So, as many, I have that dreaded green hair left over from spontaneously dying my newly bleached hair turquoise(unsure if that's the name?) by Directions...
Anyway, as I was going back into education after that summer, I had to put red over it, which I did, and since then its been Midnight Blue mixed with Plum, which I colour removed out with Colour B4.
I was left with very dark green hair, which I tried to bleach bath out (twice!) and was unsuccessful. I had blonde roots and just faded green right down to bright green at the ends. I decided to fix this with a mixture of more Directions, a bit of one of the pink ones (I can't remember which one!) mixed with Lilac and Violet. Since then, I decided I was bored of purple and as that was just trying to fix the green, it started to come through all patchy after a few weeks. So what did I decide?
I'm going to go silver and get extensions! I don't know why I put myself through this.
Background story out the way, my hair hasn't been cut in a while, and I'm willing for a little bit of breakage if necessary. I've tried Colour B4 fashion colours, and regular strength as they were on offer in Superdrug. I'm planning on bleaching my hair in just over a day, as it will be just a week after my last Colour B4 so it doesn't reoxidise. I bought Jerome Russell BBlonde with 30Vol, and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I'm naturally a dirty blonde colour, and with all the colour remover, the blonde I had bleached it to originally is coming through. There are some sections with mostly blonde streaks, and some still completely green! I also have about an inch or a bit less of regrowth.
Anyone have any advice as to whether bleaching is pointless at this stage? I don't think any more green is budging with fading methods. I was going to try ketchup but as the blonde is showing partly I thought it'd be a waste of time... I'll attach pictures of the hair at the moment, I just wanted to know if this green is actually going to go, and not go brighter like last time! I'm desperate for silver 🙁 Thanks to anyone that can help!
(Two selfies are in sunlight, other close ups are right now with flash on)
Posted : May 2, 2014 8:33 pm
The photos aren't showing up on my computer for some reason, but I was in a similar situation. I had tried numerous fading treatments, 2 color removers, bleached it, did a test strand with another bleach bath and it still didn't budge. It was like a dead leaf to dirty sea foam green gradient over my blonde base + I was terrified that it was permanently stained. I did this:
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=12029.0
after all of those other things, in that order, and it took nearly all of the green out, probably 90% of it. There was just a couple spots that were darker or I wasn't as thorough with, but I did an overnight coconut oil + olive oil soak and a couple deep conditioning treatments and the rest was gone. So that is what I would recommend doing. The peroxide it totally optional, I've had good results + so have others with and without it. Sometimes it doesn't work though! I would at least give it a try, it may surprise you like it did with me and take it all out!
Some people have a lot of luck using Head + Shoulders/clarifying shampoo + baking soda + lemon juice too
Posted : May 6, 2014 11:16 pm
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