'm worth it) and also because it seems to look the most natural on me. I variate between the light auburn and the medium auburn and get lots of compliments on my hair.

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azterry! — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:07:22 GMT

I am dark auburn. I have some gray and have my hair professionally colored. My hairdresser mixes about 5 colors so I get a very natural, very close to my own color result.

I am a faithful WEN user also. Nothing I've ever used preserves color like it does.

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ennui1 — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:09:04 GMT

Have you thought of asking in the Beauty forum?

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RedTop — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:38:44 GMT

I came into this world a redhead, and hope to die as a redhead. I am also light auburn, and my color is extremely close to what it has always been. When I first noticed gray hair at my temple area, I started getting my hair professionally colored because I wanted to stay as close to my normal color as possible. My stylist purchases all of her color @ Sally's Beauty Supply, and mixes 3 colors for me. I do color every 5-6 weeks.

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irishmama5 — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:41:04 GMT

I get my hair professionally colored about evey10 to 12 weeks. The last time I tried to save money and colored my own hair I had patches of GREEN. I do use the Joan Rivers Great Hair day product to cover the gray

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Shorty2U — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:53:00 GMT

I use a medium auburn. Oh gosh I forgot the brand now ...lol..(its upstairs), but think its Loreal?(But Ive used Clairol before too).

Anyway I used to have medium RED hair (not auburn) But after experimenting w different shades medium auburn is the best.

Its hard to match your original red (my hairdresser told me that). Also its hard to cover gray on redheads so she told me to go darker than my natural red, rather than lighter. Thus the medium auburn.

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straykatz — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:58:09 GMT

My stylist uses 3 colors on my hair to get the most natural look possible.....I've only attempted to color it on my own once and it was disasterous (came out way too dark) so never tried again.

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MickD — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:05:37 GMT

Now that I have a lot of grey, I am so glad that I have mine professionally done (it would be impossible for me to color grey and then the red)....I went strawberry blonde too.

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RedHeadedWench — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:21:48 GMT

I am a light red, strawberry blonde if you will, and at age 55 (almost 56) I have never colored my hair.

The last time I went to have my hair cut, the stylist told me not to bother because red was such a hard color to match.

I may just let it go..I don't mind having a small amount of gray in my hair, after all, I think I have earned most of them. LOL

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MarLoCat — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:46:26 GMT

gillsburg...Do a Strand test & don't worry too much if it's a bit bright at first...after a very few shampoo's the red will fade to the color that you are looking for!

Color-Silk True Auburn 56 L'Oreal Paris Preference Lightest Auburn 7LA

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Poppet1 — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:55:41 GMT

I use Aveda's Madder Root shampoo & conditioner in conjuction with Shampure. It enhances red and auburn hair. It deposits color. My hair is soft, shiny, and has body. Their Color Conserve line is excellent as well. My color is professionally done. She uses Scruples color.

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hennypenny — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:27:45 GMT

I have light red/auburn hair. I like the non permanent color without ammonia. L'Oreal used to make the perfect color for me. The woman on the box looked like Jane Seymor. For some reason they discontinued it. Now all the reds/auburns are wayyyyy to dark and harsh. I have tried calling L-oreal. Don't know what else to do.

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GusMo — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 03:46:59 GMT

I too am a natural redhead, but have had to pay for many years to keep it that way! I have had disastrous results with home coloring. Can you say Ronal MacDonald? I need to color every 4-5 weeks! I just went waaaayyy lighter to camouflage the roots. Every hair stylist I have ever talked to says red gone grey is the hardest to take color and fades the fastest. Good luck!

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Feline Fine — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 05:30:48 GMT

On 7/24/2014 hennypenny said:
I have light red/auburn hair. I like the non permanent color without ammonia. L'Oreal used to make the perfect color for me. The woman on the box looked like Jane Seymor. For some reason they discontinued it. Now all the reds/auburns are wayyyyy to dark and harsh. I have tried calling L-oreal. Don't know what else to do.

I do, so I did. LOL

If it's the "L'Oreal Healthy Look Creme Gloss Color" - which fits the criteria - check the following sites online for your shade:

*Ebay

*Amazon

*Drugstore.com

*Walgreens

*Target

*Soap.com

*Walmart

HTH & much luck!