I completley disagree with the 'wand' method for highlights. This only produces chunky highlights and you never get enough product in the box (for medium lenght hair) to do more than six or eight passings of the wand. You end up with un-natural, extra bold highlights at the root that fade as you reach the ends of the hair.

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Originally posted by gemini:
Oh dear . . . my hair is currently the color of a yellow-orange crayon, and I could use some suggestions.

A little background info: My hair (which I've been dyeing at home quite successfully for many years, and every possible color) has been reddish blonde for a while, and I was bored and thought I'd go platinum to mix it up a little. But after two rounds of 40 volume peroxide and bleach powder, the red still won't come out!

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Originally posted by flowergal657:
I dyed my hair black lol which is not good...I was told it would look good on me and I thought it would too..I used to have a medium blonde. Well I went to the store, bought the coloring (Clairol Nice N' Easy Natural Black) and now it looks like I have a wig on. Some people have suggested putting red highlights in...should I try to dye it at least brown?

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I'm afraid you won't have any luck dying any color - brown or red - over top of the black I have quite the history of home hair dying trauma so I should know (one horrid day I honestly dyed/bleached my hair 7 times to get it back to a normal color - it was a nightmare).

My advice is to shell out the money (or beg someone to loan it to you - lots of tears help) and go somewhere and have it done professionally. They will need to strip all the color out first and then dye it again. I have stripped my hair by myself at home and I would not advise anyone else to try it. Otherwise you may just have to wait it out or cut it really short so it is not quite so shocking and cut it all off as it grows out.

Bummer - I feel your pain!!!

Edited to say: I never have luck with "Nice n' Easy" brand haircolor - always comes out looking too flat. I just dyed my hair black yesterday (what a coincidence huh) and whenever I do I use Ferria's "starry night".

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Hello All! Did my husband a favour yesterday by taking the Clairol Hair Colouring to his lovely salt-and-pepper hair....to see if I could cover up some of the grey, sorry, silver, with a nice ash blond. Mmm. His hair went orangey-red. Oh dear, I thought, and went and bought a darker colour. That would of course sort it all out and he'd be darker of hair and lighter of mood. But nooo. Still orangey red, just a darker shade. He's mortified, I'm feeling like someone who killed the cat and we need help! Anyone, anyone...? Love Flo.

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Originally posted by dandelion:
hi there -
I have been highlighting my hair at home pretty successfully for years, but yesterday I seem to have gone a little overboard and have way too much blonde (looks almost single process). I was thinking I could correct it by adding some lowlights...maybe streaking a darker semipermanent color on some chunks?
has anyone done this before? any product/color recommendations? My hair is dark blonde and the highlights range from light blonde to almost platinum.
thanks!!!!

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Originally posted by blanketbat:
GRRRRR. I am still waiting for an unfortunate home hair dye incident to grow out (and my hair is down past my bra strap). A bit more than a year ago, I dyed my hair red with a temporary (20-26 washes) kit from Clairol. It was lovely. I liked it a lot. After a bit more than a month, it had all washed out as planned. So far, so good.

Over the next few weeks, I thought my hair, normally a very dark blond, was getting lighter. I wrote it off as my imagination. Then, as more time passed and my hair continued to grow, I noticed I had dark roots. HOW could I have darker roots from dying my hair a darker shade? Well, it wasn't my imagination. The portions of my hair that were dyed, are now lighter than the rest of my hair.

The only thing I can think is that the dye somehow made my hair more succeptable to lightening in the sun. It's very frustrating. I'm not really sure if I should even to somewhere and redye the lighter portions darker...because what if it turns lighter again? So far it's down just past my ears. Sigh...

Anyone ever heard of anything like this? Someone offer me hope...

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Simplycuteaful, I think you should talk to the most recent stylist and ask him if there is anything he can do for you. In general, I believe that most stylists will fix your hair for free if you're unhappy with what they've done with it.

Really, though, it sounds like you've done so much to your hair that there might not be much he can do--especially if it's starting to break off. You might have no choice but to cut off the most damaged parts and maybe use temporary at-home color to keep it all one color while your healthy new hair grows in.

Horror story: I used to use Blondissima Super on my hair as a hair dye... No colour on top of it, just plain old bleach, I liked the platinum look. I was trying to grow my hair out, but it was fried, and felt like straw. I decided to dye it red, thinking it would be less harmful, and when I was done, the roots were purple, and the ends were still white. When I went to brush it out, CLUMPS of hair ended up in the comb!!! The last 2 inches or so of my hair were just coming OUT in the comb. This was one of the most traumatizing events of my life... My friend came over and I cried and cried as she cut all my hair to the length of the roots: about 3/4 of an inch long. Sigh! I felt like an ugly boy, for about 4 months.

On another note, I also tried bleaching out black at one point. I used to wear my hair all in crazy spikes, it was about 3 inches long. After I died it, 1/2 of it (the roots) were orange, and the tips were purple. Luckily, at the time, I thought this was fabulous, I looked like a porcupine. I actually had people say they loved it, and wanted to know how I got it that way.

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Originally posted by Jinxie:
Then I just stopped the coloring, and cut my hair short a few months ago, and all of the color is finally out of my hair and now I really really want to go to t@rget and buy a box of hair color and dye my re-virginized locks. Somebody stop me!

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Originally posted by jstrizzy:
I suppose that explains your lack of pants.

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Originally posted by pollyhyper:
BionicGirl, how did it turn out?

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Great! It is darker than I imagined, but I like it a lot.

On the growing it out thing... I've done that a few times and go back without remorse everytime. I've been dying my hair off and on since I was 12. It's naturally dishwater blond and it just grays out my complexion. It's not flattering at all. Darker hair (and red hair) just looks better on me. thre's only been one time when all the chemicals damaged the hair and that was when I was 17 and I permed too close to dying. Learned my lesson there.

After having it professionally dyed for many years as well, I can't honestly say I've noticed much difference in how long it lasts or how silky it feels afterwards between professional and home jobs. The only times I definitely thought the professional job was much better was when I've done something other than all over color, like highlights or whatever.

When she first washed my hair, she dramatically struggled to pull her hands through my hair and told me I needed a moisturizing treatment ASAP (I declined that b/c I wanted to do it myself at home instead of paying $15 extra). She then asked what kind of shampoo I used, and I told her Herb@l Essences, or something like that. She almost had a heart attack and proceeded to try to sell me $30 salon shampoo. Again, I declined.

And then, she proceeds to tell me to stay and get my hair highlighted by her. I mean, even if I was going to get it professionally done, I wouldn't go back to her. (And its not like SHE had the nicest hair anyways, so why rag on mine?)

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Originally posted by hairgirl:
I am a hairstylist and henna is very bad stuff. You basically can not do anything on top of it. Be very careful. And be careful with all the home coloring. Anything you do over and over again can be very hard on your hair and can be very tricky for a stylist to do corrections on. I specialize in color corrections and it makes it very hard when there are layers of everything under the color that is showing. Make sure to try and keep up with what you do so if at some point you need some professional help your stylist has something to base her formula on. Good luck.

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Originally posted by jumpinmonkies:
I've been using the Garnier Nutrisse for over a year now. Much like jazzberry said about Open by Loreal, I think the Nutrisse actually makes my hair feel softer and better in general after I use it. The color has also been pretty predictable compared to other brands that I've used (and I've been doing the at-home color thing for about 10 yrs.) Best of all, the Nutrisse is CHEAP. Every few weeks, I can get it on sale, buy one get one (with the original price being only about 6 bucks.) But, I have to say that I've only used about 4 different shades, and nothing like cranberry. So, I can't really attest to how long lasting a more dynamic color like that would last. Might be worth a try, though.

Jen

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Originally posted by soupprincess:
Get thee to a Sally's beauty supply (or similar hairdye haven) and buy TONER. It will say on the label whether it gives ash, neutral, or golden hues. Find one that says platinum, hopefully, and don't hesitate to ask for help from the saleswomen, esp. the older ladies who know a thing or two... They also sell a NO RED product, which you can buy in sample sizes, which might help. Be extra careful with that 40 vol. It's supposedly hard on the scalp. This should help somewhat with the brassyness. Also, hard water can be bad for color. And they sell a clear goo in an envelope for about $1.39 that makes your hair unbelievable shiny afterwards, it's a gloss for your hair and you apply it like dye.

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