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I was wondering, well hoping, for a little advice please? I have been using B-Blonde’s highlighting kit over a dark blonde / light brown base, with great results. However, I (stupidly) used a different product to bring up my roots (L’oreal) which at the time, I hadn’t realised the significance of white Vs blue bleach, and I ended up with *very* yellow hair
I didn’t panic (as I did years ago & give myself a chemical haircut) & after trying Provoke Touch of Silver shampoo to bring it down, I put a semi-perm platinum toner over it for 10 minutes which took the edge off but I was still an unpleasant shade of yellow.
I let it settle & then used the high-lift blue powder & 30% developer from B-blonde which although has lessened the worst of the bright yellow, has left my hair with the well-known banana skin yellow shade for the most of it, with some whiter streaks (around a 10, plus the yellow!).
I want it to be a more natural shade of blonde / blondes so was looking at my options. I am not currently in a position to go to the salon & in all fairness, where I am, there aren’t many trustworthy colouring stylists unfortunately.
I was considering using a demi-perm as either a base & then use lowlights over the top in a couple or so shades, or to leave the base & just put a demi-perm toner over strands pulled through a highlighting cap to give it some colour & make it less ‘in your face’. It wouldn’t be *as* bad if it was white all over (although I had this several years ago when I was younger….!) but the yellowy tinge just isn’t my style!
My hair fortunately is still in good condition & I have been soaking it in protein masks & conditioners, plus always use argan oil etc after washing – I don’t blow-dry or straighten it either, and it does still look in good condition & feels good to the touch.
I have been looking at the Ion / XP100 / Wella Colour Touch & Koleston ranges.
It is made slightly more difficult in that I have short hair at the back but is much longer on top – if that makes any difference?
There is a local Sally’s store so I’m hoping to get the appropriate shades & developer from there but obviously would really appreciate some help along the way?!
Thanks ever so much for reading this in the first place!
Best wishes,
Sarah
could you give us more details on how close together you did all these processes? Bleach damage can take a few weeks to show up and doing any further processing could leave you with extremely damaged hair. a picture would also be helpful. For now, I would suggest you stay away from anything that requires developer/peroxide; and continue using the purple shampoo when you wash.
Hi, thank you for replying. I used the L'oreal rubbish 2 weeks ago, and then used a semi-perm toner (an XXL one as all I had in the house at the time & I resembled a minion).
I then washed it a few times over the next few days with the dark purple shampoo, it was processed again on Sun/Mon this week.
I wasn't sure if I could use a semi/demi-perm or a colour-deposit formula? I've added a couple of pics, first is of it at the moment, third is just after it was processed & the last pic is what I ruined it from 🙁
It's in surprisingly good condition considering but I always drown it in leave-in conditioner after every wash anyway so hoping that has paid off.