Hey there,
This is the first time posting here, sorry if I get anything wrong ::)
A year ago I bleached my hair silly to the point of extreme damage and then went caramel brown to hide the damage a bit (i think darker hair shows damage less) then when it faded it I went a bunch of dark semi permanent hair colors (Crazy Color: burgundy and purple) while letting my roots grow and my hair to heal.
Right now I'm facing a bit of a delimma; a few months ago I died the bleached part of my hair (ends) Dark Green and when I got bored of it I struggled in fading it out without any chemicals.
I died a cool choco brown over it in a desperate attemp and it only went so far.. brown faded and green tinges emerged.
Now it's faded to the point where I'm comfortable to dye over it again (or nueter it) see attached pictures.
I mainly use lakme (amonia free), and I dunno where to go from here.
I have a few options in my dye drawer and need help choosing the best one:
Darken: Light Mahogany Violet
Lighten: Copper gold light blonde
Or use a mixture of violet and lightner to eliminate the green tinges and get dark blonde or light brown (suggested by a friend) but have no idea on the mixing process tho
I'm sorry if this post is too long but I needed to give history to recieve the best advice
Fyi: my original hair color (i have over an inch of roots) is a very dark brown
Posted : January 13, 2017 11:09 am
The light is so blown out on the picture it's hard to see the true colour in the picture. It probably looks normal to you, but you know your hair colour 🙂 so I'm not really sure what I'm seeing in the picture.
For green tones you need to use a red or pink mixed very heavily with conditioner. Violet won't work, that's for yellow so it'll still leave blue tones.
Any violet shade is going to bring out the blue tones from the green. So you'd be better with a red based brown.
Going any shade of blonde is going to mean using a colour remover. There's very good ones on the market that do next to no damage. But toning or going a slightly darker brown would be much easier.
Posted : January 13, 2017 11:47 am
Just to add, when you mention that you allowed time for your hair to heal, damaged hair cannot heal so unless the damaged hair has been cut off, it will become more damaged every time you use any dye that has to be mixed with a developer.
If some of the hair that was previously bleached is still there it will mean that any colour permanent, semi or direct dye will fade more quickly on that portion of your hair.
Posted : January 14, 2017 11:41 am
Yes, good point. Hair doesn't heal. You can patch it up with proteins and hide damage with silicone, but it's forever delicate and will be prone to breaking etc.
Posted : January 14, 2017 7:32 pm
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