I've just used a colour remover and I've gotten surprisingly lighter than I expected with a lot of golden tones and minimal orangey/red tones. I'm thinking over the course of this month I'll do a bleach bath and then try to tone it to a dark ashy kind of blonde to match my natural colour. In the past I've tried on a few occasions to make my own purple toner from directions violet but it never seems to work on my hair - either it does nothing or I add too much and get full on purple patches. I've seen on youtube people use the Color Charm toners from Wella a lot but Sallys in the UK doesn't stock this line and it's 3x the price on ebay/amazon etc. Can anyone recommend a fairly reasonable in price ashy toner which is mixed with developer that my local sallys would stock please? Whenever I go in there I always feel too intimidated by so many products and end up leaving empty handed!
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Posted : May 11, 2015 6:07 pm
If you want an oxidative product you can use box demi blondes (28 wash ones) The blonde shades often have higher vol developer than you need, so i usually swap it for 10 vol or lower. Definitely do a strand test, they can come out darker on bleached hair.
For direct dyes, sallys stock Wella Colour fresh which comes in loads of blonde shades.
I still prefer to mix my own though, the secret is getting the mix at the right dilution and the right timing. So try leaving a weak mix on for longer, rather than a strong mix on for just a few minutes.
I was looking at the sally's website today and they are selling Osmo Colour Revive which comes in a violet and a platinum/silver shade. I haven't tried them or read any reviews, but they may be something to check out. They have other coloured shampoo/conditioners too, including Bonacure which is a good one. If you apply like a dye to dry hair and leave on for half an hour or so you can get quite surprising results from purple shampoos.
Posted : May 11, 2015 7:07 pm
Hi, could you update on how you got on? I'm uk also and my end goal seems similar to yours (just posted a query too with my hair story).
What did you put on the colour remover, did you end up left with ginger tones?
Hope you can help, thanks
Posted : June 3, 2015 11:06 pm
superdrug do cheap blonde toners that work well. I love Bonacure silver shampoo (I buy it from amazon) and also provoke touch of silver shampoo is good
Posted : June 4, 2015 8:41 am
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